Women's Tennis at Saint Mary's Fall Invitational Starting Friday

• Santa Clara will compete at the Saint Mary's Fall Invitational starting Friday through Sunday.  
• The tournament will be comprised of three singles and two doubles flights (there will be a third flight, if necessary) with first round consolation for each.  Extra matches might be set up if schedule permits.  
• All Broncos are expected to compete.  
• SCU has competed in two fall tournaments thus far, at the season opening Cal Fall Invitational and also at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships.  
• JennaMarie Gordon and Varya Zlotnik also competed at the Taube Challenge Cup exhibition match.  
• Gordon leads the Broncos this fall with three singles victories while four Broncos have one doubles win.   
• The Broncos are led by first-year head coach Cliford Awuy who was promoted from a volunteer assistant on the SCU men's program.  Awuy takes over the program from Ben Cabell who was at the helm for 16 seasons.  
• Awuy will be assisted by Alory Pereira, a former All-Southern Conference selection at East Tennessee State, who joined the Broncos in September.  
• The Broncos return six players from last season: Kacey Feng, Velizara Fileva, JennaMarie Gordon, Giulia Hayer, Finley Kalinic and Varya Zlotnik while adding two newcomers: Dasee Carter and Anna Semler.  

During the 2021-22 season:

• Santa Clara finished with a 9-9 overall record including 2-5 in the West Coast Conference.  
• Hayer was named All-WCC doubles honorable mention.
• The team finished with a ranking of No. 10 in ITA's Northwest Regional team standings.
• For the fourth year in a row, the ITA recognized the Broncos as a 2022 All-Academic team while eight Broncos were named ITA Scholar-Athletes. 
• Gordon and Hayer topped the team with 13 overall singles wins.  
• Hayer also led the Broncos in overall doubles wins with 16 while Gordon was second with 15.