CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Next up for the Illinois women’s tennis squad is a trip up to East Lansing, Mich., for the ITA Midwest Regional. Michigan State hosts the 2023 event from Oct. 12-17. The six-day event will take place indoors at Michigan State’s MSU Indoor Tennis Facility.
Winners of each main draw (singles and doubles) will receive automatic berths to the ITA National Fall Championships beginning on Nov. 2. At the 2022 Midwest Regional, Illinois’ Kate Duong and Megan Heuser won the doubles regional championship, becoming just the third Illini tandem to win a regional.
All nine Illini will compete in the ITA Midwest Regionals event. Kida Ferrari, Violeta Martinez, Rosie Seccia, and Alice Xu will open play in the qualifying singles draw on Thursday. Main draw singles action begins Friday with Kasia Treiber, Megan Heuser, Kate Duong, and Josie Frazier competing. The doubles main draw also begins on Friday. Duong and Heuser, Frazier and Schaefbauer, Treiber and Martinez, and Ferrari and Xu will team up for doubles play.
MIDWEST REGION TEAMS
Bowling Green, Chicago State, Cleveland State, DePaul, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Illinois, Illinois-Chicago, Illinois State, Marquette, Michigan, Michigan State, Milwaukee, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oakland, Ohio State, Toledo, Valparaiso, Western Michigan, Wisconsin, Youngstown State
REGIONALS SCHEDULE
Thursday, Oct. 12
8 a.m. CT — Qualifying Singles First Round (Draw of 64)
To Follow — Qualifying Singles Second Round (16 players will qualify for main draw)
Friday, Oct. 13
8 a.m. CT — Doubles Main Draw First Round (Draw of 64)
To Follow — Doubles Main Draw Second Round
To Follow — Singles Main Draw First Round (Draw of 64)
Saturday, Oct. 14
8 a.m. CT — Doubles Main Draw Round of 16
To Follow — Singles Main Draw Round of 32
To Follow — Singles Main Draw Round of 16
Sunday, Oct. 15
9 a.m. CT — Doubles Main Draw Quarterfinals
10:30 a.m. CT — Doubles Main Draw Semifinals
1:30 p.m. CT — Singles Main Draw Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 16
9 a.m. CT — Doubles Main Draw Final
11 a.m. CT — Singles Semifinals
Tuesday, Oct. 17
9 a.m. CT — Singles Main Draw Final
*Schedule subject to change
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