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Bulldogs Head To ITA Southern Regional
October 04, 2023 | Women's Tennis
BATON ROUGE, La. – Mississippi State's women's tennis team will venture to Louisiana for the ITA Southern Regional, hosted by the LSU.
"I'm really excited about another opportunity to see our improvements," head coach Chris Hooshyar said. "We have to continue to trust ourselves in the process phase and attack every challenge that will present itself."
The tournament gets underway on Thursday and will wrap up on Monday with a trip to next month's ITA National Fall Championships on the line.
The ITA Southern Regional is the second event the Bulldogs have participated in this fall. State posted 10 total wins at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic in Greenville, South Carolina last month.
The Bulldogs will send six members to Baton Rouge to take part in the ITA Southern Regional from Oct. 5-9.
Singles qualifying for the ITA Southern Regional starts on Thursday with freshman Ava Rath taking on Qianyu Liu of Nicholls State at 9 a.m.
Five other Bulldogs automatically received bids to the main draw. Jayna Clemens, Alexandra Mikhailuk, Dharani Niroshan, Athina Pitta and Maria Rizzolo all skipped ahead to the second round.
Mississippi State will also compete in doubles during the tournament with Niroshan and Clemens taking on Briana Crowley and Ava Hrastar of Ole Miss. Rath and Rizzolo will face Nikola Novotna and Delien Kleinhans of South Alabama. Mikhailuk and Pitta will be paired together, with their opponents announced after doubles qualifying finishes.
For more information on the Bulldog women's tennis program, visit HailState.com or search for "HailStateWT" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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"I'm really excited about another opportunity to see our improvements," head coach Chris Hooshyar said. "We have to continue to trust ourselves in the process phase and attack every challenge that will present itself."
The tournament gets underway on Thursday and will wrap up on Monday with a trip to next month's ITA National Fall Championships on the line.
The ITA Southern Regional is the second event the Bulldogs have participated in this fall. State posted 10 total wins at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic in Greenville, South Carolina last month.
The Bulldogs will send six members to Baton Rouge to take part in the ITA Southern Regional from Oct. 5-9.
Singles qualifying for the ITA Southern Regional starts on Thursday with freshman Ava Rath taking on Qianyu Liu of Nicholls State at 9 a.m.
Five other Bulldogs automatically received bids to the main draw. Jayna Clemens, Alexandra Mikhailuk, Dharani Niroshan, Athina Pitta and Maria Rizzolo all skipped ahead to the second round.
Mississippi State will also compete in doubles during the tournament with Niroshan and Clemens taking on Briana Crowley and Ava Hrastar of Ole Miss. Rath and Rizzolo will face Nikola Novotna and Delien Kleinhans of South Alabama. Mikhailuk and Pitta will be paired together, with their opponents announced after doubles qualifying finishes.
For more information on the Bulldog women's tennis program, visit HailState.com or search for "HailStateWT" on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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