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Women's Tennis' Zein earns victory on day two at ITA National Fall Championships
11.03.2022 | Women's Tennis
Graduate Marlee Zein posts a straight-set win in the consolation singles Round of 16 on Thursday.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — University of Texas Women's Tennis graduate Marlee Zein earned a straight-set victory in the consolation singles Round of 16 at the ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) National Fall Championship on Thursday at the Barnes Tennis Center. No. 59 Zein posted a 6-0, 6-3 win against UNLV's Molly Helgesson to advance to Friday's consolation singles quarterfinal round.
Junior No. 72 Malaika Rapolu dropped a hard-fought 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 decision to No. 2 Sarah Hamner of South Carolina on Thursday in the consolation singles Round of 16. With her defeat, Rapolu concluded her play at the tourney.
The Championships are the grand finale to the fall collegiate tennis season and feature 64 of the nation's top collegiate singles players (32 men and 32 women) and 64 doubles teams (32 men's teams and 32 women's teams). As one of the longest ongoing National Championships on the ITA calendar, the ITA National Fall Championships have been a key aspect of the college tennis landscape beginning in 1978 on the men's side of play and 1984 on the women's side.
Texas Results at the ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 3)
Singles Consolation Round of 16
No. 59 Marlee Zein (UT) def. Molly Helgesson (UNLV), 6-0, 6-3
No. 2 Sarah Hamner (S Carolina) def. No. 72 Malaika Rapolu (UT), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4