Women’s Tennis Set for ITA Atlantic Regional This Weekend

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty women's tennis prepares for its first fall tournament as a full team at the 2024 ITA Women's Atlantic Regional Championship in Charlottesville, Va., beginning on Thursday. Hosted by Virginia, the event begins with a qualifying round on Thursday with title matches held on Monday.

The 26-team, six-day event serves as a pathway to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships in Waco, Texas (Nov. 19-24). The two singles finalists and the doubles champion will receive automatic bids to the NCAA Individual Championships. In addition, third and fourth-place finishers will hold priority for competing at ITA Sectionals (Nov. 7-10). Doubles finalists will also make sectionals and semifinalists are probable.

The Liberty Tennis Complex hosted the 2023 ITA Women's All-American Championships. Only three current Lady Flames, Sadie Daavettila, Daniella O'Neill and Maria Turchetto, have competed in a previous ITA Atlantic Regional.

The Lady Flames had only four players participate in their first tournament at the Jimmy Powell Invitational (Sept. 12-13) hosted by Elon.

Select outdoor matches will be available for streaming via Playsight (link below).

Event/Days/Location: 2024 ITA Women's Atlantic Regional Championships | Oct. 17-22 | Boar's Head Sports Club | Charlottesville, Va.

Liberty Players Participating: Yu-Yun Chen, Sadie Daavettila, Anika Lemus, Daniella O'Neill, Yoanna Radulova, Maria Turchetto

Participating Teams: Liberty, Virginia, Coppin, Delaware State, George Mason, George Washington, Georgetown, Hampton, Howard, James Madison, Longwood, Loyola, Marshall, Maryland, Morgan State, Mount St. Mary's, Navy, Norfolk State, Old Dominion, Radford, Richmond, Towson, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, William & Mary, VCU

Tournament Website: https://tinyurl.com/bdhpmpkp

Live Stream Link: https://tinyurl.com/3vz7wfvf

Schedule:
Thursday, Oct. 17^th:
1^st round of singles qualifying (32 matches outdoors)
2^nd round of singles qualifying (16 matches outdoors)
Singles qualifying back-draw (16 matches indoors/outdoors)

Friday, Oct. 18^th:
1^st round of main draw singles (32 matches outdoors)
1^st round of main draw doubles (32 matches 8 game pro sets)

(Tentative as of Oct. 16)
Saturday, Oct. 19^th:
2^nd round main draw singles (16 matches outdoors)
Back-draw 1^st round singles (16 matches indoors)
3^rd round main draw singles (8 matches outdoors)
2^nd round main draw doubles (16 matches outdoors 8 game pro sets)

Sunday, Oct. 20^th:
Quarterfinal singles (4 matches outdoors)
Rd. of 16 doubles (8 matches outdoors 8 game pro sets)
Quarterfinal doubles (4 matches 8 game pro sets)

Monday, Oct. 21^st:
Semi-final singles (2 matches outdoors)
Semi-final doubles (2 matches outdoors 2 out of 3 sets with 10-point breaker for third)

Tuesday, Oct. 22^nd:
Final and playoff singles (2 matches outdoors)
Final doubles (1 match outdoors 2 out of 3 sets with 10-point breaker for the third)

Tournament Breakdown

This weekend's regional tournament will be the first time all six current Lady Flames will participate in the same event this fall season.
Of Liberty's returning players, Maria Turchetto owns the top regional record with a 2-1 singles record and a 1-1 doubles mark.
Liberty will have five players in the qualifying round of the event, with only Daniella O'Neill receiving an automatic spot in the main draw of the singles tournament.
Freshman Yu-Yun Chen holds the No. 1 seed in the singles qualifying draw beginning Thursday.
Liberty's doubles pairings this weekend will be O'Neill/Turchetto, Chen/Daavettila and Lemus/Radulova.

Schedule

Women’s Tennis Set for ITA Atlantic Regional This Weekend

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Players Mentioned

Sadie Daavettila

Anika Lemus

Daniella O'Neill Garcia

Yoanna Radulova

Maria Turchetto