Duck Duo Earns First-Ever Regional Doubles Title

Monday, October 23

Stanford, Calif.

All Day

University of Oregon

ITA Northwest Regional Championships

10/23/17 | Women's Tennis

Senior Alyssa Tobita and junior Shweta Sangwan completed their historic tournament run earning doubles gold Monday at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships.

By: Nathan Bryant

STANFORD, Calif. – Senior Alyssa Tobita and junior Shweta Sangwan completed their historic tournament run earning doubles gold, and securing an automatic bid to the ITA Fall Nationals, Monday at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships.

Full results here.

Alyssa Tobita and Shweta Sangwan win 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(6) to earn the program's first-ever ITA Northwest Regional doubles title! #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/5iHMWQZCoo
— Oregon Ducks WTennis (@OregonWTennis) October 23, 2017

How it Happened: For the second time in as many days, the duo of Tobita and Sangwan were one set away from elimination, and for the second time the pair rallied.

After winning in three sets in Sunday's semifinals, Tobita and Sangwan set up a match with conference foes Olivia Hauger and Karla Popovic of California.

The Golden Bear duo earned the No. 1 overall seed in the doubles bracket downing the Duck doubles pair of Julia Eshet and Rifanty Kahfiani on their way to the finals.

The 11^th-ranked Cal pair opened the match winning the first set 6-4, but Tobita and Sangwan fought back to force a deciding third set ultimately winning the match 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(6).

What This Means: The regional doubles title is the first in program history for the Ducks. It also secures an automatic bid for the Duck duo to this year's ITA Fall Nationals on Nov. 1 in Indian Wells, Calif.

Quotable: Alison Silverio, Head Coach
On the doubles title win...
"Congratulations to Alyssa and Shweta on winning the regional championships in doubles, a first-ever in program history. It was a hard fought battle on both sides throughout the tournament. They did not waver from the game plan and stayed determined. We will enjoy this victory and then it is back to work tomorrow."

Alyssa Tobita, Senior
On winning the doubles title...
"We are really proud of the way we fought and stuck together, even when we were playing from behind. We're going to celebrate this win, but then set our focus to the [ITA Fall Nationals]."

Up Next: Tobita and Sangwan will head to the ITA Fall Nationals Nov. 1 while the rest of the Ducks close out the fall season at the Jack Kramer Invitational beginning Nov. 2 in Rolling Hills, Calif.