CLAREMONT, Calif. – Tennis competed for the first time this season as Tate Ransom and Elina Shalaev both won their brackets at the ITA West Regional hosted by Claremont-M-S and Pomona-Pitzer from September 27-29.
 
Ransom, a first-year on the men's team, won Flight C of the men's open singles division, beating teammate and fellow first-year, Nathan De Silva. Shalaev, a sophomore, won Flight B in the women's open singles division.
 
Shalaev won five matches and Ransom won four – after a first-round bye – over the three-day tournament to secure their victories. Below are the scores of each match from their victorious weekend.
 

Shalaev's Path to Victory

 
Shalaev def. Leila Sahyoun (Pomona-Pitzer) – 6-0, 6-1
 
Shalaev def. Allyson Lowe (Colorado College) – 5-7, 6-0, 12-10
 
Shalaev def. Polaris Hayes (Caltech) – 6-1, 2-6, 10-5
 
Shalaev def. Luisa Garcia (Cal Lutheran) – 6-4, 6-2
 
Shalaev def. Avery Hickman (Colorado College) – 6-2. 6-4
 

Ransom's Route to the Ship

 
Ransom def. Arjun Tandon (UC Santa Cruz) – 6-4, 6-3
 
Ransom def. Kenneth Chan (Caltech) – 6-4, 6-4
 
Ransom def. Raphael Simon (Cal Lutheran) – 6-3, 6-3
 
Ransom def. De Silva – 7-5, 6-2
 
The semi finals on the men's side of Flight C consisted of three Tigers, including Ransom, De Silva, and Chris Swanson, who fell to De Silva 6-3, 6-3.
 
Brett Miller and Kristina Lee each won matches in Flight A but fell in the round of 16. Miller and doubles partner, Ronald Chen were two wins away from qualifying for the ITA Cup after reaching the Flight A quarterfinals. 
 
Occidental tennis is done for the fall season and will gear up for the spring and conference slate.