LA MIRADA, Calif.—  Jade Brilhante, Devyn Rodriguez and two Colorado Mesa University doubles teams all went 2-0 to highlight a strong opening day of ITA West Regional action for the Maverick women's tennis team here at the Biola University Tennis Center and at nearby Whittier College on Friday.
 
The Maverick women combined for a 4-1 doubles record and a 6-5 mark in singles as all six CMU women at the tournament are still alive in one of the main draws heading into Friday's portion of the 3-day tournament, which will resume at 8 a.m. PDT (9 a.m. Mountain).
 
The first two rounds of the doubles draws were played in the morning as the CMU duos of Catalina Ballon and Delia Maier and Sophie Hartman and Valentina Gonzalez were able to go 2-0 while reaching Friday's quarterfinals.
 
Ballon and Maier thumped Fresno Pacific's Malia Mitchell and Jasmine Palomera, 8-1 in the opening round and then got past Alessia Radu and Kailee Mazzeo of Biola by an 8-6 score in the second.

Meanwhile, the all-freshman duo of Hartman and Gonzalez improved to 8-0 this fall as they beat Menlo's Nia Macay and Ombeline Robilliart by an 8-1 score before squeaking past Azusa Pacific's Tia Kaukenas and Mariana Reveles Arreola by an 8-6 margin in the tiebreaker of the Round of 16 match-up
 
Brilhante and Rodirugez were downed by the same margin in their opening round of the doubles draw but bounced back in singles matches, which were played throughout the afternoon and into the evening hours.
 
Rodriguez won both of her matches in match tiebreakers, coming from behind to defeat Westmont's Lauren Gee, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8) in the first round before getting past Stanislaus State's Emma Yu in a 7-6 (7-0), 3-6, 1-0 (10-6) thriller to reach the Round of 16.
 
Meanwhile, Brilhante beat Azusa Pacific's Kimberly Tran, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) in the first round and then defeated Menlo's Ombeline Robilliart, by a 6-4, 6-2 score in the second.
 
Gonzalez also won her first round singles match over Mitchell, 6-2, 6-4 but suffered a 6-2, 7-5 loss to Cal State LA's Sofia Pavlova in the second round.
 
Maier was also able to win a consolation singles match and is in the Round of 16 in the backdraw along with Ballon, who received a bye in the consolation bracket.
  Doubles
 
First Round
Catalina Ballon/Delia Maier (Colorado Mesa) def. Malia Mitchell/Jasmine Palomera (Fresno Pacific), 8-1
Sophie Hartman/Valentina Gonzalez (Colorado Mesa) def. Nia Macay/Ombeline Robilliart (Menlo), 8-1
Yousra Hidass/Livia Harper (Menlo) def. Jade Brilhante/Devyn Rodriguez (Colorado Mesa), 8-7 (8-6)
 
Second Round
Ballon/Maier def. Alessia Radu/Kailee Mazzeo (Biola), 8-6
Hartman/Gonzalez def. Tia Kaukenas/Mariana Reveles Arreola (Azusa Pacific), 8-7 (8-6)
 
Singles
 
First Round
Sofia Acuna (Dominican) def. Delia Maier (Colorado Mesa), 6-3, 6-4
Emma Yu (Stanislaus State) def. Sophie Hartman (Colorado Mesa), 6-3, 6-2
Devyn Rodriguez (Colorado Mesa) def. Lauren Gee (Westmont), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)
Halle Faherty (Fresno Pacific) def. Catalina Ballon (Colorado Mesa), 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-1)
Valentina Gonzalez (Colorado Mesa) def. Malia Mitchell (Fresno Pacific), 6-2, 6-4
Jade Brilhante (Colorado Mesa) def. Kimberly Tran (Azusa Pacific), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
 
Second Round
Rodriguez def. Yu, 7-6 (7-0), 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)
Sofia Pavlova (Cal State LA) def. Gonzalez, 6-2, 7-5
Brilhante def. Ombeline Robilliart (Menlo), 6-4, 6-2
 
Consolation-Round of 32
Maier def. Justie Spitzer (Westmont), 8-2
Ballon, Bye
Gee def. Hartman, 8-3