Women's Tennis Central: Michigan Invitational

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 22 Tennessee (2-0) women's tennis team will open the three-day Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich on Friday.

"The girls are excited to play and continue preparations for next week's ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Kansas," head coach Alison Ojeda said. "I think anytime you have the opportunity to play strong competition on the road, it provides good insight on where the team is at and how we can continue to improve. It should be a productive weekend and we are ready to go."

No. 14 Michigan will play host for the tournament at their Varsity Tennis Center, with No. 25 Ohio State and TCU competing as well.

Coverage
A complete recap of the Michigan Invitational will be posted to UTSports.com following each day of the competition. You can follow @Vol_WTennis on Twitter for live updates.

Format of Play
Each team will play three rounds of doubles and three rounds of singles. There will be up to eight flights in singles and four flights in doubles per round. Each team will play one round of singles and one round of doubles per day. The third set will be played to completion in singles. Points will be allotted for each win based on the following decreasing point value to determine the champion (singles and doubles) at the end of the weekend:

Win at No. 1 position -- 8 points
Win at No. 2 position -- 7 points
Win at No. 3 position -- 6 points
Win at No. 4 position -- 5 points
Win at No. 5 position -- 4 points
Win at No. 6 position -- 3 points
Win at No. 7 position -- 2 points
Win at No. 8 position -- 1 point

Match Scoring
This weekend's tournament will feature doubles matches to six, with a tiebreaker occurring at 6-all. Singles matches will be best two-of-three, with players playing a full third set.

Schedule of Play
Friday, Jan. 17
10 a.m. Singles -- Tennessee vs. TCU
1 p.m. Doubles -- Michigan vs. TCU, Tennessee vs. Ohio State
Singles to Follow -- Michigan vs. Ohio State

Saturday, Jan. 18
10 a.m. Singles -- Ohio State vs. TCU
1 p.m. Doubles -- Michigan vs. Ohio State, TCU vs. Tennessee
Singles to Follow -- Michigan vs. Tennessee

Sunday, Jan. 19
9 a.m. Singles -- Tennessee vs. Ohio State
12 p.m. Doubles -- Michigan vs. Tennessee, Ohio State vs. TCU
Singles to Follow -- Michigan vs. TCU

Ranked Players
Singles
No. 11 -- Shiori Fukuda (Ohio State)
No. 26 -- Giulia Pairone (U-M)
No. 58 -- Irinia Cantos Siemers (Ohio State)
No. 72 -- Kaitlin Staines (Tennessee)
No. 76 -- Rebeka Mertena (Tennessee)
No. 81 -- Mercedes Aristegul (TCU)
No. 85 -- Andrea Cerdan (U-M)
No. 125 -- Kolie Allen (Ohio State)

Doubles
No. 15 -- Tenika McGiffin/Kaitlin Staines (Tennessee)

Last Time Out
The Lady Vols opened the season with two wins at home against North Alabama on Sunday. UT won both matches by a score of 7-0 in a dominant showing.

UT won a combined 12 singles matches in straight-sets, and six doubles matches to open the spring season. Lady Vols held their opponents to zero games in 10 different sets throughout the day.

Individually, freshman Hadley Doyle excelled in her collegiate debut. The Colleyville, Texas product won both of her singles matches in straight sets.

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Players Mentioned

Hadley Doyle

Tenika McGiffin

Rebeka Mertena

Kaitlin Staines

University of Tennessee Athletics