After taking a break from competition last week, the women’s tennis team will continue its fall tournament season at the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Championships hosted by Dartmouth. All Ancient Eight teams will battle it out on the courts of the Boss Tennis Center beginning this Friday with proceedings to conclude on Tuesday, Oct. 26.
The singles and doubles champions from each regional championship of the USTA/ITA will advance to the 2010 USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, which will take place Nov. 4-7 at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, located in Flushing, N.Y., where Columbia will serve as the tournament host.
Last time at the USTA/ITA, none of Columbia’s players advanced to the finals—due in part to the injury of Columbia’s No. 1 Nicole Bartnik.
This year, Bartnik is back in action. Columbia will need to deliver great competition this year if it plans to advance to the national level of this championship. Columbia’s absence from the USTA/ITA Nationals has spanned over five seasons—a reality the Lions will work to overcome when playing in the regional competition.
The competition itself is also expected to be challenging for the Lions. Many of the Ivy teams have advanced their level of play in relation to last season. Penn’s performance this year has been particularly impressive, led by nationally ranked player No. 4 Connie Chieh-Yu Hsu.
The competition is slated to begin today at Dartmouth and will continue until Tuesday.
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