Women's Tennis Competes in Third Fall Tournament at ITA Ohio Valley Regional

Thursday, October 11

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Xavier University

ITA Ohio Valley Regional

Women's Tennis Competes in Third Fall Tournament at ITA Ohio Valley Regional

10.10.18 | Women's Tennis

ITA Singles Draw

By: Brandon Eckman, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's tennis will travel to Chattanooga, Tennessee this weekend to continue their fall tournament season at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional. Competition will begin Thursday, Oct. 11 and conclude Monday, Oct. 15. Tournament action featuring top women's collegiate tennis players from across the country will take place at The Champions Club Tennis Complex in Chattanooga.

Tournament play will consist of two flights in both singles and doubles competition. For singles, Division I will consist of 128 singles players from various schools and Flight B includes 64 players. In doubles play, Division I will be comprised of 64 teams, while Flight B will be made up of 32 teams. 22 Division I teams will compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association hosted tournament, some of which include Austin Peay, Ball State, Belmont, Chattanooga, Indiana, Miami (OH), Purdue, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Memphis and Tennessee.

Nine women from Xavier's roster will compete this weekend: Sophia Abelson, Lauren Fitz-Randolph, Ahmeir Kyle, Anna Letto, Natalie Moyer Rachael Reichenbach, Hunter Roper Kaitlin Ruether and Emily Thomas. Abelson, Kyle, Letto, Roper and Reichenbach will compete in Division I singles, while Fitz-Randolph, Moyer and Ruether will play in Flight B.

In doubles competition, all four Musketeer pairs will compete in the top flight, with Sophia Abelson pairing up with Emily Thomas, Ahmeir Kyle playing with Rachael Reichenbach, Hunter Roper with Anna Letto, and Lauren Fitz-Randolph partnering with Kaitlin Ruether.

This tournament will be the third competition of the fall season for Xavier's women, who have promising performances in 2018 thus far. In September, the women played in the Western and Southern Collegiate Invitational and the Purdue Invitational. At Purdue on Sept. 28-30, the Musketeers collected four flight championships. These included three singles flights and the Gold Doubles Draw Championship. Xavier went 12-1 on the second day of competition and 12-5 on day three. Kaitlin Ruether recorded a 7-0 record for the invitational and went on to win her singles and doubles flights.

Xavier will look to have an excellent performance before closing out the fall season Oct. 26-27 at the University of Cincinnati invitational, where two Musketeers took home MVP honors last season.