FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (October 11, 2025) – The Northern Arizona women's tennis team continued its fall season at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships in Provo, Utah on the campus of Brigham Young University this past week, wrapping up today. The tournament precedes the ITA Masters, scheduled for Nov. 5-9 in San Diego.
Natalie Rainke and
Madelynn Ludwig highlighted the performance with the Lumberjacks' first appearance in the finals of doubles since 2019, while
Patrycja Niewiadomska reached the round of 16 in singles. NAU tallied nine wins in matches throughout the whole week.
Madelynn Ludwig and
Leontina Stojanovic began the week competing in the qualifying draw. Ludwig lost in straight sets to Ruby Hansen (Denver), 6-2, 6-3, while Stojanovic pushed Chenyue Xu (Idaho) to three sets but ultimately fell short, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
In the main draw of singles,
Patrycja Niewiadomska and
Natalie Rainke opened the round of 64 with wins in straight sets. Niewiadomska took down Wiem Boubaker (Nevada), 6-4, 6-3, while Rainke defeated Luana Avelar (CSU) 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the next round.
In the round of 32, Niewiadomska continued her strong performance with a victory over Pia Rebec (Col.) 6-1, 6-4. Rainke fought hard against Grace Levelston of BYU, but fell in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Niewiadomska then ran into eventual singles finalist Emma Kamper (Utah) in the round of 16, falling short to a score of 6-4, 6-2.
In doubles, NAU began the round of 64 with two victories. Rainke and Ludwig handled Jessica Hill and Naomi Johnson (Weber), 8-2, while Niewiadomska and
Elen Jantacova took a close match against Alicia Celorios Morales and Paulina Aleksandrowicz (Weber), 8-6.
Rainke and Ludwig continued in the round of 32 with a victory over Silvia Maria Costache and Marlene Forster (Nevada) 8-6, while Luana Avelar and Sorcha Caves (ISU) ended Niewiadomska and Jantacova's run, 8-4.
The round of 16 brought another close encounter, with Rainke and Ludwig taking an 8-5 win over Natalie Cinkova and Louise Wikander (Denver), before doubling up Whitney Moon and Anna Pinaieva (NMSU) in the quarterfinals, 8-4.
The semifinals were a similar story, as the pair took down Naomi Schraeder and Jessica Matthews of Idaho 6-3, 6-3. The finals match was hard-fought, but ultimately ended in a 6-3, 6-3 decision to Grace Levelston and Kendall Kovick of BYU.
Rainke and Ludwig's appearance in the doubles final is the first for NAU since 2019, when
Adrianna Sosnowska and
Mimi Bland's made it in 2019.
The NAU women's tennis team will be back in action on Oct. 31 as they travel to Tempe, Arizona to take part in the Thunderbird Invitational at Arizona State University.
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RESULTS:
Singles - Qualifying Draw
Chenyue Xu (Idaho) def.
Leontina Stojanovic (NAU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Ruby Hansen (Denver) def.
Madelynn Ludwig (NAU) 6-2, 6-3
Main Draw (Round of 64)
Patrycja Niewaidomska (NAU) def. Wiem Boubaker (Nevada) 6-4, 6-3
Anya Nelson (Col.) def. Elen Jantacova (NAU) 0-6, 7-5, 6-4
Karina Mohamed (BYU) def. Andrea Noguera (NAU) 6-2, 7-5
Natalie Rainke (NAU) def. Luana Avelar (CSU) 6-4, 6-3
Round of 32
Grace Levelston (BYU) def. Natalie Rainke (NAU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Patrycja Niewiadomska (NAU) def. Pia Rebec (Col.) 6-1, 6-4
Round of 16
Emma Kamper (Utah) def. Patrycja Niewiadomska (NAU) 6-4, 6-2
Extra Matches 10/8
Hudson Hawkins (UNLV) def. Madelynn Ludwig (NAU) 6-1, 7-6(7-5), 10-8
Whitney Moon (NMSU) def. Leontina Stojanovic (NAU) 7-5, 7-5
Extra Matches 10/9
Aleksandra Bozinovska (Weber) def. Mia Wolter (NAU) 6-2, 6-0
DOUBLES
Round of 64
Yu-Yun Chen and Sage Bergeson (BYU) def. Leontina Stojanovic and Andrea Noguera (NAU), 8-3
Natalie Rainke and Madelynn Ludwig (NAU) def. Jessica Hill and Naomi Johnson (Weber) 8-2
Patrycja Niewiadomska and Elen Jantacova (NAU) def. Alicia Celorios Morales and Paulina Aleksandrowicz (Weber), 8-6
Round of 32
Natalie Rainke and Madelynn Ludwig (NAU) def. Silvia Maria Costache and Marlene Forster (Nevada) 8-6
Luana Avelar and Sorcha Caves (ISU) def. Patrycja Niewiadomska and Elen Jantacova (NAU), 8-4
Round of 16
Natalie Rainke and Madelynn Ludwig (NAU) def. Natalie Cinkova and Louise Wikander (Denver), 8-5
Quarterfinals
Natalie Rainke and Madelynn Ludwig (NAU) def. Whitney Moon and Anna Pinaieva (NMSU) 8-4
Semifinals
Natalie Rainke and Madelynn Ludwig (NAU) def. Naomi Schraeder and Jessica Matthews (Idaho) 6-3, 6-3
Finals
Grace Levelston and Kendall Kovick (BYU) def. Natalie Rainke and Madelynn Ludwig (NAU), 6-3, 6-2