EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women's tennis team is at home this weekend as the Purple Aces have teamed up with USI to co-host the First Annual Evansville Metro Collegiate Invite at Wesselman Park.
 
The tournament will feature nine teams, including the hosts, from around the region. The visiting schools will include Division I programs Western Kentucky, Cincinnati, Austin Peay, Belmont, and Tennessee-Martin and Division II schools Bellarmine and North Alabama.
 
"Coach Porter and I are very excited to welcome such a fantastic group of teams here to Evansville to compete in our event. This is going to be a weekend full of fantastic matches that any local tennis enthusiast won't want to miss. We appreciate the help and cooperation of the Evansville Community Tennis Association in providing us with the Wesselman Park facilities, without which we couldn't host this type of event. We also would like to thank Tri-State Athletic Club and Evansville Tennis Center for providing rain back up at their facilities."
 
The tournament will feature both singles and doubles and will take place on the 12 courts at Wesselman Park. Play will begin Saturday Oct. 1 at 9:30am. and includes two rounds of singles and two rounds of doubles. Play will continue Sunday at 9:30am with all final-round matches of both singles and doubles.
 

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