Women's tennis opens season at Cal/Nike Invitational


<p>TEMPE, Ariz. - The 2007-2008 ASU Women&#39;s Tennis tournament season will begin play this weekend as the Sun Devils travel to Berkeley to compete in the Cal/Nike Invitational. Also competing this weekend will be members of the Stanford Cardinal, Cal Golden Bear and Arizona Wildcat squads along with several non-conference teams.</p><separator></separator><p>Play begins each day at 8:30 a.m. with doubles matches (singles start at approximately 10 a.m.) and goes until approximately 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Sept. 29. Sunday&#39;s start time is also 8:30 a.m., but matches will conclude in the early afternoon. Matches will be played at the Hellman Tennis Complex and the Channing Tennis Courts. The tournament is one of the biggest pre-season tennis tournaments in the country and will feature California, Arizona, Arizona State, Fresno State, Long Beach State, Nevada, Northwestern, Pacific, Sacramento State, Saint Mary&#39;s, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and UC Davis. Complete draw information will be posted and can be found at <a href="http://www.tennisinformation.com/&quot; target="_blank">www.tennisinformation.com</a>.</p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devils will travel their entire squad and will look to showcase their new faces in both singles and doubles. Three doubles teams of <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/leitch_jessica00.html"… Leitch</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/hein_micaela00.html">M… Hein</a>, Laila Abdala and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/megale_lauren00.html">… Megale</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/abdala_nadia00.html">N… Abdala</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/mckenna_kelcy00.html">… McKenna</a> will all be competing.</p>