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Rebels Head to Tennessee, California this Weekend
10/1/2015 | Women's Tennis
OXFORD, Miss. - Coming off a successful start to the fall season, the Ole Miss women's tennis team will be split again this weekend, with several players going to Chattanooga, Tennessee for the UTC Steve Baras Classic and others heading out west to the Riviera Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American Championships.
Riviera ITA All-American
The ITA and the Riviera Country Club will host the second national championship tournament of the 2015-16 season, as the nation's top Division I women's tennis players gather in Pacific Palisades, California to take part in the 2015 ITA Riviera All-American Championships. Senior Mai El Kamash and sophomore Natalie Suk will begin competing in the prequalifying singles Saturday. Sophomore Arianne Hartono is in the qualifying singles, which begins Tuesday. El Kamash and Suk are in the qualifying doubles. Last year, El Kamash advanced to the qualifying tournament for the second year in a row.
UTC Steve Baras Classic
Six players will head to Chattanooga to compete in the 33rd annual UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic Friday and Saturday. Junior Zalina Khairudinova, who reached the finals last weekend in Las Vegas, is in the No. 1 Singles Draw, along with freshman Tea Jandric. Senior Marija Milutinovic and freshman Allie Sanford are in the No. 2 Singles Draw, senior Allie Robbins is in the No.3 Singles Draw and freshman Brooke Stevens will compete in the No. 4 Singles Draw. Khairudinova and Sanford, who teamed up to win the UNLV Invitational doubles title last weekend, will pair up again this weekend in Chattanooga. Milutinovic and Jandric join them in the No. 1 Doubles Draw, while Robbins and Stevens will team up in the No. 2 Doubles Draw.
Quoting Head Coach Mark Beyers
"The All-American is a very prestigious tournament and one of the top tournaments in the fall. All the top players in the country will be there. We are excited to have three players competing in it. It's a great opportunity for them to get some ranked wins and help their individual national ranking. It's a chance to take that first step in making the NCAA Tournament. For all three of them, that's a big goal."
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