TYLER, Texas (September 28, 2025) – The University of Texas Permian Basin women's tennis team continued its Fall season this week, participating in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) South Central Regional, hosted by The University of Texas at Tyler.

The Falcons competed with other D2 players from around the region in bracket play that extend from Thursday, September 25, through Saturday, September 27. The Teams that participated in this year's ITA South Central Regionals were: Angelo State, CSU Pueblo, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Tyler, Midwestern State, Cameron, University of Texas at Dallas, UT Permian Basin, and Lubbock Christian.

In all, 78 players faced off over the duration in what was a 64-person main draw for singles and a 32-team main draw for doubles at the three-day ITA Regional Tournament. The ITA Regional provides major stakes in the biggest test of the Fall for the women's program. The winners of both the singles and doubles draws automatically qualify into next month's ITA Cup (Oct. 10-12), hosted in Rome, Georgia. 16 players and teams will make up the singles and doubles draws, with eight receiving automatic qualification. The remaining eight players and teams will be selected at-large, with those coming out of the pool of finalists and quarterfinalists from each regional site.

In the Singles Flight A Main Draw, Sophia Rashid advanced to the round of 32 with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Hannah Quick (Lubbock Christian). She then fell 6-1, 6-0 in the round of 32 to No. 10-seeded Selin Sepken (Midwestern State), who would go on to win four more matches after beating Rashid and win the singles championship.

In the Singles Flight A Back Draw, Dinethya Dharmaratne advanced to the round of 16 with a 6-4, 0-6, 1-0 (11-9) win in a third-set super tiebreaker over Jasmine Crain (Midwestern State). She then fell in two sets, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), against Emma Halvarsson (Texas A&M-Kingsville) in the round of 16.

In the Singles Flight B, Paige Sitanggang was second in Group 2 with a 2-1 record. She had wins over Elsha Valluru (UT Dallas) by a score of 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4) in a third-set super tiebreaker and over Tiana Braxton (Cameron) by a score of 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).

In the Doubles Flight A Main Draw, the pair of Dharmaratne/Alyssa Glasgow started things off with an 8-6 victory over Elsha Valluru/Reika Nagai (UT Dallas) to advance to the round of 16. There, Dharmaratne/Glasgow fell 8-1 to the No. 1 overall seed of Yona Bancarel/Natalia Gorzny (UT Tyler).

Lastly, in the Doubles Flight B, the duo of Sophia Crosby/Senna Kingsmith was 3-0, including wins of 8-1 over Tiana Braxton/Nil Kalkavan (Cameron) and 8-5 over Yelena Travica/Makayla Martinez (CSU-Pueblo).

"I was extremely pleased with the way our ladies performed this weekend," said Head Coach Chris Tolson. "I thought we took a huge step forward from the event a few weeks ago. Everyone competed well and made their opponents work for every point earned. I was happy to see the hard work of our ladies begin to pay off with everyone getting victories in either singles or doubles."
 
 
ITA South Central Regional Championship Results (Link):
 
Singles Flight A Main Draw:
R64: Jade Bestagno (Angelo State) def. Sophia Crosby (UTPB) 6-4, 6-3
R64: Benedetta Raggiotti (Angelo State) def. Dinethya Dharmaratne (UTPB) 6-3, 6-4
R64: Kendall Curley (UT Dallas) def. Alyssa Glasgow (UTPB) 7-5, 7-6 (8-6)
R64: Sophia Rashid (UTPB) def. Hannah Quick (Lubbock Christian) 6-4, 6-4
R32: No. 10-seed Selin Sepken (Midwestern State) def. Sophia Rashid (UTPB) 6-1, 6-0
 
Singles Flight A Back Draw:
R32: Hattie Berend (Midwestern State) def. Sophia Crosby (UTPB) 6-2, 6-0
R32: Dinethya Dharmaratne (UTPB) def. Jasmine Crain (Midwestern State) 6-4, 0-6, 1-0 (11-9)
R32: Mary-June Quinn (Angelo State) def. Alyssa Glasgow (UTPB) 6-0, 6-3
R16: Emma Halvarsson (Texas A&M-Kingsville) def. Dinethya Dharmaratne (UTPB) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
 
Singles Flight B:
Group 1:
R1: Senna Kingsmith (UTPB) def. Ariel Green (Lubbock Christian) Wd [pc]
R2: Senna Kingsmith (UTPB) def. Makayla Martinez (CSU-Pueblo) 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 1-0 (10-5)
R3: Sabrina Pugh (UT Tyler) def. Senna Kingsmith (UTPB) 6-3,6-1
Group 2:
R1: Gabriela Franco (Lubbock Christian) def. Paige Sitanggang (UTPB) 7-5, 6-3
R2: Paige Sitanggang (UTPB) def. Elsha Valluru (UT Dallas) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4)
R3: Paige Sitanggang (UTPB) def. Tiana Braxton (Cameron) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
Group 3:
R1: Alexa Irazabal (Lubbock Christian) def. Peyton Jones (UTPB) 7-5, 6-3
R2: Peyton Jones (UTPB) def. Yelena Travica (CSU-Pueblo) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-2)
R3: Yasmin El Fadili (Texas A&M-Kingsville) def. Peyton Jones (UTPB) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)
 
 
Doubles Flight A Main Draw:
R32: Dinethya Dharmaratne/Alyssa Glasgow (UTPB) def. Elsha Valluru/Reika Nagai (UT Dallas) 8-6
R32: Luisa Moraes/Maria Antonio Ortega (UT Tyler) def. Paige Sitanggang/Sophia Rashid (UTPB) 8-4
R16: No. 1-seed Yona Bancarel/Natalia Gorzny (UT Tyler) def. Dinethya Dharmaratne/Alyssa Glasgow (UTPB) 8-1
 
Doubles Flight A Back Draw:
R:16 Margot Aebischer/Fernanda Martinez Arredondo (CSU-Pueblo) def. Paige Sitanggang/Sophia Rashid (UTPB) 8-6
 
Doubles Flight B:
Group 1:
R1: Sophia Crosby/Senna Kingsmith (UTPB) def. Ariel Green/Gabriela Franco (Lubbock Christian) Wd [pc]
R2: Sophia Crosby/Senna Kingsmith (UTPB) def. Tiana Braxton/Nil Kalkavan (Cameron) 8-1
R3: Sophia Crosby/Senna Kingsmith (UTPB) def. Yelena Travica/Makayla Martinez (CSU-Pueblo) 8-5