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Women’s Tennis is Back in Action with the Ole Miss Invite
Sep 22, 2021 | Tennis
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas State women's tennis team will open their Fall season this weekend with a trip to Oxford, Miss., to compete in the Ole Miss Fall Invite. The three-day tournament will begin at 9 a.m., CT on Friday (September 24) and run through Sunday (September 26) at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center.
K-State will be joined in the field by SEC foes Alabama, Georgia and host Ole Miss. The doubles matches will start each day at 9 a.m., CT followed by the singles matches at 10 a.m., CT.
"It's great to finally be back in competition," said head coach Jordan Smith. "It's been about five months since our players competed wearing K-State uniforms. Plus, our two freshmen that are playing as part of the Purple family for the first time. We're starting off in a great event down at Ole Miss. I wanted to give our team a change of pace from flighted draws and give us a taste of a team format before the spring season. It's going to be beneficial for us to play against three teams that made the (NCAA) tournament last season, especially since we want to be on the same list next May!"
The Wildcats will face off against Ole Miss on Friday morning in doubles' matches followed by singles' competition with Alabama. Saturday will begin with a doubles' matches against Georgia followed by singles matches against Ole Miss at 10 a.m., CT. The final day of competition kicks off with doubles' matches against Alabama before ending the tournament with singles' matches against Georgia.
All three SEC opponents combined for 46 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament this past spring with Georgia falling one match short of the Final Four.
K-State returns six letterwinners for the 2021-22 season, including five of its top-6 singles players.
Senior Karine-Marion Job heads into the fall season ranked in the ITA Top 125 preseason singles rankings at No. 114. A product of Lyon, France, Job won 13 matches a season ago, including three against ITA-ranked opponents in her first season playing in the No. 1 line. She knocked off Baylor's Mel Krywoj and Oklahoma's Carmen Corley at the No. 1 spot, who were selected to the All-Big 12 First Team.
After being named to the All-Big 12 second team for doubles play with Job, Maria Linares competes in her senior campaign after recording seven victories from the No. 2 line in dual-match place. Linares earned two Big 12 wins, which featured a two-set effort over Kansas' Malkia Ngounoue, who was ranked No. 102 in the nation. With Job, Linares earned an 11-2 record in doubles' play during the 2020 fall season.
The Wildcats also return seniors Ioana Gheorghita, Rosanna Maffei and Anna Turco as well as sophomore Manami Ukita. Gheorghita (11), Maffei (12) and Turco (nine) combined for 32 singles' victories in 2020-21, while Ukita had a team-best 16 wins, including five at the No. 6 position.
Freshmen Dinora Alloyarova and Florentine Dekkers will be making their collegiate debut after their recruiting class was ranked among the Top 25 nationally by the Tennis Recruiting Network.
Live scoring will be available as well as results at the conclusion of each day here.
Events will move indoors to the William F. Galtney Center in the event of inclement weather.
For the latest on K-State Women's Tennis, follow @kstatesports and @KStateTEN on Twitter or Kansas State Women's Tennis on Facebook.
K-State will be joined in the field by SEC foes Alabama, Georgia and host Ole Miss. The doubles matches will start each day at 9 a.m., CT followed by the singles matches at 10 a.m., CT.
"It's great to finally be back in competition," said head coach Jordan Smith. "It's been about five months since our players competed wearing K-State uniforms. Plus, our two freshmen that are playing as part of the Purple family for the first time. We're starting off in a great event down at Ole Miss. I wanted to give our team a change of pace from flighted draws and give us a taste of a team format before the spring season. It's going to be beneficial for us to play against three teams that made the (NCAA) tournament last season, especially since we want to be on the same list next May!"
The Wildcats will face off against Ole Miss on Friday morning in doubles' matches followed by singles' competition with Alabama. Saturday will begin with a doubles' matches against Georgia followed by singles matches against Ole Miss at 10 a.m., CT. The final day of competition kicks off with doubles' matches against Alabama before ending the tournament with singles' matches against Georgia.
All three SEC opponents combined for 46 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament this past spring with Georgia falling one match short of the Final Four.
K-State returns six letterwinners for the 2021-22 season, including five of its top-6 singles players.
Senior Karine-Marion Job heads into the fall season ranked in the ITA Top 125 preseason singles rankings at No. 114. A product of Lyon, France, Job won 13 matches a season ago, including three against ITA-ranked opponents in her first season playing in the No. 1 line. She knocked off Baylor's Mel Krywoj and Oklahoma's Carmen Corley at the No. 1 spot, who were selected to the All-Big 12 First Team.
After being named to the All-Big 12 second team for doubles play with Job, Maria Linares competes in her senior campaign after recording seven victories from the No. 2 line in dual-match place. Linares earned two Big 12 wins, which featured a two-set effort over Kansas' Malkia Ngounoue, who was ranked No. 102 in the nation. With Job, Linares earned an 11-2 record in doubles' play during the 2020 fall season.
The Wildcats also return seniors Ioana Gheorghita, Rosanna Maffei and Anna Turco as well as sophomore Manami Ukita. Gheorghita (11), Maffei (12) and Turco (nine) combined for 32 singles' victories in 2020-21, while Ukita had a team-best 16 wins, including five at the No. 6 position.
Freshmen Dinora Alloyarova and Florentine Dekkers will be making their collegiate debut after their recruiting class was ranked among the Top 25 nationally by the Tennis Recruiting Network.
Live scoring will be available as well as results at the conclusion of each day here.
Events will move indoors to the William F. Galtney Center in the event of inclement weather.
For the latest on K-State Women's Tennis, follow @kstatesports and @KStateTEN on Twitter or Kansas State Women's Tennis on Facebook.
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