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Thursday, September 21
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NC State Ranked Spotlight

GUZMAN, DANA

Sooners Start Fall Season in North Carolina, Milwaukee

September 20, 2023 | Women's Tennis

NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's tennis team is set to open the 2023 fall season at a pair of tournaments. The Sooners will split between the North Carolina State Ranked Spotlight Sept. 21-24, and the Milwaukee Classic Sept. 22-25.

 

Seniors Dana Guzman and Florencia Urrutia, junior Alina Shcherbinina and sophomore Julia Garcia Ruiz will make the trip to Cary, N.C., while juniors Emma Staker and Ava Catanzarite, sophomore Romana Cisovska and freshman Zdena Safarova will represent OU at the Milwaukee Classic.

 

A total of 17 schools will head to North Carolina for the NC State Ranked Spotlight. All teams in the field finished last season ranked in the top 40, including 14 ranked in the top 25 and five ranked in the top 10. The competitive field also features 13 singles players ranked in the ITA preseason top 25.

 

Guzman and Shcherbinina play first in the doubles bracket, starting at 4 p.m. CT at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center and Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium at NC State. Singles action gets underway at the Cary Tennis Park on Friday at 8 a.m. CT.

 

Tournament draws for the Milwaukee Classic will be provided Thursday. 

 

Draw Info (All times Central)

Thursday, Sept. 21 (Doubles)

4 p.m. – Guzman/Shcherbinina vs. Berankova/Christensen (Duke)

4:45 p.m. – Garcia Ruiz/Urrutia vs. Perry/Chavez (Ohio State)

 

Friday, Sept. 22 (Singles)

8 a.m. – Urrutia vs. Tanguilig (North Carolina)

8 a.m. – Guzman vs. No. 7 Tomase (Tennessee)

8 a.m. – Shcherbinina vs. Bilchev (Georgia Tech)

10 a.m. – Garcia Ruiz vs. No. 5-8 Tverijonaite (Arizona State)

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Ava Catanzarite

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Romana Cisovska

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Julia Garcia Ruiz

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Zdena Safarova

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Florencia Urrutia

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