Megan Bradley Heads to All-American Championship

Oct. 7, 2004

Coral Gables, Fla. – Senior All-American and No. 2 ranked Megan Bradley will take part in the Main Draw of the 2004 Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships October 7-10. The tournament, which will feature the nation’s top collegiate women’s players, will be held at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, California.

Bradley will face Tulane’s Nancy Kockott, who earn a bid to the Main Draw through the qualifying round, in the opening round of play on Thursday.

The Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championship is the first of three national championship events during the 2004-05 season at the NCAA Division I level.

The top eight seeds in singles for the main draw are (in order): Cristelle Grier of Northwestern, Megan Bradley of Miami (Fla.), Jelena Pandzic of Fresno State, Julie Coin of Clemson, Alice Barnes of Stanford, Dianne Hollands of Arizona, Daria Panova of Oregon and Aibika Kalsarieva of Kentucky. Also competing will be 2003 finalist Erin Burdette of Stanford. Clemson’s Coin reached last year’s semifinals. Fresno State’s Pandzic reached last May’s NCAA final. All told, 22 of the top 25 players in the preseason ITA singles rankings are competing in this year’s main draw in singles.

Last season No. 34 Bradley, as part of the Qualifying Tournament, defeated three opponents to advance to the Main Draw where she lost to No. 3 Raquel Kops-Jones of California, 6-3, 6-3.