PRINCETON, N.J. – The Stony Brook tennis team returned to the court this past weekend, Sep. 30 - Oct. 2, at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Regional in Princeton, N.J.
 
Leading the way for the squad in singles play was freshman Kristi Boro, graduate Loreto Villalba-Rubio, and senior Kristine Theys. Boro and L. Rubio would take their first matches of the weekend in straight sets. After falling in the first set, Theys stormed back to defeat Emilie Haakansson from St. John's, 2-6, 6-3,1-0 [6].
 
The Seawolves collected a pair of wins in doubles at the ITA Regional, as the duo of Boro/Mathilde Sreeves and L. Rubio/Theys dominated in the round of 64 against St. Francis Brooklyn and Army.
 
Following the Boro and Sreeves defeat over the Terrier tandem, they pushed Isabella Brilliant and Maria Drobotova from Army to the final point, but ultimately fell, 8-7 [7]. Villalba-Rubio and Theys went on to fall in the round of 32, as the veterans fell 8-5 against Juliana Munhoz and Maya Urata from the University of Pennsylvania.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Doubles
(R64) L. Rubio/Theys (SBU) def. Ceccarelli/Naves (RU), 8-3

• (R32) Urata/Munhoz (PENN) def. L. Rubio/Theys (SBU), 8-5

(R64) Boro/Sreeves (SBU) def. Romero/Valencia (SFB)

• (R32) Brilliant/Drobotova (AU) def. Boro/Sreeves (SBU), 8-7 [7]

Singles
(R1) Boro (SBU) def. Vinces (SFB), 6-3, 6-3

• (R2) Bennetto (PRIN) def. Boro (SBU), 6-1, 6-4

(R1) L. Rubio (SBU) def. Coetzee (RU), 6-0, 6-1

• (R2) Uchijima [9-16] (TU) def. Rubio (SBU), 6-3, 6-3

(R1) Theys (SBU) def. Haakansson (SJU), 2-6, 6-3, 1-0[6]

• (R2) Howard (PRIN) def. Theys (SBU), 6-1, 6-2

(R1) Takebe (TU) def. Sreeves (SBU), 6-3, 6-4
 
(R1) Perraudin (WAG) def. Mastrodima (SBU), 6-3, 6-1

AU – Army, PENN – University of Pennsylvania, PRIN – Princeton University, RU - Rider University, SFB – St. Francis Brooklyn, SJU – St. John's University, TU – Temple University, and WAG – Wagner College.

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"We played okay in certain spots and we definitely had plenty of opportunities. It gave us a glimpse of our potential and we'll hope to build off of this moving forward," said head coach Gary Glassman. 

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