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Competing in the annual Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Small Colleges Fall Regional Championships, seniors Whitney Waters (Austin, TX) and Paige Sumida (Hilo, HI) from the University of Redlands won the women’s main doubles draw on Sunday. The duo now looks forward to competing at the national tournament at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center in Mobile, AL, on October 15-18.

Waters and Sumida entered the tournament as the top seed, riding the success of their 2009 spring season which culminated in a No. 5 national ranking to finish out the year.

Last weekend, the duo cruised by opponents in the first two rounds, earning 8-1 victories before being tested by fifth-seeded Nicole Holsted and Jessica Hsu from Pomona-Pitzer Colleges. The Bulldogs prevailed by a score of 9-7 to advance to the semi-finals.

Against Amy Logan and Cassidy Sirois of Chapman University, Waters and Sumida put up another impressive showing with their 8-2 victory, propelling them into the final round.

The Maroon and Gray team came from behind in the best of three showing and defeated the No. 4 seed, Jamie Solomon and Kara Wang from Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, by scores of 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.

The tournament bracket for the national event will be announced later this week at www.itatennis.com.