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Friday, September 27
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Redbird Invitational
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Women’s Tennis is on the road, travels to Illinois for Redbird Invite
9/26/2024 9:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Tommies travel for second invite of their fall slate
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- St. Thomas Women's Tennis continues fall competition at the Redbird Invite. The Tommies will compete this Friday, Saturday and Sunday Sept. 27-29 at the Gregory Street Tennis Courts.
2024 Fall Schedule
Three invitationals highlight the Tommies' early slate, taking place in Minnesota and Illinois.
The first of three invitationals for St. Thomas begins with the Gopher Invitational Sept. 20-22 hosted by Minnesota at Baseline Tennis Center. The following weekend, the Tommies travel to Normal, Ill. to compete at Illinois State's Redbird Invitational. Following a bye weekend, St. Thomas continues on the road with an exhibition match against Augustana on Oct. 12. This will be the first match up between Tommie Tennis and the Vikings.
To complete the fall portion of the 2024 schedule, the Tommies travel back to Illinois for the NIU Huskie Fall Indoor Invitational from Oct. 31- Nov. 2. The Purple will play at the Chick Evans Field House in DeKalb, Ill for the third year in a row.
Tommie Core
The Tommies return six letter winners from a season ago and bring in four newcomers. Seniors leaders Marthe Degeorges, Shrichandrakala Tentu and Regina Talavera have combined for 27 singles wins and 23 victories in doubles play in their careers at St. Thomas.
Jannah ElNemr returns for her fifth and final season with the Tommies. ElNemr is the lone women's tennis player remaining from the Division III era and its NCAA top-10 and conference champion team of 2020-21. The graduate student has competed in 98 singles and doubles spring competitions over her four-year career.
Meet the Newcomers
Tommie Women's Tennis welcomed four newcomers to St. Paul ahead of the 2024-25 season:
Anna Louise Bjørnestad (Fr., Bergen, Norway / Norges Toppidrettsgymnas)
Ingrid Forsberg (Fr., Bromma, Sweden / Campus Viktor Rydberg)
Lily Olson (Fr., Verona, Wis. / Edgewood)
Anna Sidorenko (Fr., Giessen, Germany Liebigschule Giessen)
Last Time Out
The Tommies compete at the Gopher Invitational a weekend ago. 12 teams from seven different conferences, including the Big Ten and Big East, competed at the invite: Minnesota, Marquette, South Dakota, Northern Iowa, St. Thomas, North Dakota, Chicago, Creighton, Northern Illinois, Milwaukee, Omaha and Drake.
The squad combined for 14 wins in singles play and 12 in doubles action. Anna Louise Bjørnestad, Marthe Degeorges, Ingrid Forsberg and Lily Olson all went undefeated in singles action at Baseline Tennis Center.
Coach Carlson
Announced in May of 2023, the University of St. Thomas elevated Colby Carlson into the head coaching role for its women's tennis program. Carlson has a 20-year coaching resume in the state of Minnesota, including two seasons as an assistant coach at St. Thomas. In Carlson's first season as head coach, the women's tennis team posted an 8-13 overall record. The eight wins set a Division I program record in single season wins for the Tommies.
Follow Along
Any and all information pertaining to the St. Thomas women's tennis team can be found at tommiesports.com and on Twitter @TommieWTennis and Instagram at @TommieTennis.
2024 Fall Schedule
Three invitationals highlight the Tommies' early slate, taking place in Minnesota and Illinois.
The first of three invitationals for St. Thomas begins with the Gopher Invitational Sept. 20-22 hosted by Minnesota at Baseline Tennis Center. The following weekend, the Tommies travel to Normal, Ill. to compete at Illinois State's Redbird Invitational. Following a bye weekend, St. Thomas continues on the road with an exhibition match against Augustana on Oct. 12. This will be the first match up between Tommie Tennis and the Vikings.
To complete the fall portion of the 2024 schedule, the Tommies travel back to Illinois for the NIU Huskie Fall Indoor Invitational from Oct. 31- Nov. 2. The Purple will play at the Chick Evans Field House in DeKalb, Ill for the third year in a row.
Tommie Core
The Tommies return six letter winners from a season ago and bring in four newcomers. Seniors leaders Marthe Degeorges, Shrichandrakala Tentu and Regina Talavera have combined for 27 singles wins and 23 victories in doubles play in their careers at St. Thomas.
Jannah ElNemr returns for her fifth and final season with the Tommies. ElNemr is the lone women's tennis player remaining from the Division III era and its NCAA top-10 and conference champion team of 2020-21. The graduate student has competed in 98 singles and doubles spring competitions over her four-year career.
Meet the Newcomers
Tommie Women's Tennis welcomed four newcomers to St. Paul ahead of the 2024-25 season:
Anna Louise Bjørnestad (Fr., Bergen, Norway / Norges Toppidrettsgymnas)
Ingrid Forsberg (Fr., Bromma, Sweden / Campus Viktor Rydberg)
Lily Olson (Fr., Verona, Wis. / Edgewood)
Anna Sidorenko (Fr., Giessen, Germany Liebigschule Giessen)
Last Time Out
The Tommies compete at the Gopher Invitational a weekend ago. 12 teams from seven different conferences, including the Big Ten and Big East, competed at the invite: Minnesota, Marquette, South Dakota, Northern Iowa, St. Thomas, North Dakota, Chicago, Creighton, Northern Illinois, Milwaukee, Omaha and Drake.
The squad combined for 14 wins in singles play and 12 in doubles action. Anna Louise Bjørnestad, Marthe Degeorges, Ingrid Forsberg and Lily Olson all went undefeated in singles action at Baseline Tennis Center.
Coach Carlson
Announced in May of 2023, the University of St. Thomas elevated Colby Carlson into the head coaching role for its women's tennis program. Carlson has a 20-year coaching resume in the state of Minnesota, including two seasons as an assistant coach at St. Thomas. In Carlson's first season as head coach, the women's tennis team posted an 8-13 overall record. The eight wins set a Division I program record in single season wins for the Tommies.
Follow Along
Any and all information pertaining to the St. Thomas women's tennis team can be found at tommiesports.com and on Twitter @TommieWTennis and Instagram at @TommieTennis.
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