SE Picks Up Consolation Bracket Titles at ITA Regional

EDMOND, Okla. – Daniela Garcia stormed her way to a consolation bracket championship, while a pair of Southeastern doubles teams met in the consolation finals of the doubles bracket at the ITA Central Region Tournament in Edmond, Okla.
 
Garcia found her way into the consolation bracket following a tough round of 64 loss, but responded with a 7-6 (1), 4-6, 10-6 win over Albany Pulido from Fort Hays State in the first round of the consolation bracket.
 
She followed with a 4-6, 6-5, 10-4 come-from-behind win over Rayssa Dominguez from Arkansas-Fort Smith and made the semifinals following a withdrawal.
 
Garcia added a 6-1, 1-6, 11-9 win over Southern Arkansas's Kaera Fukai to reach the finals where she finished her run with a 6-1, 3-6, 10-5 win over Jamestown's Bodil van Zeijl.
 
Lilly Shepherd, Emilia O'Neill and Sophia Baillos each logged first round wins in the singles main draw, and O'Neil advanced to the round of 16 with a second round win over Carla Paul Piquer, 6-2, 6-2.
 
Sophia Brooks-Gay picked up a first round win in the B draw, downing Ouachita Baptist's Jennifer Pfaefflin 6-3, 6-3.
 
In doubles play, all three duos would drop first round matches to make their way into the consolation bracket.
 
There they would all make up for that first loss with wins in the round of 32 and in the round of 16.
 
That would set up the first matchup between two SE pairs, with Shepherd and Baillos picking up an 8-3 win over Valencias and Garcia to reach the finals.
 
The finals would put Shepherd and Baillos against Brooks-Gay and O'Neil who had scored wins over Ouachita Baptist, Southern Arkansas, and Central Oklahoma duos to reach the finals.
 
Brooks-Gay and O'Neil would then take the consolation doubles championship with an 8-4 win over Shepherd and Baillos.
 
The tournament brings the fall portion of the schedule to an end with Southeastern set to return to action Jan. 30 with matches against Texas State and Texas-Rio Grand Valley in San Marcos, Texas.