ROME, Ga. – The Portland women's tennis doubles team of Sally Pethybridge and Alaia Rubio Perez advanced to the Round of 16 with a victory Thursday at the 2024 ITA Conference Masters Championships, hosted at the Rome Tennis Center.

Pethybridge and Rubio Perez defeated the Saint Francis (PA) tandem of Diana Zuba and Dasha Chichkina by a 3-6, 6-2, 10-2 margin in a super tiebreaker. The duo moves on to face the tournament's No. 1 seeded team and No. 29 ranked Celia-Belle Mohr and Sophia Webster of Vanderbilt on Friday.

The ITA Conference Masters Championships has a field featuring one singles player and one doubles team from each of the 30 NCAA Division I conferences in women's tennis. The Portland team is representing the West Coast Conference.

The 32-draw field will send three doubles teams to the newly formatted 2024 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships hosted Nov. 19-24, 2024 in Waco, Texas. The doubles champion, runner up and third place team all will earn qualification.

The ITA Conference Masters Championships is one of four pathways for individuals and doubles teams to earn spots in the championship field, which has shifted away from the Spring season. The others are the ITA All-American Championships, ITA Regionals and ITA Sectionals.

ITA Conference Masters Championships
Rome, Ga. (Rome Tennis Center)
Nov. 7-10, 2024

Doubles
32 Sally Pethybridge/Alaia Rubio Perez (POR) def. Diana Zuba/Dasha Chichkina (SFU) 3-6, 6-2, 10-2
16 Pethybridge/Rubio Perez (POR) vs. #29 Celia-Belle Mohr/Sophia Webster (VANDY) Friday, 10:30 AM
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