Hokies split for Louisville Tennis Classic, Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic

Tech sends four Hokies to Florida and eight players to Kentucky to close its fall season

November 3, 2016

BLACKSBURG - Following an impressive showing at the 2016 Hokie Fall Invitational last weekend, the Virginia Tech women’s tennis team will split this weekend, capping its fall season at the 2016 Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic and the Louisville Tennis Classic from Nov. 4-6.

The Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic is held at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, and the Louisville Tennis Classic takes place at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center, in Louisville, Kentucky.

“I am excited for our team to compete in these last two events of the fall season,” said coach Terry Ann Zawacki-Woods. “Throughout each tournament thus far, we have seen many positives, and our goal is to finish strong in our individual games as well as an overall team. I have been happy to see our team show improvement from match-to-match, and I am looking forward to a great effort from each of them this weekend.”

Tech will send four Hokies to the Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic: senior Francesca Fusinato, juniors Elena Cerezo-Codina and Caroline Daxhelet and freshman Natalie Novotna.

Eight student-athletes also will compete at the Louisville Tennis Classic: senior Sansitha Nandakumar, juniors Katherine Butler, Sarah Baron and Sloan Barton, sophomore Emily Pence and freshmen Nancy Ghanem, Luisa Uscocovich, McKenzie Collins and Fallon Delp.

The Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic consists of a 32 singles draw and a 16 team doubles draw. Of note, the singles and doubles brackets will feature players from some of the best conferences in the country, including the ACC, SEC, Big 10 and PAC 12. Doubles matches are set to begin at 9 a.m., followed by a round of singles matches at 10 a.m.

Click HERE for a full singles bracket, and HERE for a full doubles bracket at the 2016 Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic.

Additionally, the three-day Louisville Tennis Classic is round-robin style and includes competition from Miami of Ohio, Memphis and host Louisville. Matches are set to begin at 9 a.m. Each team will start with two rounds of doubles, followed by one round of singles in the afternoon session.

A recap will be available following each day of competition at HokieSports.com.

Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic:

Doubles Competition:

Cerezo-Codina/Daxhelet (Tech) vs. Katrine Steffensen/Caroline Vives Vietri (Princeton)

Fusinato/Novotna (Tech) vs. Hailey M. Grillo/Olga Martinez (USF)

Singles Competition:

Francesca Fusinato (Tech) vs. Fernanda Navarro (Clemson)

Natalie Novotna (Tech) vs. Bridget L. Forster (FGCU)

Elena Cerezo-Codina (Tech) vs. Katrine Steffensen (Princeton)

Caroline Daxhelet (Tech) vs. Sydney A. Riley (Clemson)

Louisville Tennis Classic Schedule:

Friday, Nov. 4:

Doubles: Tech vs. Louisville at 10 a.m.

Doubles: Tech vs. Miami at 11 a.m.

Singles: Tech vs. Miami at 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 5:

Doubles: Tech vs. Memphis at 9 a.m.

Doubles: Tech vs. Louisville at 10 a.m.

Singles: Tech vs. Louisville at 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 6:

Singles: Tech vs. Memphis at 9 a.m.

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