Hillsborough Community College Tennis Team Nets FCSAA Women's Tennis Championship

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL —The Hillsborough Community College Lady Hawks Tennis team became the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 8 State Champions on April 14 and 15 at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs. They will move onto the NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Tennis Championship on May 7-11 in Tucson, Arizona.

“It was very exciting to see everything come together at the state tournament with every Lady Hawk having contributed to the win,” said Sarah Lyte, HCC athletics director and head tennis coach. “We are looking forward to representing HCC at the NJCAA National Championship in Tucson. We have set high goals and have our eye on the championship.”

Lyte was also named the 2022 FCSAA Coach of the Year.

HCC claimed three singles wins and swept the three doubles flights to take home the championship after entering the tournament ranked No. 2, according to the most recent ITA Women’s National Team Rankings. The Hawks’ opponents were No. 3-ranked St. Pete College, No. 6-ranked State College of Florida and No. 10-ranked Eastern Florida State College.

The Lady Hawks singles and doubles scores are as follows:

Flight 1 doubles vs. SPC (6-2, 3-6, 7-5) – Viktoryia Zhadzinskaya and Mbali Langa

Flight 2 doubles vs. SCF (6-4, 6-3) – Arina Gamretkaia and Olivia Pezo

Flight 3 doubles vs. SPC (6-0, 6-2) – Ita Habekovic and Esmee Andresen

Flight 1 singles vs. SPC (4-6, 7-4, 2-6) – Arina Gamretkaia

Flight 2 singles vs. SPC (6-2, 3-6, 0-6) – Ita Habekovic

Flight 3 singles vs. SPC (6-3, 6-2) – Viktoryia Zhadzinskaya

Flight 4 singles vs. SPC (6-4, 6-3) – Mbali Langa

Flight 5 singles vs. SCF (3-6, 4-6) – Esmee Andresen

Flight 6 singles vs. SPC (6-0, 6-0) – Camilla Mitolo

The Lady Hawks currently practice and compete at the Tejas Pradip Patel HCC Tennis Center, located on the Dale Mabry Campus.