By: Joseph Hovey
KENNESAW, Ga. — Kennesaw State women's tennis will send athletes to compete at two tournaments across Georgia, Oct. 23-25, as the fall season approaches its climax.
Ema Baraniakova and
Adela Zingorova will both compete as a doubles pair and in singles play at the Rome Tennis Center (RTC) Collegiate Invite in Rome, Georgia, beginning Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. EDT.
Terezia Baraniakova,
Maria Ivankovic,
Laura Nadaska,
Lucie Nouzova,
Jenelle Roberts and
Irene Serrano Maestre will see action at the Georgia Southern Fall Shootout at the Wallis Tennis Center in Statesboro.
The RTC Invite field features athletes from Georgia, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Michigan, Old Dominion, Tennessee, UCF and Wisconsin. The tournament includes 14 fall ITA-ranked singles players and nine ranked doubles pairs.
Ema Baraniakova and Zingorova became the first doubles pair in program history to reach an ITA Regional quarterfinal during the Owls' run at the regional southeast championships, Oct. 8-12, in Coral Gables, Florida. The KSU pair went 3-1 at regionals, including an 8-7 (7-5) victory over Georgia's No. 2 doubles team of Anastasiia Gureva and Nadia Lagaev.
Ema Baraniakova also shone in singles action at ITAs with a straight-set toppling of Florida's Capucine Jauffret (6-4, 6-4) in the Main Draw Round of 64. The Czech-Slovak tandem holds a 7-3 record, while
Ema Baraniakova is 7-1 in singles play this fall.
In Statesboro, the Owls will face opponents from host Georgia Southern, Charleston, Davidson, Furman, North Carolina A&T, North Florida, Stetson and Wofford.
Ivankovic and Nadaska lead KSU with an 8-1 fall doubles record, including an 8-6 win over a pair of Hatters in the ITA opening round.
Nadaska and
Terezia Baraniakova also notched singles wins in Coral Gables, with Nadaska's coming 6-3, 6-0 over the Eagles' Franziska Heinemann and Baraniakova's 6-0, 6-1 over Sveva Bernardi of Georgia State.
The Owls are a combined 37-25 in singles play and 17-13 in doubles action this fall.
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