@HurricaneTennis Opens Spring Season Friday
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s tennis team will begin its spring season this weekend as the Hurricanes are set to host the Miami Spring Invite.
Texas, Utah and Vanderbilt will all be making the trip to Coral Gables for the three-day event at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. Play will begin at 9:00 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16 and will stretch through Sunday.
“Looking forward to playing a lot of tennis this weekend,” Miami head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews said. “Ladies are focused and excited for the spring to begin. I truly believe this team has a special dynamic. I’m having fun watching them grow stronger as a team with each day.”
All three visitors are ranked in the ITA’s top 50, led by Vanderbilt at No. 11. Texas is No. 22 and Utah comes in at No. 44.
Ranked No. 12 to open the spring, Miami is coming off its ninth consecutive trip to the Sweet 16 and finished the 2014 season also ranked No. 12 in the nation.
Seventh-ranked Stephanie Wagner, a junior from Amberg, Germany, headlines a group of five ranked Hurricanes in singles. Two Miami freshman, Sinead Lohan and Wendy Zhang, place among the top 60, with Lohan No. 39.
In doubles, the pair of Stephane Wagner and senior Lina Lileikite is ranked eighth in the nation and head a group of three Miami doubles duos in the top 40. Senior Monique Albuquerque and junior Clementina Riobueno form the nation’s No. 15 ranked pair.
The Miami Spring Invite will feature a round robin format, with each team playing all of the others in both doubles and singles over the course of the three days.
The Hurricanes will open with Texas in doubles and Utah in singles Friday, then will take on Vanderbilt in doubles and Texas in singles Saturday and will close with Utah in doubles and Vanderbilt in singles Sunday. All of Miami’s matches will take place on courts one through four.
Matches are scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, while Sunday’s start time is set for 8:00 a.m.
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FRIDAY SCHEDULE
Doubles (Beginning at 9:00am): Miami vs. Texas (Courts 1-4) and Utah vs. Vanderbilt (Courts 5-8)
Singles: Miami vs. Utah (Courts 1-4) and Texas vs. Vanderbilt (Courts 5-8)
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
Doubles (Beginning at 9:00 a.m.): Miami vs. Vanderbilt (Courts 1-4) and Texas vs. Utah (Courts 5-8)
Singles: Miami vs. Texas (Courts 1-4) and Utah vs. Vanderbilt (Courts 5-8)
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Doubles (Beginning at 8:00 a.m.): Miami vs. Utah (Courts 1-4) and Texas vs. Vanderbilt (Courts 5-8)
Singles: Miami vs. Vanderbilt (Courts 1-4) and Texas vs. Utah (Courts 5-8)
Photo courtesy of Manuela Davies.
