BATON ROUGE — LSU women’s tennis players Megan Falcon and Hannah Robinson have been invited to compete at the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships presented by Fila in Pacific Palisades, Calif., the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced Tuesday.
Falcon and Robinson, ranked No. 13 in doubles, will compete together against some of the nation’s best, including the No. 1 doubles team of Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic of William and Mary.
Falcon, ranked No. 1 in singles, will face tough competition as 21 of the 23 main draw participants are ranked in the top 25, including the tournament’s defending champion, fourth-ranked Suzi Babos from California.
“Any time you make the main draw of an elite tournament, it is such an accomplishment. Hopefully Megan and Hannah can compete hard against some of the nation’s best and come out on top,” head coach Tony Minnis said.
Last season Falcon entered the tournament unranked and raced through the qualifying rounds, knocking out five ranked opponents to reach the main draw. Falcon lost to fifth-ranked Melanie Gloria of Fresno State. Once in the consolation bracket she proceeded to dominate, advancing to the consolation final against No. 20 Celia Durkin of Stanford. Falcon won 6-0, 6-0.
The tournament is scheduled for Oct. 4-7 at the Riviera Tennis Club, the host site of the tournament since 1988.
Women’s Singles Field
Ela Kaluder Arkansas
Fani Chifchieva Auburn
Zuzana Zemenova Baylor
Suzi Babos California
Diana Srebrovic Florida
Megan Alexander Florida
Csilla Borsanyi Florida
Melanie Gloria Fresno State
Kristi Miller Georgia Tech
Megan Falcon LSU
Laura Vallverdu Miami
Georgia Rose Northwestern
Lindsey Nelson Southern California
Sarah Fansler Southern California
Celia Durkin Stanford
Jessica Nguyen Stanford
Lindsay Burdette Stanford
Vanja Corovic Texas
Riza Zalameda UCLA
Tracy Lin UCLA
Amanda Taylor Vanderbilt
Megan Moulton-Levy William & Mary
Ragini Acharya William & Mary WC
Alternate List
1 Mijacika, Clemson
2 Dancevic, Georgia
3 Flower, Georgia Tech
4 Abdala, Arizona State
5 Uvarova, VCU
Women’s Doubles Field
Maryori Franco/Nanar Airapetian Arkansas
Ani Mijacika/Federica van Adrichem Clemson
Melissa Mang/Tory Zawacki Duke (WC)
Melanie Gloria/Tinesta Rowe Fresno State
Kristi Miller/Whitney McCray Georgia Tech
Megan Falcon/Hannah Robinson LSU
Brook Buck/Kelcy Tefft Notre Dame
Sylvia Kosakowski/Bianca Dulgheru Pepperdine
Riza Zalameda/Yasmin Schnack UCLA
Elena Gantcheva/Kristina Nedeltcheva UNLV
Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic William & Mary
Alternate List
1 Haney/Koning, Auburn
2 Srebrovic/Borsanyi, Florida
3 Whoriskey/Zubor, Tennessee
4 McGoodwin/Joelson, UCLA
5 Sydorska/Harkins, TCU