The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
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ITA All-American Championship
Women’s Tennis Preview: ITA All-American Championships
09.23.2014 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns continue fall tournament play at the first of three national championship events on the college tennis calendar.
WHAT: Two weeks removed from its opening tournament of the fall, Texas begins competition in the pre-qualifying singles and doubles draws at the ITA All-American Championships. The event is the first of three national championship events on the college tennis calendar.
WHEN:
Sept. 27-28: Pre-qualifying singles and doubles competition
Sept. 30-Oct. 1: Qualifying singles and doubles competition
Oct. 2-5: Main singles and doubles competition
WHERE: Riviera Tennis Club – Pacific Palisades, California
WHO: Sophomores Ratnika Batra and Neda Koprcina will compete in the pre-qualifying singles draw, though Batra is the first alternate to receive a berth to the qualifying singles draw if a participating player withdraws.
Two Texas doubles pairs – freshmen Ryann Foster/Danielle Wagland along with junior Lana Groenvynck and sophomore Pippa Horn, will compete in the pre-qualifying doubles draw. All entries in the pre-qualifying singles and doubles draws have the chance to play their way into the qualifying singles and doubles draws and ultimately the main singles and doubles draws.
Two-time All-America junior Breaunna Addison has been awarded a berth into the main singles draw. The Big 12 Player of the Year will begin play on Oct. 2.
PRESEASON I.T.A. NATIONAL RANKINGS
Singles
13. Breaunna Addison
81. Ratnika Batra
112. Neda Koprcina
MORE ON THE LONGHORNS
Headed by two-time All-American Breaunna Addison, Texas returns five of six regular singles starters from the 2013-14 team that reached the round of 32 at the NCAA Championships.
With 59 singles wins in her first two seasons, Addison returns for her junior season as the reigning Big 12 Player of the Year. The Boca Raton, Florida, native nailed down her second consecutive All-America honor last spring by way of her national ranking and her two singles wins at the NCAA Championships.
The 81st-ranked Batra posted an 8-1 mark in conference play last season as a true freshman. Koprcina and classmate Pippa Horn won Big 12 singles titles as freshmen last season at Nos. 4 and 5 singles, respectively.
UT also returns former Big 12 Freshman of the Year Lina Padegimaite, senior Annat Rabinovich and junior Lana Groenvynck. Interim head coach Darija Klaic welcomes a pair of newcomers in the form of Ryann Foster (Sunrise, Fla.) and Danielle Wagland (Sydney, Australia).
UT announced last week the appointment of former Yale head coach Danielle Lund McNamara as its new head women's tennis coach effective Nov. 17. McNamara will serve as a volunteer coach during the fall tournament season while the aforementioned Klaic continues as interim head coach.
Next up for the Longhorns is the Schlief Tennis Invite set for Oct. 11-12 in Nacogdoches, Texas.
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