W. Tennis Announces 2013 Spring Schedule
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami head women’s tennis coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews hasofficially released the 2013 spring tennis schedule. Sixteen of the Canes’ 22matches will come against opponents that ended the 2012 campaign in thenational rankings, and 14 will take place at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
Of the 16 ranked opponentson Miami’s schedule, 10 ended last season among the Top 25 and three among theTop 10. In addition to having one of the deepest conference schedules in thenation, UM will face at least 10 ranked non-conference foes.
“I strongly believethat we have one of the toughest schedules in the country,” Yaroshuk-Tews said. “The only way to improve is to constantly gettested in pressure situations and that’s what this schedule is set todo.”
To kick off the season, theCanes travel to Boca Raton, Fla., to take on FAU on Jan. 11. The next matchbegins a six-match homestand at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center, as Miami hosts No.21 Illinois on Jan. 13. The Miami Spring Invite, held Jan.18-20, includes No.17 Texas A&M, No. 10 Texas and No. 28 Vanderbilt.
No. 54 Hawaii, 27th-ranked ArizonaState and No. 46 Oklahoma roll into town for the 2013 ITA National IndoorKick-Off Jan. 25 and Jan 26. Miami closes out its month-long homestand with amatchup against UNF on Feb. 3.
If the Hurricanes win bothmatchups during ITA Kick-Off Weekend, they will qualify for a trip toCharlottesville, Va., and the ITA National Women’s Team Indoor Championshipsbeginning Feb. 8. If not, the homestand continues as conference rivals No. 40 FloridaState and 25th-ranked Clemson visit on Feb. 23 and March 3,respectively.
The Canes then spend twoweekends away, taking on No. 20 Georgia Tech in Atlanta, on March 9 beforetraveling to Texas to face No. 10 Texas in Austin on March 22 and 13th-rankedBaylor in Waco on March 23.
The Hurricanes return hometo face No. 64 Brown (March 27), NC State (March 28) and Wake Forest (March30). Maryland (April 5) and Boston College (April 7) come to Coral Gablesbefore Miami heads north to Virginia, closing out the season at Virginia Techon April 20 and at No. 15 Virginia on April 21.
“We are ready to beginpractice Saturday and start another incredible journey with eight amazing women,”Yaroshuk-Tews said. With proper guidance,this journey will reap all its rewards in Champaign-Urbana in May.”
Postseason will begin April25 with the first round of the ACC Championships in Cary, N.C. The season willcome to a conclusion May22-27 with the NCAA Team and Individual Championshipsin Urbana, Ill.
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