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Two Gators Set to Compete at Pre-Qualifying Draw of Riviera/ITA Women’s Tennis All-American Championships
LOS ANGELES – The
University of Florida’s Danielle Collins (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and
Olivia Janowicz (Palm Bay, Fla.) compete in the prequalifying singles
draw of the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships beginning
Saturday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
Collins, a freshman, is 3-0 on the singles court in her young
collegiate career after winning all three matches at last weekend’s
unflighted Wolverine Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich. Janowicz, who is
58-15 in her Gator career, also posted a 3-0 record last weekend which
included a hard-fought 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 upset win versus Michigan’s No.
58-ranked Brooke Bolender.
Collins, who knocked off her first ranked opponent in No. 100-ranked
Mimi Nguyen from Michigan last weekend, drew TCU’s No. 87-ranked Simona
Parajova in her opening round match scheduled for 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
Janowicz takes on Penn State’s Chelsea Utting in the first round on Saturday, also at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.
Winners advance to the second round and those matches also will be
played on Saturday at approximately 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. Players need
to win three rounds to earn a spot in the 64-player qualifying draw
that will be played Oct. 2-3 at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific
Palisades, Calif.
Gators Alexandra Cercone (Seminole, Fla.), Caroline Hitimana (Waterloo,
Belgium) and Sofie Oyen (Leopoldsburg, Belgium) each earned an
automatic spot in the qualifying singles draw, with Cercone and Oyen
also competing in the doubles draw.
Senior All-American Lauren Embree (Marco Island, Fla.) begins action in
the main draw, held Oct. 4-7 at the Riviera Tennis Club, where she will
play singles and doubles, partnering with Collins.
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