University of St. Thomas Athletics
Friday, September 29
Normal, Ill.
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Redbird Invitational
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Women’s Tennis continues play at Redbird Invitational
9/28/2023 10:28:00 AM | Women's Tennis
The Tommies to begin their second of four invitationals
St. Paul, Minn. -- St. Thomas Women's Tennis continues their fall 2023 schedule as it competes this Friday, Saturday and Sunday Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at the Redbird Invitational in Normal, Ill.
Head Coach Colby Carlson enters his first season leading the Purple as a head coach, after spending the past two seasons as the Tommie assistant coach. Coach Carlson is joined by assistant coaches Craig Gordon and Shelby Anderson
The Tommies return six letter winners from a season ago and bring in two newcomers. Junior Marthe Degeorges was among 12 players named to the All-Summit League team in women's tennis for 2023 after she won 10 contests at first singles. Junior Shrichandrakala Tentu has nine doubles wins and eight singles wins in her two-year career with the Tommies.
The newcomer group includes first years Caroline Lindahl and Yinong Ma.
The Tommies return six letter winners from a season ago and bring in two newcomers. Junior Marthe Degeorges was among 12 players named to the All-Summit League team in women's tennis for 2023 after she won 10 contests at first singles. Junior Shrichandrakala Tentu has nine doubles wins and eight singles wins in her two-year career with the Tommies.
The newcomer group includes first years Caroline Lindahl and Yinong Ma.
Last Time Out
The Tommies opened their fall 2023 season at the Gopher Invitational on Friday. Three Tommies won individual matches and one doubles team won their match on the first day of the three-day event.
The Tommies finished strong on day three of the Gopher Invite, as the Tennis team earned four doubles match wins on the final day of the Gopher Invitational.
The Tommies double pair, Marthe Degeorges and Yinong Ma, swept their doubles competition, earning two wins this morning. Degeorges and Ma moved on to the second round of the morning, and defeated a Gopher pair 6-4.
The pairs of Jannah ElNemr and Shrichandrakala Tentu and Regina Talavera and Caroline Lindahl each earned match wins over Northern Iowa this morning as well.
In singles action, Jannah ElNemr earned her second win of the day over Northern Iowa's Issa Sullivan. Shrichandrakala Tentu continued the win streak over Northern Iowa, defeating her opponent in three sets.
Most Experienced
St. Thomas has one player remaining from the Division III era and its NCAA top-10 and conference champion team of 2020-21. Jannah ElNemr has competed in 96 singles and doubles spring competitions over her three-year career.
Next Stop
After the Redbird Invite, the Tommies next stop is South Dakota. The Tommies continue on the road, with an Oct. 14 series against Augustana and Sioux Falls.
St. Thomas has one player remaining from the Division III era and its NCAA top-10 and conference champion team of 2020-21. Jannah ElNemr has competed in 96 singles and doubles spring competitions over her three-year career.
Next Stop
After the Redbird Invite, the Tommies next stop is South Dakota. The Tommies continue on the road, with an Oct. 14 series against Augustana and Sioux Falls.
St. Thomas travels back to Illinois for the NIU Huskie Fall Indoor Invitational on Oct. 27-29. The Purple will play at the Chick Evans Field House in DeKalb, Ill.
St. Thomas closes out its fall portion of the 2023-24 schedule Nov. 3-5 at the Drake Invitational. The Purple will play at the Roger Knabb Tennis Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Follow Along
If you will not be making the trip to Baseline with the team, be sure to follow along for live streams and stats through links found at tommiesports.com/sports/wten/schedule – and on Twitter @TommieWTennis and Instagram at @TommieTennis.
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