Ojeda Proclaims Ladies’s Tennis Fall Schedule

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee head ladies’s tennis coach Alison Ojeda introduced the 2025 fall slate on Tuesday. The schedule options a number of occasions from each the skilled and collegiate circuits, together with one ITA Regional occasion on the Goodfriend Tennis Center.

The Lady Vols search to proceed this system’s momentum from the 2024-25 season, which they completed because the ninth-ranked crew within the nation. Seniors Catherine Aulia, Leyla Britez Risso and Vanesa Suarez return a lot of final season’s manufacturing and enter their last campaigns as ITA’s No. 19, No. 34 and No. 121 singles gamers within the nation, respectively.

The schedule contains a number of pro-level tournaments, which can function particular person Lady Vols in search of extremely aggressive reps previous to the spring twin season. Last week, Britez Risso competed within the ITF W35 Uvero Alto occasion in Punta Cana, D.R. The Lady Vols have plans to ship opponents to 2 ITF occasions in California, in addition to one occasion in Quebec City. Aulia will symbolize her native Australia within the Master’U match in Paris from Dec. 3-8.

In the collegiate ranks, the Lady Vols will play in a slate of ITA occasions, together with the All-American Championships, ITA Regionals, ITA Conference Masters and ITA Sectional occasions. The Lady Vols will function a number for the ITA Regionals, working from Oct. 15-22.

Multiple Lady Vols certified for the ITA All-American Championships, together with foremost draw alternatives in Aulia, Britez Risso and Saray Yli-Piipari, who earned her spot by profitable ITA’s National Summer Championship. Vanesa Suarez and Elim Yan earned pre-qualifying alternatives within the All-American Championships singles area. The duos of Aulia/Britez Risso (MD), Yli-Piipari/Suarez (MD) and Maeve Thornton/Francesca Mattioli (PQ), will compete within the doubles area of the occasion.

The Lady Vols can even compete in two weekend invite tournaments, first on October 10-12 on the Virginia Invite in Charlottesville, Va., then on the Rome Invite from October 24-26 in Rome, Ga.

The NCAA Individual championships, now performed through the Fall season, will happen in Lake Nona, Fla., on November 18-23 on the USTA National Campus, hosted by UCF.

Tennessee Lady Volunteers Women’s Tennis Fall 2025 Schedule
Date                                                      Tournament                                      Location
Sept 7-14                                            ITF W35 Uvero Alto                        Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Sept. 20-21                                        ITA All-Americans (PQ)                Cary, N.C.
Sept. 22-23                                        ITA All-Americans (Q)                   Cary, N.C.
Sept. 24-28                                        ITA All-Americans (MD)               Cary, N.C.
Sept 22                                                ITF W35 Berkeley                            Berkeley, Calif.
Sept 29                                                ITF W35 San Rafaela                     San Rafael, Calif.
Oct 10-12                                           Virginia Invite                                   Charlottesville, Va.
Oct 13                                                  ITF W35 Quebec City                    Quebec City, Canada
Oct 15-22                                           ITA Regionals                                    Knoxville, Tenn.
Oct. 23-26                                          UTR PTT Knoxville                           Knoxville, Tenn.
Oct 24-26                                           Rome Invite                                       Rome, Ga.
Nov 3                                                    ITF W15 Lincoln                               Lincoln, Neb.
Nov 6-9                                                ITA Conference Masters              San Diego, Calif.
Nov 6-9                                                ITA Sectionals                                  Athens, Ga.
Nov 18-23                                          NCAA Ind. Championships        Lake Nona, Fla.
Dec 3-8                                                Master’U                                            Paris, France