BLOOMSBURG, Pa.- After seeing its season opener scheduled for last week postponed due to rain, the West Chester University women's tennis team is preparing to open its season this week at the ITA Atlantic Regional Championships at Bloomsburg, beginning on Thursday.
West Chester will make its first trip of the year to the Burt Reese Tennis Center on the campus of Bloomsburg University for the ITA Championships, which are scheduled to begin on Thursday and conclude with Championship matches on Sunday.
Event Links: SCHEDULE I
SINGLES DRAW I
DOUBLES DRAW
The Matchups
West Chester will be well represented in Bloomsburg this week with two players competing in singles and a pair of doubles tandems.
In singles action,
Delaney Tingle (Charlotte, N.C./Palm Desert High) and
Ashleigh Grooms (Newport, Ky./The Summit Country Day School) will compete for WCU beginning in the Round of 64. Tingle will open up her season against Lauren Hayes from Millersville, and with a win would face the winner of a match between Michelle Connor (Charleston) and Stephanie Gopar (Fairmont State) in the Round of 32. Tingle did not face Lauren Hayes last spring as Hayes was second in the lineup for Millersville, defeating Grooms by a 6-4, 6-2 final in late March. Grooms will open her season against Dominique Van Vuuren of West Virginia Wesleyan and, with a win, would face the winner of a match between Lily Wentzler (Davis & Elkins) and Mira Fonesca (Fairmont State) in the Round of 32.
In doubles action, Tingle will team up with
Alexandra Cave (Greenmeadows Napier, New Zealand/Woodford House) while Grooms will be joined by
Sohana Thompson (Fairfield, Ohio/The Seven Hills School). Tingle and Cave will face the Slippery Rock duo of Nicole Kempton and Alissia Aleksandra Kivi, and with a win would face the winner of a match between Charleston and Salem in the Round of 16. Grooms and Thompson will open their campaign against Courtney Curnutte and Maria Martirosyan of West Liberty, and with a win would face the winner of a match between Indiana (Pa.) and Fairmont State in the Round of 16.
How to Follow
Results will be published on the draws linked above as they become available. Daily recaps will also be posted on wcupagoldenrams.com.
Up Next
Once its stay in Bloomsburg is complete, West Chester will be back in action on October 7 at Chestnut Hill beginning at 3 p.m.
