Pair of Women's Tennis Players to Participate in Prestigious ITA All-American Championships
October 04, 2005 | Women's Tennis
Pacific Palisades, Calif. (October 4, 2005) – Junior Neyssa Etienne and sophomore Gabriela Duch are set to kick off their fall season at the prestigious ITA All-American Championships, today, at the Riviera tennis club, in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
The premier hard court event of the fall collegiate season, the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships feature the top players in NCAA Division I tennis.
Etienne, ranked No. 55 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason rankings will face Taka Bertrand of Vanderbilt, in the first round of 64. Last year Etienne earned first team all-Conference USA honors while going 13-4 at the No.1 singles position.
Etienne and Duch, ranked No. 7 in the preseason ITA doubles rankings, will compete in the doubles draw later in the week. The duo finished the 2004-05 season with a 10-3 record and earned a bid to the NCAA Championships where they were defeated by Northwestern's tandem of Audra Cohen and Cristelle Grier, 6-2, 6-2.
The Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships date back to 1983 when Georgia's Lisa Spain won the inaugural title. In 1999 the University of San Diego's Zuzana Lesenarova made history at the Riviera when she won her record fifth national collegiate singles title. In 2003 California's Raquel Kops-Jones bacame the first African American woman to win a national collegiate singles title at the NCAA Division I level. Stanford boasts the most singles and doubles champions at this event with a total of eight, and Texas is not far behind with six. Past participants include current and recent top-100 professionals, Lisa Raymond, Jill Craybas, Marissa Irvin and Laura Granville.
The famous Riviera Tennis Club has played host to this event since 1988 (it also hosted an intercollegiate women's championship from 1986-88). The tournament is a popular spot for collegiate players each season thanks to the generous hospitality the Riviera provides each year.
The premier hard court event of the fall collegiate season, the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships feature the top players in NCAA Division I tennis.
Etienne, ranked No. 55 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason rankings will face Taka Bertrand of Vanderbilt, in the first round of 64. Last year Etienne earned first team all-Conference USA honors while going 13-4 at the No.1 singles position.
Etienne and Duch, ranked No. 7 in the preseason ITA doubles rankings, will compete in the doubles draw later in the week. The duo finished the 2004-05 season with a 10-3 record and earned a bid to the NCAA Championships where they were defeated by Northwestern's tandem of Audra Cohen and Cristelle Grier, 6-2, 6-2.
The Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships date back to 1983 when Georgia's Lisa Spain won the inaugural title. In 1999 the University of San Diego's Zuzana Lesenarova made history at the Riviera when she won her record fifth national collegiate singles title. In 2003 California's Raquel Kops-Jones bacame the first African American woman to win a national collegiate singles title at the NCAA Division I level. Stanford boasts the most singles and doubles champions at this event with a total of eight, and Texas is not far behind with six. Past participants include current and recent top-100 professionals, Lisa Raymond, Jill Craybas, Marissa Irvin and Laura Granville.
The famous Riviera Tennis Club has played host to this event since 1988 (it also hosted an intercollegiate women's championship from 1986-88). The tournament is a popular spot for collegiate players each season thanks to the generous hospitality the Riviera provides each year.
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