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USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships
Alabama Women’s Tennis Set For USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
11/2/2016 11:44:00 AM | Women's Tennis
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama women's tennis' No. 34 ranked doubles pair in senior Erin Routliffe and sophomore Andie Daniell is set to compete in the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. The four-day event is held in Flushing, N.Y., at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and is set to start on Thursday, Nov. 3.
The USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships is the fourth national championship of the 2016-17 ITA National Tournament calendar. Earlier this fall, national champions were crowned at the Men's and Women's All-American Championships, the Oracle ITA Masters and ITA Oracle Cup.
Routliffe and Daniell will square off against Southeastern Conference foe Lesedi Jacobs and Justina Mikulskyte of Kentucky at 12:15 p.m. CT on Thursday. If the duo tops the Wildcats' doubles pair, they will play again on Thursday, facing Maegan Mansse and Denise Starr of California in the second round at 3:30 p.m. CT.
"I am really excited," said Routliffe. "Andie and I are really excited to go, and it's a great way to end the fall with it being our last fall tournament."
FloTennis will provide exclusive live streaming coverage of the entire 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, with at least one camera positioned on all nine competition courts. For more information and to view the live stream, click on this link.
Live scoring will also be available for the entire tournament, which along with updated draws, daily recaps, photo gallery links and other tournament information, can be viewed on the official ITA event page here. You can also follow the conversation on Twitter by following @ITA_Tennis and using the hashtag #NationalIndoors.
The USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships features 20 outstanding women's doubles teams. Unseeded women's doubles team have won 18 National Indoor titles, including seven of the last 11 years.
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