Ricki Budewitz

  • Award
    Student-Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/24/2023
  • Sport
    Women's Tennis
  • School
    Concordia University Wisconsin
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Watertown, Wis.
  • High School
    Watertown
Budewitz, a senior, advanced to the semifinals in the singles draw at the ITA Midwest Region Championships last weekend at UW-Whitewater. Seeded 14th, she posted wins over Cornell's Tansy Graves (6-3, 6-2), Luther's No. 20-seed Abby Ostermann (6-4, 6-4), No. 4-seed Allison Szalay of Gustavus Adolphus (0-6, 7-6 [4], 1-0 [7]), and unseeded Michaella Sullivan of Bethel (Minn.) (6-3, 6-0), before falling to Grinnell's Irene Agusti, the No. 10 seed, by a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, in the semifinals.

Budewitz also paired with Ashley Samuta to post a 1-1 record in the ITA doubles draw, falling to the third-seeded tandem of Szalay and Molly Austin of Gustavus Adolphus, 8-6, in the round of 16.

Earlier in the week, she posted wins at No. 1 singles (6-1, 6-0 over Olivia Heling) and No. 1 doubles (8-0) against Lakeland.