LEBANON, Tenn. – Cumberland’s Ainhoa Garido Garrijo posted a three set win in singles and Axel Lucich and Thiago Lopes lost in doubles on the final day of the ITA Cup on Saturday in Rome, Ga.

Garijo Garrido ended the tournament with her first victory in singles, a 6-1, 0-6, 6-0, victory over Indiana Wesleyan’s Elizabeth Bauss on Saturday morning.

In doubles Lopes and Lucich finished the event 1-2 after a 6-3, 6-3, defeat to Cardinal Stritch’s Nicola Wehre and Niccolo Rossi.

Formerly known as the Small College Nationals and Oracle ITA Cup, the ITA Cup has history dating to 1986 and is the only singles and doubles national championship event for the Division II and NAIA levels. This year, more than 8,000 players took part in a total of 60 regional tournaments to gain entry into the ITA Cup field.

Each division represented will feature eight singles players and eight doubles teams competing in their respective draws.

Each of the four divisional singles champions (Division II, Division III, NAIA and JUCO) will be automatically entered in the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, which takes place November 7-11 in Surprise, Ariz., providing the student-athletes the opportunity to compete in the same tournament as the nation's top Division I players.

In previous years, only one singles player had earned that distinction by winning the "Super Bowl" or "Oracle Cup", which pitted the four divisional winners against each other for the right to play in the fall season's final tournament. In 2017, the format changed, with each of the four divisional singles champions (Divisions II, III, NAIA and JUCO) per gender earning a spot in the fall finale.

Men's and women's doubles will still take part and compete for the ITA Cup, with the winners of those two (one men's, one women's) draws moving on to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships.