Herd Tennis Continues Season at ITA Atlantic Regional

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Tennis team is sending Sophia Hurrion, Aisling McGrane, Johanna Strom and Emma Vanderheyden to the ITA Atlantic Regional beginning Thursday. The event is held in Lynchburg, Virginia, as teams look to qualify for Fall Nationals at the event.

EVENT DETAILS
Dates: Thursday, October 19 through Monday, October 23
Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Liberty Tennis Complex)
Teams (25): Delaware, George Mason, Georgetown, George Washington, Howard, JMU, Liberty, Loyola, Marshall, Maryland, Morgan State, Mount St. Mary's, Navy, Norfolk State, ODU, Penn State, Radford, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Towson, VCU, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, William & Mary
Marshall Participants: Sophia Hurrion, Aisling McGrane, Johanna Strom, Emma Vanderheyden

Pregame Notes
This will be the first action of the Fall for Johanna Strom. Strom finished last season with a 24-8 singles record and 20-14 doubles record en route to being named to the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, first-team all-conference in singles and doubles in 2022-23.

Sophia Hurrion won all three of her doubles contests at Thunder in the Mountains with three different partners (Emily Schut, Aisling McGrane and Emma Vanderheyden).

Emma Vanderheyden didn't drop a match at the Thunder in the Mountains going a perfect 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles.

Aisling McGrane, like Hurrion, went a perfect 3-0 in doubles at Thunder in the Mountains with three different partners, including Vanderheyden, Andjela Lopicic, and Hurrion.

Schedule:
Thursday October 19th:
Rounds of 64 and 32 qualifying for singles

Friday October 20th:
Round of 64 doubles
Round of 64 and 32 singles

Saturday October 21st:
Round of 32 and 16 doubles
Round of 16 singles

Sunday October 22nd:
Quarterfinals and Semifinals doubles
Round of 16 singles, consolation matches

Monday October 23rd:
Finals of doubles
Semifinals and Finals of singles

Format:
Doubles- 8 game pro-set through Quarterfinals. 2 out of 3 sets for Semifinals and Finals.

Singles- Qualifying and Consolation, 2 sets with 10-point tiebreak third set. Main, 2 out of 3 full sets.

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Herd Tennis Continues Season at ITA Atlantic Regional

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Players Mentioned

Sophia Hurrion

Andjela Lopicic

Aisling McGrane

Emily Schut

Johanna Strom

Emma Vanderheyden

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