Gombera Drops Out Of ITA Qualifier

October 19 | Women's Tennis

EAST LANSING, Mich. - University of Akron tennis athlete Tanya Gombera (Harare, Zimbabwe/Chisipite Senior School) lost 6-0, 6-0 to Indiana's Lindsay Stuckey on Thursday in the singles qualifier of the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional Championships being held on the Michigan State campus.

Gombera also dropped her consolation match, losing 6-3, 6-1 to Illinois-Chicago's Lubica Naddasska.

Gombera will team with fellow Zips athlete Amy Sherlock (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada/Sacred Heart HS) in Friday's qualifying round of doubles. Doubles play is scheduled to get underway at 2 p.m. EDT.

The singles finalists and doubles champion from this event will earn spots in the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships hosted by Ohio State at the Racquet Club of Columbus on Nov. 2-5.