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Sudo, Lim Highlight Southern Miss Run at ITA Southern Regionals
10/12/2026 2:05:00 PM | Women's Tennis
BATON ROUGE, La. – Southern Miss women's tennis wrapped up the ITA Southern Regional Championships with six victories across singles and doubles, highlighted by a strong showing from Sakura Sudo and Pimmada Lim at the LSU Tennis Complex.
Sudo produced one of the Golden Eagles' top results of the tournament in the main singles draw, defeating Mississippi State's Athina Pitta in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, to advance to the Round of 32. The victory added another quality result to Sudo's fall against a strong Southern Region field.
Sudo also teamed with Lim to make an impact in doubles. The pair opened the main draw with an 8-5 victory over Troy's Leena Metwally and Sama Hassan Hindawy to advance to the Round of 32. Lim added a singles victory of her own during qualifying, handling South Alabama's Ava Rath, 6-1, 6-3.
Southern Miss found additional success throughout the qualifying draw as Kamornwan Kornsila and Gagana Kumar joined Lim with straight-set victories. Kornsila earned a 7-5, 6-1 win, while Kumar rolled to a 6-0, 6-2 decision. Manuella Persson added another singles victory in consolation play, taking her match 6-4, 7-6 (5).
The week in Baton Rouge gave the Golden Eagles another valuable stretch of competition against some of the top programs and players in the region. Southern Miss finished the event with five singles victories and one doubles win, continuing to build match experience and depth as the fall schedule moves closer to the spring season.
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