CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State women's tennis team will get the 2017-18 season underway this weekend, as the Vikings are set to participate in the Akron Shootout Friday, September 22 – Sunday, September 24.
The Akron Shootout will be the first of four fall tournaments for the Vikings this season, with Cleveland State also taking part in their own Viking Invitational (Oct. 6 – 8), and traveling to the ITA Midwest Regional (Oct. 12 – 15) and WMU Super Challenge (Nov. 3 – 5).
Cleveland State will be one of four teams competing this weekend, joining Youngstown State, Oakland, and the host Akron. The weekend will feature three rounds of singles and three rounds of doubles.
Friday, September 22 | 10:00 a.m.
1 Round of Singles, 1 Round of Doubles
Saturday, September 23 | 10:00 a.m.
1 Round of Singles, 1 Round of Doubles
Sunday, September 24 | 11:30 a.m.
1 Round of Singles, 1 Round of Doubles
Akron Outdoor Tennis Facility
322 Wheeler Street | Akron, Ohio | 44325
The Vikings return four letterwinners from last season's squad that captured the 2017 Horizon League Regular Season Championship, including Horizon League honoree, Isabella Spindler. This core group will be joined by three newcomers for the fall season – Kristina Fernandez (Coral Gables, Fla.), Anastasia Perin (Brussels, Belgium) and Gaby Shoenberg (Ingleside, Ill.).
After notching her 50th career victory last season, senior Aleksandra Golawska enters the 2017-18 campaign just shy of earning a spot on the CSU Singles Wins List, needing just seven more wins to crack the top-10. Golawska is also part of the only current CSU doubles team that ranks on the CSU Doubles Wins List, as she has paired with Spindler over the last two seasons to combine for 22 wins, a mark that is tied for sixth.
Head coach Brian Etzkin, who is entering his 16th season at the helm of the Vikings, is the all-time winningest coach in program history and has led Cleveland State to three Horizon League Regular Season titles and three Horizon League Tournament Championship match appearances.
