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Bashota, Leenknecht Advance at ITA Northwest Regionals

STANFORD, Calif. – Washington State advanced one doubles team to the third round at the USTA/ITA Northwest Regionals, while all three singles competitors were eliminated Saturday at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium.

In doubles play, the No. 5 seeded duo of Lize Leenknecht and Donika Bashota picked up their eighth-straight doubles win on the year after posting a tough 8-7(3) victory over Santa Clara’s Chelby Cooke and Daniella Silva. The duo will next face Anneka Watts and Sophie Watts from Fresno State.

WSU’s senior duo of Maria Biryukova and Trang Huynh fell to San Jose State’s Marie Klocker and Miyo Kobayashi, 8-2.