Normal, Ill. – UIC Women's tennis advanced to the championship rounds in several flights over the weekend at the Redbird Invitational, with the Flames competing in four singles finals and two doubles finals. UIC also had multiple players competing for third and fifth-place finishes across the singles and doubles draws. Cooper and Tai's Flight 1 doubles championship qualifies the duo for the ITA Conference Masters Tournament, set for November in Rome, GA.

• Cooper and Tai captured the Flight 1 Doubles championship, defeating Illinois State's Benedetti and Peretti 8-5.

• Tai finished runner-up in Flight 5 Singles 

• Deletioglu also earned a runner-up finish in Flight 6 Singles.

• Deletioglu and Halbersztadt finished second in Flight 3 Doubles after falling 8-2 in the championship match. 

QUOTE FROM HEAD COACH RYAN JUMP

"I thought we played great doubles all weekend! We competed well in singles, especially against some of the new faces in the conference! Our goal leaving ISU was to come home more confident and closer as a group, and I think we accomplished both tasks."

UP NEXT

The Flames will compete next at the ITA Division 1 Regional Championship in Urbana, Illinois, beginning Thursday, Oct. 8, and continuing through Monday, Oct. 12.

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