GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The Furman women's tennis team is set to compete at the ITA Carolina Regional Championships at the Carolina Outdoor Tennis Center in Columbia, S.C.  The tournament showcases the top women's tennis players from North Carolina and South Carolina.  Play will begin Thursday and continue through Monday.

Seven members of the Paladin team will compete in singles at the regional, including sophomores Lillie Murphy and Elle Warren, who will compete in the main draw.  Senior Macy Hitchcock plus sophomores Bianca Ceroni, Sasha Dimitrov, Lily Doherty, and Molly Robinson will play in the qualifying singles draw.  

The Furman doubles teams for the tournament will include Warren and Murphy plus Hitchcock and Robinson.  Ceroni and Dimitrov will comprise the third Paladin doubles team.

Qualifying singles will begin Thursday at 9 a.m.  In the round of 64, Doherty will play at 9 a.m., then Ceroni will start at 10 a.m., Robinson at 10:30 a.m., then Hitchcock and Dimitrov at noon.  The round of 64 will be followed by the round of 32, and a consolation round of 32 will complete the day's matches.  

Friday will feature one round of the singles main draw and one round of doubles.  Matches are scheduled to commence at 9 a.m. each day of the regional.  

Live results and streaming will be available at https://ita.matchtennisapp.com/baseapp/ls/?v=tournament&id=3144226.

This weekend, 13 different regional tournaments will take place across the United States, with over 25 teams competing in the Carolina Regional.  The regional singles champions and finalists and regional doubles champions qualify for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship, which will be held later this fall.

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