PROVO, Utah (Oct. 16, 2026) – Wyoming Cowgirl Silver Bijlsma punched her ticket into Saturday's semifinals at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships behind the strength of a pair of singles victories Friday at the regional, hosted by BYU.

Bijlsma, who improved her fall record to 7-3 in singles, opened the day with a 6-3 and 6-3 win in the Round of 16 over Utah State's Sabina Pintea. Then in the quarterfinals, Bijlsma held on for a hard-fought 6-4, 4-6 and 6-2 win over Chelsea Bluestein to advance to the semifinal round.

Earlier in the day, Bijlsma and Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia, had their doubles run come to an end in a heartbreaking tiebreak loss. The duo lost to a team from Colorado 8-7 (7-3). Kochelaevskaia also lost her Round of 16 matchup in singles play.

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