Perez-Somarriba Opens Fall at Oracle ITA Masters

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Estela Perez-Somarriba of the University of Miami women’s tennis team will begin her fall campaign Thursday at the prestigious Oracle ITA Masters.

When the junior opens play at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., it will mark the first action of the fall for anyone on the Miami roster, as the Duke Bonk Invitational last weekend was canceled due to Hurricane Florence.

Perez-Somarriba is set to take the court at 11 a.m. ET for the opening round of mixed doubles play, competing alongside Virginia Tech’s Mitch Harper as the fifth-seeded pair in the draw.

The pair will take on Northern Kentucky’s Margita Sunjic and Cleveland State’s Nico Mostardi. The winning team will play again at 8 p.m. ET in the Round of 16.

After her mixed doubles match, third-ranked and fourth-seeded Perez-Somarriba starts singles competition at 12:15 p.m. ET against Dominique Vasile of Quinnipiac.

For more information on the Oracle ITA Masters, including the complete draws, click HERE. Live video can be found HERE, while live stats are available HERE.

The tournament, which also features matches at the Malibu Racquet Club, runs from Sept. 20-23. The men’s and women’s singles main draw finals on Sunday will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and re-aired on ESPNU each of the next two days.

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THURSDAY SCHEDULE

Mixed Doubles — Main Draw Round of 32
8 a.m. ET: [5] Estela Perez-Somarriba (UM)/Mitch Harper (VT) vs. Margita Sunjic (NKU)/Nico Mostardi (CSU)

Singles — Main Draw Round of 32
9 a.m. ET: No. 3 [4] Estela Perez-Somarriba vs. Dominique Vasile (QU)