Marshall University Athletics
@Herd_Tennis Travels to ITA Atlantic Regional
10/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 14, 2015
ITA Tournament Central
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall tennis continues its fall season by heading back to Virginia for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Atlantic Regional, hosted by Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., from Thursday through Sunday.
In singles play, Marshall will have four representatives compete. Sophomore Marija Bogicevic (Belgrade, Serbia) and No. 7 seeded Rachael Morales (Columbus, Ohio) will compete on the first day against opponents from West Virginia and Pittsburgh. Freshman Jackie Carr (Rogers, Ark.) will match up against No. 6 seeded Elena Cerezo-Codina from Virginia Tech on Day 2. Derya Turhan (Bad Salzuflen, Germany), who earned the No. 9 seed, will wait to see her opponent as she will play the fourth qualifier on Friday.
Marshall sends two doubles squads into the tournament. The duo of Bogicevic and Anne Gulsrud (Stavanger, Norway) begins the tournament with a match against Meili Martin and Natalie Sayer from Radford. Carr and Morales were seeded No. 10 and receive a bye in the first round and will play either a doubles pair from Conference USA foe Old Dominion or Temple.
"It's always a good thing to be respected and get seeded," said Herd coach John Mercer. "Now, we'll just go play hard and hopefully win a bunch of matches."
Following this weekend's tournament, the Herd will return to action at the USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational from Nov. 5-8 and the College of Charleston Challenge from Nov.6-8.
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