Results

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Sophomores Grace Darcy and Anastasia Petterson each won one match in the qualifying rounds of the 2025 ITA New England Regional Championships Thursday.

The day began with 64 players in the qualifying draw vying for 16 open spots in the main draw. Players needed to win twice on Thursday to qualify for the main draw.

Darcy won her opening match in straight sets. She knocked off Ella Lindsey from Marist, 6-4, 6-1. In the qualifying round of 32, she fell in straight sets against Dartmouth's Josephine Lombardi, 6-0, 6-2.

Pettersson pulled off the comeback in her opening match. After dropping the first set 6-1 against Brown's Isabella Hu, Pettersson stormed back, winning the second and third sets by match 6-2 scores. She advanced to face Andrea Martinez of Cornell in the second round.

It was another tight battle, but Martinez came out on top. Martinez took the opening set 6-4. Pettersson came back strong in the second set and won 6-1 to force a third set super tiebreaker. Martinez prevailed 10-3.

Rhode Island had two other players compete Thursday. Kajsa Helgesen and Sophie Herrman both lost in their opening match Thursday. Helgesen lost in straight sets to Cornell's Dylan Gelbe, 6-1, 6-1. Herrman lost to Boston University's Lauren Kettlewell, 6-4, 6-3. Both HHelgesen and Herrman later won consolation matches. Helgesen defeated Fairfield's Maeve Cassidy 6-0, 6-2, while Herrman beat Quinnipiac's Vera Sekerina 6-2, 6-1.

Rhode Island still has Nikki Fernando in the main draw of the tournament. She will play against Boston College's Tola Glowacka in the opening round of the main draw.

The Rams also have two doubles teams in the 64-team draw. Grace Darcy and Anastasia Petterson play ninth-seeded Natalia Vela and Maria Jose Hernandez Diaz from Bryant, while Nikki Fernando and Kajsa Helgesen are a nine seed and will play Boston University's Lauren Kettlewell and Yimei Emily Zhao.

Thursday Results
Qualifying - First Round
Grace Darcy (URI) def. Ella Lindsey (Marist); 6-4, 6-1
Anastasia Pettersson (URI) def. Isabella Hu (Brown); 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
Lauren Kettlewell (BU) def. Sophie Herrman (URI); 6-4, 6-3
Dylan Gelber (Cornell) def. Kajsa Helgesen (URI); 6-1, 6-1

Qualifying - Round of 32
Josephine Lombardi (Dartmouth) def. Grace Darcy (URI ); 6-0, 6-2
Andrea Martinez (Cornell) def. Anastasia Pettersson (URI); 6-4, 1-6, 10-3

Consolation Round
Kajsa Helgesen (URI) def. Maeve Cassidy (Fairfield); 6-0, 6-2
Sophie Herrman (URI) def. Vera Sekerina (Quinnipiac); 6-2, 6-1