ALLENDALE, Mich. – The Quincy University women's tennis team opened its 2026-27 season over the weekend, competing Saturday and Sunday at the ITA Midwest Regionals hosted at the GVSU Tennis Courts in Allendale, Michigan.
The Hawks sent six players into singles competition across three flights while also competing in three doubles pairings.
In singles action, Heidi Navas highlighted Quincy's performances in Flight C, opening her tournament with a dominant 6-1, 6-0 victory over Rockhurst's London Roberts in the Round of 32. Navas advanced to the Round of 16, where she fell to Illinois Springfield's Jane Carter, 6-3, 6-1.
Nadia Araguas and Maria Sarria represented the Hawks in Flight A, while Ella Sandgren and Sofia Tesic competed in Flight B. All four fell in their opening Round of 64 matches before returning for consolation play, where they were eliminated in the Round of 32.
Kaitlyn Brown also competed in Flight C, falling to McKendree's Katie Woods in the Round of 32 before dropping her consolation match to Tiffin's Grace Arnold.
In doubles competition, the Flight C pairing of Brown and Navas highlighted the weekend for Quincy, advancing to the quarterfinals. The duo opened its tournament with a hard-fought 9-7 victory over Tiffin's Grace Arnold and Elliett Briggs in the Round of 16. Brown and Navas then faced Southwest Baptist's Olivia McGruder and Micaela Rocco Fulco in the quarterfinals, where they fell 8-3 to bring their tournament run to an end.
In Flight A, Araguas and Sarria fell 8-2 to Grand Valley State's Mischa Briggs and Natasha Sengphrachan before dropping an 8-3 decision to Illinois Springfield's Niamh Grogan and Grace Lampman in the consolation bracket.
Sandgren and Tesic represented Quincy in Flight B, falling to Findlay in the Round of 32 before suffering an 8-1 loss to Hillsdale in consolation play.
The Hawks concluded their opening weekend with victories in both singles and doubles competition, highlighted by Navas' singles performance and her quarterfinal doubles appearance alongside Brown.
