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STANFORD, Calif. – Portland freshmen Gaja Djurickovic and Abi Anderson advanced out of singles qualifying to the main draw highlighting a successful weekend of results for the Pilots at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships hosted at the Taube Family Tennis Center.

Djurickovic then won her opening round match against Gonzaga's Sia Cariov 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the Round of 32 before falling to nationally-ranked Tianmei Wang of host Stanford to end her run.

The Pilots had two doubles teams reach the Round of 32 as Djurickovic and fellow freshman Karina Kiss won their opening round match in a tiebreaker over Stoney Cooks and Scarlett Perkins of Portland State. Freshmen Emily Velasco partnered with Maria Galatescu for an 8-4 victory against PSU's Kasumi Hirayama and Nene Uemura.

Portland had great success in consolation and extra matches that were played over the weekend finishing collectively with a 16-15 singles record and 6-5 mark in doubles.

Djurickovic, Anderson, Kiss and Velasco each finished 3-1 overall in singles matches at the event. Fellow freshman Naomi Gracelyn Tio also earned a three-set win on Saturday against Maria Lopez Gomez of Eastern Washington.

Senior Nadine Arbaizar Martinez and junior Lexi Flores picked up a pair of consolation doubles wins as well.

The Pilots will conclude the 2026 fall campaign at the CSUN Fall Invitational Nov. 6-8 in Northridge, Calif.

ITA Northwest Regional Championships
Stanford, Calif. (Taube Family Tennis Center)
October 8-12, 2026

Qualifying Singles
1 Gaja Djurickovic (POR) def. Kristina Vasileva (SEA) 6-2, 6-3
1 Kennedy Harris (POR) def. Eva Wang (UCD) 6-1, 6-2
1 Maria Galatescu (POR) def. Zehra Suko (UW) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
1 Karina Kiss (POR) def. Maddy MacNeille (GON) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (3)
1 Emily Velasco (POR) def. Scarlett Perkins (PSU) 6-2, 2-1 retired
1 Abi Anderson (POR) def. Nene Uemura (PSU) 6-4, 6-3
1 Eliza Dunbar (FSU) def. Lexie Flores (POR) 6-0, 6-0
1 Penelope Wong (UCD) def. Naomi Gracelyn Tio (POR) 6-1, 6-2
2 Gjurickovic (POR) def. Aileena Hu (UCD) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
2 Anderson (POR) def. Lily Ung (PAC) 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4
2 Stella Remander (SMC) def. Harris (POR) 6-1, 6-1
2 Hana Abdelhamid (PSU) def. Galatescu (POR) 6-3, 7-5
2 Chisato Kanemaki (WSU) def. Kiss (POR) 6-2, 6-4
2 Rayna Sugai (PAC) def. Velasco (POR) 7-6 (4), 6-4

Main Draw Singles
64 Djurickovic (POR) def. Sia Cariov (GON) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
64 Patsy Daughters (UO) def. Galatescu (POR) 6-1, 6-1
64 Elim Yan (UCD) def. Anderson (POR) 6-1, 6-1
64 Montserrat Marron Baruqui (UO) def. Nadine Arbaizar Martinez (POR) 7-5, 7-5
32 #119 Tianmei Wang (STAN) def. Djurickovic (POR) 6-0, 6-0

Extra Singles Matches
C Flores (POR) def. Cristina Mateos Losada (SJSU) 7-5, 6-4
C Kiss (POR) def. Dariya Savina (SAC) 6-3, 6-3
C Velasco (POR) def. Sofiia Ziukyna (PSU) 1-6, 6-4, 10-5
C Kiss (POR) def. Zoe Pradel (EWU) 6-3, 6-2
C Velasco (POR) def. Olivia Marais (EWU) 6-0, 6-1
C Anderson (POR) def. Sol Junquera Martinez (EWU) 6-2, 3-6, 10-6
C Tio (POR) def. Maria Lopez Gomez (EWU) 2-6, 7-6 (7), 10-6
C Ana Camila Celis Avila (SJSU) def. Harris (POR) 6-2, 6-7 (6), 10-7
C Alena Dziubenko (EWU) def. Tio (POR) 7-6 (6), 6-4
C Madhumitha Satishbabu (SCU) def. Flores (POR) 7-5, 6-3
C Ramey Yu (UCD) def. Arbaizar Martinez (POR) 6-0, 6-2
C Katarina Brajovic (SJSU) def. Harris (POR) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
64 Velasco/Galatescu (POR) def. Kasumi Hirayama/Nene Uemura (PSU) 8-4
64 Djurickovic/Kiss (POR) def. Stoney Cooks/Scarlett Perkins (PSU) 8-7 (5)
64 Andi Anderson/Anna Noguero Asensio (FSU) def. Arbaizar Martinez/Flores (POR) 8-3
64 Alexia Marginean/Zehra Suko (UW) def. Anderson/Tio (POR) 8-3
32 Angelina Hug/Cariov (GON) def. Velasco/Galatescu (POR) 8-1
32 Kaia Giribalan/Tianmei Wang (STAN) def. Djurickovic/Kiss (POR) 8-3

Extra Doubles Matches
C Arbaizar Martinez/Flores (POR) def. Kristina Vasileva/Aleksandra Toneva (SEA) 6-2
C Anderson/Tio (POR) def. Nikhitha Suresh/Ziukyna (PSU) 6-3
C Arbaizar Martinez/Flores (POR) def. Stoney Cooks/Scarlett Perkins (PSU) 6-4
C Djurickovic/Kiss (POR) def. Daria Nazarenko/Montserrat Sierra (SEA) 6-2
C Aneliss Zamfirescu/Alena Dziubenko (EWU) def. Anderson/Tio (POR) 6-1 Get Your Tickets Now!  
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