RUSTON – The Louisiana Tech Tennis team will participate in five tournaments as part of the 2019 fall schedule, announced by fourth-year head coach Amanda Stone on Thursday.
 
This has the potential to be Stone's deepest team as LA Tech returns six players – Ana Jover, Nadja Manjon, Claudia Oravcova, Andrea Perez-Lopez, Alana Sherman and Ilana Tetruashvili – off last year's roster.  Also competing this fall will be three newcomers – Alexia Romero, Rikona Murakami and Madiosn Cefalu.
 
"I'm really looking forward to this fall season," said Stone.  "After the injuries and being short on players for most of last season, we are ready for a fresh, healthy start.  It's going to be nice to see Alana and Nadja back in action and see how our new players handle the transition to college tennis. 
 
"As for our core returners who carried us last year, I'm looking forward to seeing them build on that toughness and grit they developed last spring."
 
The Lady Techsters will open up the fall slate at the Central Arkansas Fall Invitational in Conway, Arkansas on Sept. 26-28.  The following weekend, LA Tech will travel south to take part in the Ragin' Cajun Invitational in Lafayette on Oct. 4-5.
 
Next on the schedule is a trip to Baton Rouge to compete in the annual ITA Southern Regionals, hosted by LSU on Oct. 17-22. 
 
On the first weekend of November, LA Tech will participate in the Lady Jacks Invitational in Nacogdoches, Texas on Nov. 1-3.  The fall schedule rounds out on Nov. 15-17 in Destin, Florida at the TOPS'L Invitational.
 
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