POMONA — Verena Preikschas and Vanesa Reibstein are in the same place as they were a year ago at the Wilson/ITA Regional Championship. Both are in the singles seminfinals, and once again both are facing players from national powerhouse BYU Hawaii.
Together, as the No. 2 seeded doubles team, Preikschas and Reibstein are also a familiar spot, playing in Saturday's semifinal match. Their opponent will be the familiar faces of Jackie Trendt and Jennifer Chow of Cal Poly Pomona.
Preikschas moved through the singles competition on Friday with a 6-1, 6-0 win over UC San Diego's Katie Mulloy. Then, the sophomore from Germany beat Trendt, 6-1, 6-1, to advance to the semifinals against Yuan Jia of BYU Hawaii. Last year, Preikschas lost to BYUH's top player Hewenfei Li in the semifinal round.
Reibstein's path to a semifinal rematch against Jenny Chin of BYUH was paved with wins over Sonoma State's Caroline Houston (6-3, 6-4) and Cal State L.A.'s Jillian Sangria (6-1, 6-3). Chin defeated Reibstein in three a year ago.
Both singles semifinal matches are at 9 a.m. on Saturday with the championship match scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
On the doubles side of the tournament, Preikschas and Reibstein blanked Christie Lau and Kaitlin Wooldridge of Cal Poly Pomona, 8-0 and won 8-2 over Sonoma State's Haley Hickock and Stephanie Hoffmire. Trendt and Chow now stand in the way of the Warriors top doubles team for another shot at the championship.
Chin-Jia are playing Sonoma State's Stephanie Luk and Molly Maguire in the other doubles semifinals at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. The doubles championship is at 3:30 p.m.
2009 Wilson/ITA Regional Championship
Pomona, Calif., Oct. 2, 2009
Friday
Singles, Round of 16
#3 Verena Preikschas (CSUS) def. Katie Mulloy (UCSD), 6-1, 6-0
#4 Vanesa Reibstein (CSUS) def. Caroline Huston (SSU), 6-3, 6-4
Singles, Quarterfinals
Preikschas def. Jackie Trendt (CPP), 6-1, 6-1
Reibstein def. Jillian Sangria (CSLA), 6-1, 6-3
Doubles, Round of 16
#2 Preikschas-Reibstein def. Christie Lau-Kaitlin Wooldridge (CPP), 8-0
Eng-McClintock def. J. LIbando-Sangria (CSLA), 8-3
Doubles, Quarterfinals
Preikschas-Reibstein def. Haley Hickock-Stephanie Hoffmire (SSU), 8-2
#1 Yuan Jia-Jenny Chin (BYUH) def. Eng-McClintock, 8-2
Saturday
Singles semfinals
#3 Preikschas vs. #1 Yuan Jia (BYUH), 9 a.m.
#4 Reibstein vs. #2 Jenny Chin (BYUH), 9 a.m.
Singles championship at 11:30 a.m.
Doubles semifinals
Preikschas-Reibstein vs. Jackie Trendt-Jennifer Chow (CPP), 2 p.m.
Doubles championship at 3:30 p.m.