THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s tennis returns to action this weekend, taking part in the Roberta Alison Fall Classic, Nov. 1-2, hosted by Alabama. All action will take place at the Alabama Tennis Stadium.
Play begins at 9 a.m. each day with doubles in the morning, followed by singles in the afternoon. Doubles will be played as one set with a 7-point tiebreaker at 6-6, while singles will play best of three sets. Matchups for the days will be released late Thursday.
Representing Georgia Tech will be Alejandra Cruz, Scarlett Nicholson, Given Roach and Kate Sharabura. Tech will face a competitive field that features Auburn, ETSU, Georgia, Louisville, Mississippi State, NC State, South Alabama and Troy.
The Yellow Jackets are coming off hosting the ITA Southeast Regionals where Tech’s doubles team of Cruz and Roach reached the quarterfinals. The Jackets had three doubles teams reach the round of 16, while Sharabura advanced to the singles round of 16.
2024 ITA Preseason Rankings
No. 51 Kylie Bilchev
No. 117 Kate Sharabura
No. 39 Kate Sharabura/Scarlett Nicholson
No. 88 Alejandra Cruz/Given Roach
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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