Entering the tournament as the No. 9 seed, Lou Baudouin and Irene Riva became the first Sacramento State doubles team to reach the semifinal round since Clarisse Baca and Maria Meliuk gained the finals in 2011, defeating opponents from Stanford, Washington (which was ranked No. 24 in the nation) and Oregon before falling to a team from California in three sets and falling just a win shy of qualifying for the NCAA Championships. Photo courtesy of Sacramento State Athletics

SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - The Sacramento State doubles team of juniors Lou Baudouin and Irene Riva have been selected to represent the Big Sky Conference at the 2025 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Conference Masters Championships on Nov. 6 to Nov. 9 at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.

The duo was selected by a vote of the conference's head coaches following a round of nominations. Coaches could not vote for their own players. 

Each Division I conference will send one singles player and one doubles team to the event, with the four singles semifinalists and top three doubles teams qualifying for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Individual Championships hosted at the United States Tennis Association National Campus in Orlando, Fla., on Nov. 18 to 23.

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association Conference Masters Championships is one of four qualifying tournaments that will seed the field for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Individual Championships, joining the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships (10 singles, four doubles), the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championships (26 singles, 13 doubles) and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sectional Qualifiers (24 singles, 12 doubles). All told, 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams will vie for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Individual Championships.

Teaming up as a doubles pair for the first time in their Hornet careers, the duo is already off to an impressive start in 2025-26, highlighted by a semifinal appearance at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northwest Regionals in Berkeley the second week of October. 

Entering the tournament as the No. 9 seed, Baudouin and Riva became the first Sacramento State doubles team to reach the semifinal round since Clarisse Baca and Maria Meliuk gained the finals in 2011, defeating opponents from Stanford, Washington (which was ranked No. 24 in the nation) and Oregon before falling to a team from California in three sets and falling just a win shy of qualifying for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships.

The duo also finished 2-1 at the Cal Fall Invitational, reaching the main draw semifinals of that tournament, and punctuated a 1-1 finish at the prestigious Battle in the Bay Classic with a win over the No. 53-ranked doubles team in the country from Oklahoma State.

Last spring, Baudouin was a combined 14-6 in doubles and 6-2 against Big Sky opponents while earning all-league second-team honors, while Riva was 8-5 in doubles play at the top two spots in the lineup after bouncing back from an early-season injury.

This will be the second trip to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Conference Masters Championships for both players after Baudouin won a pair of singles matches and Riva joined former teammate Maddy Ferreros to reach the semifinals in doubles, eventually finishing fourth, just one win shy of an National Collegiate Athletic Association berth.

Complete information on the 2025 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Conference Masters Championships is available here: https://wearecollegetennis.com/ita-conference-masters-championships.