Sept. 29, 2005

WACO, Texas - The Riviera/ITA All-American Tennis Championships is the first of three national tournaments to be played during this 2005-2006 season, and the Baylor Bears are competing in all three. Head coach Joey Scrivano is sending three of his girls to compete against a highly ranked and competitive field in Pacific Palisades, Calif. from Oct. 1-9.

The singles draw includes 39 of the ITA's top 40 preseason ranked players, including Baylor's No. 29 junior Carolin Walter. Joining her in the singles field are teammates Zuzana Cerna, a nationally ranked 122nd junior, and Daniela Covello, a senior. Both Cerna and Covello will play Oct. 1-2 in the prequalifying tournament at UCLA and hope to join Walter in the qualifying tournament Oct. 4-5. Baylor's doubles duo of Covello and Walter, ITA preseason ranked 26th, will be competing in the doubles qualifying tournament also on Oct. 4-5. The Bears are hoping to advance to the 32-player and 16-doubles team main draw.

Top ranked Jennifer Magley from Florida highlights the singles draw while the first-ranked Georgia tandem Shadisha Robinson and Caroline Basu head up the doubles draw. There are eight other top ten singles participants as well as the ITA's second-ranked doubles team.

Play will begin Saturday, Oct. 1 and extends through the entire next week until the tournament's conclusion on Sunday, Oct. 9.

Results regarding Baylor's players will be posted at www.BaylorBears.com.

Full tournament results can be found at http://www.itatennis.com.

Baylor Schedule
Sat., Oct. 1
Prequalifying
Round of 64

9 a.m. (13) Zuzana Cerna (BU) vs.Perl Lauren (USD). Winner plays at 2 p.m.
10:30 a.m. Jovic Jelena (Auburn) vs. Daniela Covello (BU). Winner plays at 2 p.m.