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Kitty Harrison Invitational
Women’s Tennis Preview: Kitty Harrison Invitational
11.03.2016 | Women's Tennis
Longhorns wrap the fall tournament season this weekend in North Carolina.
WHAT: Texas completes its fall tournament season this weekend at the Kitty Harrison Invitational. The event features the participating schools going head-to-head in separate singles and doubles sessions to simulate the traditional dual-match format.
WHEN/WHERE
Kitty Harrison Invitational
Friday, Nov. 4 through Sunday, Nov. 6
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
WHO: North Carolina (host), Texas, Elon, William & Mary, Penn State, East Carolina, Iowa, Davidson, Charlotte, Maryland, Duke, Minnesota, Texas Tech and Virginia.
ITA PRESEASON NATIONAL RANKINGS (Texas players)
Singles
82. Neda Koprcina
113. Dani Wagland
LAST TIME OUT
Senior Neda Koprcina posted five singles wins and reached the finals of the ITA Texas Regional Championships (Oct. 24) in Waco.
MORE ON THE LONGHORNS
Second-year Texas head coach Howard Joffe returns five veterans from the 2015-16 squad that reached the round of 16 (third round) at the NCAA Championships and ranked No. 20 in the final ITA team poll.
All-Big 12 senior Neda Koprcina totaled a 21-2 dual-match record – including a 14-1 mark at No. 2 singles – last season as a junior. Koprcina clinched the Longhorns' 4-2 upset win at ninth-seeded Duke in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Championships. She brings a No. 82 national ranking into the fall tournament season.
Junior Dani Wagland posted 12 dual-match wins last season including a team-best eight wins at No. 3 singles. Katie Poluta joined the Longhorns last season from South Africa and totaled a 12-8 dual-match record. Her classmate Daniella Roldan added eight dual-match singles wins, and Chelsea Crovetti chipped in three singles victories.
UT welcomes four newcomers in the form of Anna and Bianca Turati of Italy, Petra Granic of Croatia and Madison Cleff of Colleyville, Texas. Granic won her first tournament title in September when she secured the Flight 2A event at the Rice Invitational in Houston.
Players Mentioned
