University of Tennessee Athletics
Three Set For All-American Qualifiers
October 03, 2011 | Women's Tennis
Oct. 3, 2011
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. - Tennessee women's tennis players senior Natalie Pluskota, sophomore Brynn Boren and freshman Sarah Toti will all compete in the qualifying round of the 2011 ITA All-American Championships, beginning Tuesday morning at the Riviera Country Club.
Pluskota and Boren will each participate in qualifying singles, set to begin at 9 a.m. PDT, while Toti will join Boren in qualifying doubles, which is slated for a 10:45 a.m. PDT first-serve.
Ranked No. 29 in the ITA preseason singles poll, Pluskota will face her fourth-consecutive ranked opponent in Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Texas A&M), who is 24th. The Lady Vols' lone senior is 2-1 this season, including straight-set wins over No. 6 Zoe De Bruycker (UNC) and No. 30 Anya Morgina (South Carolina).
Pluskota will team up with freshman Joanna Henderson on Thursday in the doubles main draw.
Boren, ranked No. 31 in the initial ITA singles poll, will open the qualifying round against No. 73 Sofie Oyen (Florida). With a 7-5 record against ranked opponents while at Tennessee, Boren will face Oyen for the first time. She's 1-0 in her lone completed match against a Gator, a 6-3, 6-3 decision over current senior Claire Bartlett to capture the flight two title of the 2010 SEC Fall Coaches Classic.
The Laguna Niguel, Calif., native is on double-duty, as she'll join Toti in the doubles qualifiers against Oklahoma State's Meghan Blevins and Kanyapat Narattana. Ranked No. 28, the Tennessee duo started its career together 2-1 at the Furman Fall Classic.
Eight players from the singles draw and four doubles teams from the doubles draw will earn the right to compete in the main draws of the event. Main draw play will take place over four days, beginning on Oct. 6.
Singles quarterfinalists, doubles finalists and consolation champions will receive automatic entry into the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships Nov. 3-6 in Flushing, N.Y.
The All-American Championship began in 1983 and features the top 128 players in the country.
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