EDWARDSVILLE, IL - The Bradley Women's Tennis team will open its 40th season this weekend by participating in the SIUE Fall Invitational with round-robin individual play against players from Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Eastern Illinois and Saint Louis.
Nine of Bradley's 10 players will compete this weekend with freshman Natalia Barbery, junior Alexa Brandt, senior Ariel Dechter and junior Aimee Manfredo all competing in both singles and doubles action. Already Bradley's all-time record holder for combined singles and doubles victories (122), Dechter enters the weekend just three wins shy of Teri Chan's program-best 73 career singles victories.