BERKELEY, Calif. — The Sacramento State junior tandem of Lou Baudouin and Irene Riva made a historic run through the doubles main draw over the weekend, falling one set shy of reaching the finals at the ITA Northwest Regionals in Berkeley, Calif.
Monday's semifinal appearance by the Hornet duo marked the furthest that a Sacramento State doubles team has advanced at that tournament since Clarisse Baca and Maria Meliuk reached the finals in 2011.
After earning a first-round bye as the ninth-seeded pairing in the field, Baudouin and Riva eased past the Stanford duo of Morgan Shaffer and Emma Sun, 8-2, in the Round of 32, then upset the No. 24-ranked and top-seeded pair from Washington, Alexia Jacobs and Anna-Marie Weissheim, 8-5, in the Round of 16 on Sunday. The Hornets then continued their run through Big Ten opponents by defeating the seventh-seeded Oregon duo of Hinata Furutani and Olivia Symons in a quarterfinal tiebreaker, 8-7 (5), on Monday morning.
Baudouin and Riva's run came to a heartbreaking end in their second match on Monday at the hands of California's Greta Greco Iucchina and Mao Mushika, falling in three sets to the fifth-seeded duo. The Hornets opened with a 6-3 victory in the first set before the Golden Bear pair responded with a 6-3 win of their own in the second, then edged Baudouin and Riva, 10-7, in the decisive third set.
Elsewhere in doubles, the Sacramento State tandems of Palina Saulevich and Reese Walker, along with Elena Mercioiu and Emilija Pranyte, also posted main draw victories before falling.
In singles play, both Riva and Saulevich each won a pair of matches in qualifying to each a spot in the main draw, with Riva joining teammates Baudouin and Mercioiu with opening-round victories.
Baudouin posted a 6-3, 7-6 (5), win over California's Mille Johanna Moerk, Riva defeated Big Sky Conference rival Hana Abdelhamid, 7-5, 6-3, and Mercioiu eased past Gonzaga's Brooke Bittner, 6-0, 6-2 — all in the Round of 32.
All told, Riva finished 3-1 in singles play over the weekend, while Saulevich, Baudouin, and Mercioiu each posted a pair of wins apiece.
ITA NORTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Berkeley & Moraga, Calif. • Hellman Tennis Center & Timothy Korth Tennis Complex
Oct. 10-14, 2025
SINGLES
Qualifying Draw
R64 - Sophie Stanton (SMC) def. Lisann Brinkmann (SAC), 6-2, 6-1
R64 - Isabella Temenugov (SAC) def. Penelope Wong (UCD), 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
R32 - Rayna Sugai (PAC) def. Isabella Temenugov (SAC), 7-5, 6-2
R64 - Irene Riva (SAC), Bye
R32 - Irene Riva (SAC) def. Kaia Wolfe (UCD), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
R64 - Hinata Furutani (ORE) def. Cami Maldonado Gutierrez (SAC), 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-5
R64 - Palina Saulevich (SAC) def. Hadley Appling (ORE), 6-4, 6-4
R32 - Palina Saulevich (SAC) def. Lexie Flores (UP), 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Main Draw
R64 - Lou Baudouin (SAC) def. Mille Johanna Moerk (CAL), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
R32 - Tianmei Wang (STAN) def. Lou Baudouin (SAC), 6-2, 6-1
R64 - Naomi Xu (CAL) def. Emilija Pranyte (SAC) , 6-3, 6-4
R64 - Irene Riva (SAC) def. Hana Abdelhamid (PS), 7-5, 6-3
R32 - Sein Myoung (STAN) def. Irene Riva (SAC), 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
R64 - Reece Carter (UW) def. Reese Walker (SAC), 7-6 (4), 6-1
R64 - Dariya Radulova (UP) def. Palina Saulevich (SAC), 1-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3)
R64 - Elena Mercioiu (SAC) def. Brooke Bittner (GONZ), 6-0, 6-2
R32 - Carolina Driscoll (STAN) def. Elena Mercioiu (SAC), 0-6, 6-3, 6-0
Other Matches
Emilija Pranyte (SAC) def. Bridget Mihulka (ORE), 6-4, 6-2
Lou Baudouin (SAC) def. Maya Youssef (UCD), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
Irene Riva (SAC) def. Sophie Hernandez (CAL), 6-3, 6-2
Elena Mercioiu (SAC) def. Waverly Potter (UW), 7-6 (4), 6-4
Iman Khan (SMC) def. Palina Saulevich (SAC), 6-4, 6-4
Louna Cormier (FS) def. Lisann Brinkmann (SAC), 6-4, 6-3
Leyanne Hirota (PAC) adv. Isabella Temenugov (SAC), 2-1, ret. (inj.)
DOUBLES
Main Draw
R64 - Lou Baudouin / Irene Riva (SAC), Bye
R32 - Lou Baudouin / Irene Riva (SAC) def. Morgan Shaffer / Emma Sun (STAN), 8-2
R16 - Lou Baudouin / Irene Riva (SAC) def. #24 Alexia Jacobs / Anna-Marie Weissheim (UW), 8-5
QF - Lou Baudouin / Irene Riva (SAC) def. Hinata Furutani / Olivia Symons (ORE), 8-7 (5)
SF - Greta Greco Iucchina / Mao Mushika (CAL) def. Lou Baudouin / Irene Riva (SAC), 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
R64 - Elena Mercioiu / Emilija Pranyte (SAC) def. Amina Avdic / Daria Nazarenko (SU), 8-5
R32 - (9) Emily Robertson / Elizabeth Tindera (GONZ) def. Elena Mercioiu / Emilija Pranyte (SAC), 8-6
R64 - Palina Saulevich / Reese Walker (SAC), Bye
R32 - Palina Saulevich / Reese Walker (SAC) def. Iman Khan / Sophie Stanton (SMC), 8-5
R16 - (6) Caroline Driscoll / Alyssa Ahn (STAN) def. Palina Saulevich / Reese Walker (SAC), 8-4
R64 - Louna Cormier / Klara Vukicevic (FS) def. Lisann Brinkmann / Cami Maldonado Gutierrez (SAC), 8-0
CR32 - Maddy MacNeille / Ella Nielsen (GONZ) def. Lisann Brinkmann / Cami Maldonado Gutierrez (SAC), 6-0
