Well, we're off today for Salem, OR and the Fall USTA/ITA Regional Championship tournament.
This is a singles and doubles tournament with all of our conference schools competing. I love it as a way to showcase the hard work we've done over the summer and in the fall as well as seeing how we stack up with the conference both in terms of our returners improvement and our new players making their mark on college tennis.
We'll be competing with 8 singles players: Alyssa, Courtney and Morgan Lawless, Emily, Hadley, Olivia, Hannah and Lizzy. First years Maddy Webster and Erin Minuth will debut in doubles.
Alyssa is the #2 seed in singles and teams up with #5 seed Courtney as the #1 seeded doubles team in the draw. Em and Morgan go in as the #6 seed in Doubles and Lizzy and Hannah renew their successful partnership from last spring.
It should be a super fun event with some families and alums in attendance, if you're near Salem, we will play at Willamette and Salem Swim and Tennis if it is dry and the indoor backup is the Courthouse Tennis club.
I'll send as many twitter updates as I can manage (maybe with some help).
More to come as the competition begins!
John
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