PROVO, Utah (Oct. 14, 2026) – It was an undefeated day one of the ITA Mountain Regional Wednesday at BYU for the Wyoming Cowgirls. Silver Bijlsma and Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia both opened singles play with a win to advance to Thursday's Round of 32. The duo also advanced to the Round of 32 in doubles play as a tandem.

The tandem opened day one at the regional with a thrilling win in doubles, defeating Utah State's Mlkva and Wilmot, 8-7 (7-3). The two move on to face Utah Tech's Mariana Berdecio and Ana Sampere Thursday.

In singles, Bijlsma won in straight sets to open her tournament. Bijlsma won 6-2 and 7-6 (9-7) over Stella Beldiman of Boise State. Kochelaevskaia, meanwhile, took her opening round match in a hard-fought three-set contest, 6-4, 3-6 and 6-0.

The duo will play doubles and singles again Thursday.

-WYO-