ROME, Ga. - Rebecca Kong of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team earned a 6-3, 6-4 opening round win over Audrey Pogue of Emory in the first round of the ITA Cup Singles championship at the Rome Tennis Center. 

With the win, Kong advances through to tomorrow's quarterfinals, when she will take on Sahana Madala of Johns Hopkins at 9 a.m. Madala prevailed in three sets in her first-round match against Sieun Lee of Vassar. 

Kong also secures All-America honors in singles for the second year in a row by advancing to the quarterfinals. Last year, she made it to the ITA Cup finals, where she fell to Matia Cristiani of Babson, who didn't lose a match against a DIII opponent the entire season. 

In doubles, Kong and Bell Zhou were defeated in their opening round match by Bowdoin, but the duo had already secured All-America honors by winning the ITA West Regionals in Claremont two weeks ago.