NORMAL, Ill. – For the second weekend in a row, the Illinois State women's tennis team will play host to a fall tournament at the Gregory Street Courts. This time, however, it will serve as a Missouri Valley Conference preview as each league team will come to Normal in what is set to be replacement for the MVC Individual Championships previously held every year by the conference.
The Redbird Invitational will take place Friday-Sunday, with each day set to begin at 9 a.m. The tournament will feature four flights of doubles play and seven flights of singles play, with the first round on Friday, the semifinals on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. Teams will start with the doubles flights each day, before moving into singles later in the day.
Illinois State capped off the Redbirds Duals in style last weekend, as the Redbirds won five of seven doubles matches and swept singles matches against Bradley on the final day of action at the Gregory Street Courts. On the final day, the Redbirds won five of seven doubles matches overall. The duo of Nicole Iosio and Molly Carlberg picked up a win over Valpo in the first round, and then Iosio was paired with Ella McLeod to earn a win over Butler in the second round. Sophie Marie Lowe was also 2-0 in doubles action, pairing with Emma Lindh to defeat the team of Jolene Fernandes and Andrea Delgado of Valpo in the first round of the day and then teaming up with newcomer Anna Houpt in the final round to pick up a win over Butler. In singles action, the Redbirds were 5-0 against their I-74 rivals from Bradley on the final day. Emma Peretti, Iosio and Houpt each won in straight sets, while Vittoria Benedetti and McLeod each earned third-set tiebreaker wins to cap off a stellar day of tennis for ISU.
Updated brackets will be posted following each day's action on the women's tennis schedule page on GoRedbirds.com.
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