CARY, NC -- The University of Maryland Women's Tennis Team sent three members of the Terps roster to the ITA All-American Championship held in Cary, NC, that began on September 20th.

Emma Ghirardato, Oliwia Orlinska, and Ema Kovacevic represented the Terps in the pre-qualifying of the singles tournament and qualifying of doubles. 

Over the 4 days of singles competition, Kovacevic went 0-2, Ghirardato went 2-1, and Orlinska finished with a 4-1 record. Orlinska advanced to the round of 32 in the qualifying round. The 47th-ranked doubles Pair of Kovacevic and Ghiradato went 1-1 on the weekend. 

"There are so many positives to take away from this week," said Associate Head Coach Ruth Seaborne. "Oliwia had a great tournament and came very close to qualifying for the main draw.  She's playing great tennis and competing well. It's been very rewarding to see the growth in her as a player over the past year, and we believe she's just starting to scratch the surface. Emma G picked up her first wins as a Terp and showed she has the ability to win at a high level. Our doubles team did a nice job bouncing back after the first day and beating a good nationally ranked Ohio State team. This is a longer, physically taxing tournament, and the team did a great job leaning into the challenge."


Day 1, Sat, Sept. 20th:
Singles Prequalifying Round:

R256: Emma Ghirardato def. Barksdale (Utah): 6-2, 6-1
R256: Yan Elim (Tennessee) def. Ema Kovacevic: 6-1, 6-1
R256: Oliwia Orlinska def. Llewellyn (SMU): 6-2, 7-6


Day 2, Sun, Sept. 21st:
Singles Prequalifying Round:

R128: Emma Ghirardato def. Liberman (UCSB): 7-6, 6-4
R128: Oliwia Orlinska def. Suchankova (UNC Charlotte): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
C128: Stephanie Yakoff (Harvard) def. Ema Kovacevic 6-2, 6-3

R64: Amelia Bissett (FSU) def. Ghirardato: 6-3, 6-4
R64: Oliwia Orlinska def. Feldman (Northwestern): 6-2, 6-2


Day 3, Mon. Sept 22nd:
Singles Qualifying Round:

R64: Oliwia Orlinska def. #69 Gonzalez [10] (U Miami): 6-2, 2-6, 7-5

Doubles Qualifying Round:
R32: Friedman/Buchwald (South Carolina) def. #47 Kovacevic/Ghiradato 6-3, 6-7(7), 10-4


Day 4, Tues. Sept 23rd:
Singles: Qualifying Round:

R32: #83 Monika Ekstrand [17] (Stanford) def. Orlinska: 7-6, 6-3

Doubles Consolation:
Kovacevic/Ghiradato def. #63 Spencer/Nishino (Ohio State) 7-6(5), 6-1

The Terps are back in action in two weeks with 6 players heading to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to compete in the Cissie Leary Tournament, which begins on October 3rd.