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ITA National Fall Championships
History To Be Made At ITA Fall National Championships
11.02.2021 | Tennis
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State tennis team is sending four student-athletes to the ITA Fall National Championships in San Diego this weekend. The four participants are the first players in school history to qualify for the event.
ITA NATIONAL FALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Host: Intercollegiate Tennis Association
When: Thursday, Nov. 4 - Sunday, Nov. 7
Where: Barnes Tennis Center - San Diego, Calif.
Cyclones Participating: Thasaporn Naklo, Christin Hsieh, Miska Kadleckova, Sofia Cabezas
Schedule:
Play begins Thursday with the singles and doubles round of 32. Doubles action continues Friday with the round of 16. The singles round of 16, along with the quarterfinal round, will also be played Friday. The singles semifinals will be on Saturday. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of doubles will also be played on Saturday. Play concludes Sunday with the championship doubles and singles matches. There will be a consolation draw for the first match loser.
THE RUNDOWN
The grand finale to the fall college tennis season is the ITA National Fall Championships which features the nation's top players in singles and doubles. Iowa State qualified two doubles teams, Miska Kadleckova & Sofia Cabezas and Thasaporn Naklo & Christin Hsieh. The pairings earned first and second place, respectively, at the ITA Central Regional Championships, qualifying them for the national tournament.
Iowa State joins North Carolina, Stanford, and Colorado State as the only schools with two doubles teams competing.
Naklo will also be competing in singles after winning the ITA Central Regional Championships singles title.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Naklo looks to be playing the best tennis of her Iowa State career. Currently riding a six-match singles winning streak, she swept through the ITA Central Regional singles competition, dropping just one set and becoming the first Cyclone ever to win an ITA event.
She's 10-1 in singles and 10-3 in doubles. Of her four total losses, three have been to ranked opponents; the other was to teammates Miska Kadleckova & Sofia Cabezas in the doubles final of the ITA Central Regional.
Naklo holds a 4-3 record against ranked opponents this season.
FOLLOW THE CYCLONES
Keep up with Iowa State tennis by following @CycloneTEN on Twitter, @iowastatetennis on Instagram, and Iowa State Tennis on Facebook.
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