NEW YORK CITY – Stony Brook tennis finished its weekend competing in the 2023 ITA DI Women's Northeast (1) Regional Championships from the Milstein Family Tennis Center on the campus of Columbia University on Sunday.
 
Stony Brook won 3-of-4 matches in the first round of the regional competition, as sophomore Kristi Boro, senior Chandrika Joshi, and freshman Mia Palladino all surged to victories in the first round, with none of the trio conceding more than two games in a single set.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Palladino swept both of her first-round games, with a 6-0, 6-0 double bagel victory.
• Boro won a pair of 6-2 games while Joshi won on a 6-0, 6-2 scoreline to wrap up a 3-1 SBU record in the first round.
• Joshi came closest in the second round (round of 64), falling in two hard-fought 7-5 games. Palladino and Boro also battled in close sets but fell in the second round.
• Freshman Elena Lobo-Corral rounded out Stony Brook's lineup in the competition.
• Stony Brook was unable to come away with a doubles victory, falling in both first-round matches.

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES

"Regionals is always a great chance to see the level we need to be competitive at the top of the region," said head coach Thiago Duailby. "We picked up some good wins in the strongest tournament we've played in the fall. Our players competing put in great effort and continued to show improvements in the doubles game."

NOTES

Doubles games were played up to eight, in the win-by-two format.

UP NEXT

Stony Brook will head to Nassau County next week and finish up its fall schedule with the Hofstra Invite Oct. 13-15 at the Hofstra Tennis Courts in Hempstead, N.Y.