University of Arizona
ITA Sectionals
11/09/2026 | Women's Tennis
LOS ANGELES.- Ciara Moore and Maria Garcia reached the doubles quarterfinals as Arizona women's tennis competed at the ITA West Sectional Championship, hosted by USC.
Moore and Garcia opened with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Rugara/Marakhtanova (UCLA). That UCLA pair had knocked Arizona's Martyna Ostrzygalo and Sophia Christodoulou out of the ITA Southwest Regional Championships last month. The Wildcats then fell to Xu/Mushika (Cal) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 in the quarterfinals. Xu and Mushika had upset the No. 2 seed in the previous round.
It was Garcia's second straight trip to the sectional doubles quarterfinals. At last year's event in Seattle, she and Danielle Tuhten upset No. 16 Crossley/Fernandez (UCLA) 6-4, 6-4 in the round of 16.
In singles, Moore was a No. 5 seed and opened with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 win over Allison Isaacs (BSU) in the round of 32. She took the first set of her round-of-16 match against Alexia Jacobs (UW) before falling 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2. Jacobs went on to reach the semifinals.
Moore's run to the round of 16 improved on Arizona's singles results from a year ago, when all three Wildcats lost in the opening round. It was also one round better than her own finish at the Southwest Regionals in October.
The Wildcats return home to host the Kinlen and Vivian Gee Invitational at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center Friday through Sunday, Nov. 13-15.
