MARION, Ind. – The Indiana Tech men's women's team had a historic weekend at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships as the team reached new heights at the annual championships on the campuses of Indiana Wesleyan University and Taylor University.
 
"Our program made a huge step forward this weekend in putting ourselves in the running as one of the best programs in the Midwest," said head coach Brock Orlowski. "I am so proud of our team's effort and focus throughout the tournament in making history for Warrior Tennis. It is very rewarding to see the results from this weekend, knowing that it is all due to our players' hard work and dedication in practices."
 
The Warriors had two doubles pairs, Abigail Simms and Carolina Fabbri, and Vero Jimenez and Dominque Michelet, advance to the semifinals for the main draw, becoming the first women in program history to advance to the final four of the bracket. Both tandems went 3-1 on the weekend, with the former defeating the sixth, second and third seeds before falling to the top-seeded team of Lizzie Bauss and Maddie Bemisderfer in the championship. The latter, seeded fifth in the draw, knocked out the fourth seeded team from Grace College before falling to Bauss and Bemisderfer in the semifinals.
 
Simms had a great weekend in singles play as well, going 5-1 and bouncing back from a three-set loss in the main draw to win the consolation bracket, winning 6-2, 6-3 over Huntington's Lanae Singleton in the championship.
 
Jimenez went 3-1 in singles play before falling to second-seeded Thais Mendez of Indiana University East in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-1.
 
Tech returns to action on Thursday, September 26 as they return to Marion, Indiana for the start of the IWU Fall Classic, where they will take on Indiana Wesleyan Thursday evening and Judson University and Indiana University Southeast Friday. Match times are set for 4:30 p.m., 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. from the Sutter Tennis Center.