Carolina Set for Two Tournaments
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina women’s tennis team will split between two tournaments this weekend, including the SMU Fall Invitational in Dallas and the USTA Fall Ranked Spotlight in Orlando, Fla.
Both tournaments are set to run Friday to Sunday. Competing at the USTA National Campus will be No. 49 Mia Horvit, No. 125 Megan Davies and Gabriela Martinez Asensi. In Dallas, Silvia Chinellato, Ana Luiza Cruz, Elise Mills, Emma Shelton and Kennedy Wicker will represent the Gamecocks.
USTA FALL RANKED SPOTLIGHT
The USTA Fall Ranked Spotlight features nine teams that finished in the 2019 USTA/Tennis Channel Top 25. Those teams include, the No. 5 Gamecocks, No. 10 Oklahoma State, No. 13 UCF, No. 15 N.C. State, No. 18 Miami, No. 20 Tennessee, No. 21 Florida, No. 23 Virginia and No. 24 Ohio State.
Schedule
Friday
9 a.m. – Doubles – First Match
Not Before 10 a.m. – Singles – Round 1
Not Before 2:30 p.m. – Singles – Round 2
Saturday
9 a.m. – Singles – Round 3
Not Before 10 a.m. – Singles – Round 3
Not Before 1:30 p.m. – Singles – Round 4
Not Before 2:30 p.m. – Singles – Round 4
Sunday
9 a.m. – Doubles – Second Match
Not Before 10 a.m. – Singles – Round 5
Not Before 11 a.m. – Singles – Round 5 (Additional Backdraw Matches if Necessary)
SMU FALL INVITATIONAL
Carolina will see individuals from Arkansas, Kansas, Kansas State, SMU, Southern Miss and Stephen F. Austin. In the final ITA rankings, five of the competing teams finished in the top-75, including the No. 5 Gamecocks, No. 13 Kansas, No. 46 Arkansas, No. 60 Kansas State and No. 73 SMU.
Schedule:
Friday
8 a.m. – Doubles (Indoors)
9 a.m. – Doubles (Indoors)
10 a.m. – Doubles (Indoors)
12 p.m. – Singles (Indoors and Outdoors)
12 p.m. – Singles (Indoors and Outdoors)
Saturday
8 a.m. – Doubles
9 a.m. – Singles (All day)
Sunday
8 a.m. – Singles (Finals)
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