Lady Cougar Tennis shooting for repeat trip to nationals

The Barton Community College women's tennis team will begin their quest for a second straight trip to the national tournament, as play begins Friday for the Region VI Tournament held at Wichita's Riverside Tennis Center.

Karina Ono drew the third seed in the No. 1 Singles, set to play the nation's No. 5 ranked player Ana Ruzir of Cowley College in the 10:45 a.m. match.  Seward County's Paula Lopez, the No. 4 ranked player in the nation, drew the top seed.  Complete No. 1 Bracket

Like Ono, Barbara Codognotto is seeded third in the No. 2 Singles.  Codognotto will play No. 34 ranked Sarah Giraldo of Cowley College the 10:45 a.m. match.  Seward County's Maria Paula Coyos will take her No. 16 ranking as the top seed.  Complete No. 2 Bracket

Also a third seed in her draw, Omelia Thomas will start play at 10:45 a.m. as well drawing Seward County's Kathryn Roohan.  Roohan won the only meeting between the pair this season after Thomas took a decisive 6-2 first set, only to have the wheels came off as Roohan battled back to take the second set 6-6 (7-5).  Carrying the momentum into the super tiebreaker, Roohan outlasted Thomas for a hard fought 12-10 decision.  Cowley College's Shali Schoeplin got the nod for the top seed.  Complete No. 3 Bracket

The Lady Cougars will have opening round play in matches as each of the No. 4, 5, and 6 singles matches have the fifth seed and play the fourth seeded opponent for the right to play the bracket's top seed.  At No. 4, Kelly Brauer will take on Hesston College's Savannah Mitchell in the early match of the day setting serve at 9:30 a.m.   Playing at 10:00 a.m. will be Courtney Irwin in the No. 5 bracket and Brittanie Eskut at the No. 6.  Irwin will take on Seward County's Naomie Bukassa while Eskut will play Sierra Wyse of Hesston College.
Complete No. 4 Bracket   Complete No. 5 Bracket    Complete No. 6 Bracket 

The recently formed doubles duo Ono and Thomas drew the third seed in the No. 1 Doubles.  The pair will take on Cowley's Schoeplin and Hannah Brown, both top seeds in the No. 3 and No. 4 singles, in a 3:00 p.m. match.  Complete No. 1 Doubles Bracket

Both No. 2 and No. 3 doubles drew the fourth seed and will play the opening round play in match against Hesston College opponents to advance to play the top seed.   Codognotto and Brauer will team up in the No. 2 match taking on Brett Fair and Victoria Kropf while Irwin and Eskut will take on Elisabeth Wilder and Narumi Hayano.
Complete No. 2 Doubles Bracket   Complete No. 3 Doubles Bracket