Women's Tennis Opens Season At Home
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's tennis
team will open the 2010-11 campaign at home on Friday (Sept. 3)
with a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC)
match against Saginaw Valley State.
Friday's match is scheduled to begin with doubles play at 11:30
a.m. (ET). Singles competition will follow beginning at
approximately 12:30 p.m. (ET).
Additionally, the FSU Racquet and Fitness Center will be hosting
an "open house" after the team match from 3 to 5 p.m.
Interested persons are invited to hit around and enjoy snacks with
no advance registration required.
Ferris will also host the 2010 FSU Campus Tennis Tournament, which
begins on Friday afternoon (starting at 4 p.m.) and runs until
Sunday afternoon. The tournament is open to all male and female
students with prizes awarded to all event champions.
The $25 entry fee serves as a team fundraiser and covers both
singles and doubles events. Those without a doubles partner will
also be paired up. The registration deadline is noon on
Thursday.
The Bulldog women's tennis team wrapped up the 2009-10 season with
a 12-9 overall record and finished 5-4 in the GLIAC's
regular-season before placing fifth at the league's women's tennis
tournament. The Ferris women's team also made its first NCAA
regional tournament appearance since 2007 last campaign.
Fourth-year head coach Alex Palladino returns
nine of his top 10 women's players from a season ago, including the
team's three-year number one player Amy Ingle, who
figures to receive a strong push for the top spot this fall from
incoming Romania senior transfer Alina
Stanila. She compiled a 27-8 overall singles
record last season for California (Pa.), which reached the NCAA-II
National Quarterfinals.
The Bulldogs will have a veteran lineup with three seniors and
five juniors on the current roster in addition to sophomore
Tabitha
Simpson, who was a regular in the lineup as a true
freshman last year. The bulk of FSU's lineup has been
together the last two or three seasons.
Friday's match is one of five scheduled home matches this fall for
the Bulldogs at the Racquet and Fitness Center. FSU will play
11 conference regular-season tilts with the 2010 GLIAC Tournament
set for Oct. 22-24 in Midland, Mich.
