WEST POINT, N.Y. – St. Bonaventure women's tennis player Fatya Amiri (pictured) lost her opening match on Saturday in the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Championship at Army's Lichtenberg Tennis Center.

Playing out of the 128-player main singles draw, the sophomore was defeated, 6-2, 6-1, by Columbia's Ioana Alecsiu.

On Friday, fellow sophomore Marissa Brossard bested Buffalo's Tamara Markovic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, in the singles qualifying Round of 32. However, Brossard's bid to earn a berth in the main singles draw ended with a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Cornell's Dena Tanebaum in the Round of 16.

In doubles competition, meanwhile, Brossard and Amiri were defeated 8-0 in the Round of 64 by Cornell's Lauren Frazier and Sarah O'Neil on Friday.

The regional championships, which started Friday and run through Tuesday feature the top singles and doubles players from 46 Division I schools across the Northeast. Singles and doubles main draw winners will advance to the ITA National Championship, Nov. 8-11 in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.