W. Tennis Opens Spring Campaign at Baha Mar
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s tennis team will start the 2020 spring season this weekend at the Pink Flamingo Invitational.
Held at Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, Bahamas, the inaugural event features No. 23 Miami, No. 20 Florida, seventh-ranked Texas and fourth-ranked UCLA.
“We’re expecting to have some incredible competition against some of the best teams in the country,” Miami head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews said. “I’m looking forward to beginning our season so strongly.”
Action is set to begin at 9 a.m. both Friday and Saturday, then at 8 a.m. Sunday on the last day of competition.
On day one, the Hurricanes meet UCLA in doubles and Texas in singles. The second day, Miami faces Florida in doubles and UCLA in singles. To conclude play, Yaroshuk-Tews’ team plays Texas in doubles and Florida in singles.
The four top-25 teams, which have combined for 50 NCAA Final Four appearances and 11 national titles, boast a total of 13 nationally-ranked singles players. That includes five of the top 14 players in the ITA rankings, including half of the top six.
Miami heads into opening weekend with two ranked singles players, led by senior Estela Perez-Somarriba, the reigning NCAA singles champion, at third nationally. Freshman Selma Cadar also sports a top-75 ranking, checking in at No. 69 in the country.
Florida sports three ranked singles players in No. 37 McCartney Kessler, No. 88 Layne Sleeth and No. 96 Victoria Emma. In addition, Sleeth and Marlee Zein place No. 32 in doubles.
Texas also has a trio of players in the singles rankings, led by Anna Turati at fourth nationally. She is followed by Lexi Ryngler at No. 43 and Fernanda Labraña at No. 98.
Five UCLA players are featured on the singles list: sixth-ranked Abbey Forbes, ninth-ranked Jada Hart, No. 14 Elysia Bolton, No. 99 Annette Goulak and No. 108 Sasha Vagramov. Bolton and Hart also form the country’s second-ranked doubles duo.
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SCHEDULE
Friday (plays begins at 9 a.m.)
Miami vs. UCLA (doubles)
Florida vs. Texas (doubles)
Miami vs. Texas (singles)
Florida vs. UCLA (singles)
Saturday (play begins at 9 a.m.)
Miami vs. Florida (doubles)
Texas vs. UCLA (doubles)
Miami vs. UCLA (singles)
Florida vs. Texas (singles)
Sunday (plays begins at 8 a.m.)
Miami vs. Texas (doubles)
Florida vs. UCLA (doubles)
Miami vs. Florida (singles)
Texas vs. UCLA (singles)
