Maryland Tennis Heads to Blacksburg, Virginia, After Sturdy Begin to Fall Season

COLLEGE PARK, MD – This week, the University of Maryland’s Women’s Tennis workforce will journey to Blacksburg, Virginia, the place they are going to compete within the ITA Atlantic Regionals Tournament. The occasion, hosted by Virginia Tech, will happen from Thursday, October sixteenth, to Tuesday, October twenty first.

This would be the second ITA match the Terps have competed in, the final one being the ITA All-American Championship, the place solely three members participated (Emma Ghiradato, Oliwia Orlinska, and Ema Kovacevic).

This upcoming match will function all members of the lively roster, together with newcomers Lucia Donnelly, Magdalena Baniak, and Emma Ghirardato. All three have had terrific begins to their Terps careers, going a collective 8-1 in singles and 5-3 in doubles matches to start out the autumn season.

Freshman Lucia Donnelly and Magdalena Baniak will take part within the Qualifying Draw, with Baniak coming in because the #2 Seed and Donnelly because the #11 Seed. Juniors Aida Eissa and Katherine Hung are additionally competing within the Qualifying draw starting Thursday. The Terps might want to win 2 matches to advance to the Main Draw.  Matches start tomorrow at 9:00 AM Eastern.

Other than Lucia Donnelly, who will solely take part in singles matches, the doubles pairings are as follows:

#3 Seed Emma Ghirardato and Ema Kovacevic

#9 Seed Oliwia Orlinska and Tamari Gagoshidze

Aida Eissa and Katherine Hung

Diya Challa and Magdalena Baniak

More info and the up to date stats for the ITA Regionals will be discovered right here:

https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/Competitions/VirginiaTechW/Tournaments/Overview/c9c9455c-2407-4e61-b5b9-e11636bb206a

Scoring updates can be posted all through the week on the workforce’s X account.

https://x.com/TerpTennis

This would be the final match the Terps can be collaborating in October, main as much as November, the place they are going to compete within the ITA Sectionals Championship in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from November sixth to November Ninth, and the UNF Fall invite in Jacksonville, FL November Seventh-Ninth.