Women's Tennis Preps for Two Events
October 01, 2009 | Women's Tennis
Oct. 1, 2009
Coach Todd Petty interview 
| Kelsy Garland interview | Elizabeth Ullathorne interview | Kerryn Potgieter interview
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech women's tennis squad continues their fall season this weekend on two fronts. Six players will travel with assistant coach Todd Chapman to the University of Missouri for the "Ace for the Cure" while head coach Todd Petty will be with two players at the 2009 Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, California.
In Columbia, Missouri, the Lady Raiders will enter six singles and four doubles. The three doubles pairings for the "Ace for the Cure" are Stefanie Peana (So) and Natalie Leitch (So), Kerryn Potgieter (Sr) and Caroline Starck (Fr), and Lorena Aviles (Fr) and Mia Matuszak (Fr).
Joining the Lady Raiders will be competitors from the University of Missouri, University of Louisville, and Drake University. Play will begin daily at 10:00 AM with a round of doubles followed by two rounds of singles. All matches are scheduled to be played outdoors at the Green Tennis Center, weather permitting.
On Saturday, participants and fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness. There will be a donation box at the front desk of the Green Tennis Center all weekend for those interested. Additionally, pink "Ace for a Cure" tournament t-shirts will be on sale for $10, with the proceeds benefiting cancer research. After play on Saturday, all participants will attend a luncheon with a guest speaker to discuss breast cancer awareness and early detection.
The nation's top collegiate tennis players are slated to compete in the ITA's first women's national event of the 2009-2010 season, as the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships begin this weekend. On October 3 and 4, Kelsy Garland (Jr) will compete in the Prequalifying Singles and in Prequalifying Doubles with Elizabeth Ullathorne (Fr). UCLA will host the prequalifying rounds.
There are 64 competitors in Prequalifying Singles and a player must win three rounds to advance to the Qualifying Round. Thirty-two Prequalifying Doubles teams must win three rounds to advance to the Qualifying Round. Advancing singles and doubles players will then play in the Qualifying Rounds on October 6 and 7 with the goal of advancing to the Main Draw with play beginning on October 8.
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