GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman sophomores Lillie Murphy and Elle Warren will begin play Saturday at the ITA All-American Championships at the Cary Tennis Center in Cary, N.C.

The Paladin duo qualified for the main doubles draw after winning the doubles title at the ITA National Summer Championships last month.  

Murphy, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., and Warren, who hails from Canton, Ohio, will also each participate in the prequalifying singles round on Saturday ahead of Wednesday's opening round of the doubles main draw. 

Warren will square off against Tennessee's Maeve Thornton at 10 a.m., and Murphy will face Kavya Karra of Harvard at 11 a.m. 

The tournament will feature a singles and doubles prequalifying round, qualifying round, and main draw.  Sixty-four singles players and 32 doubles teams will advance to the main draw.  All singles matches will be two out of three full sets, while doubles matches will be two out of three sets with a 10-point match tiebreak in lieu of a full third set.

Singles and doubles draws and results, live streaming links, and live scoring links will be available at https://wearecollegetennis.com/championships/ita-womens-all-american-championships/.

From the All-American Championship, ten singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists).  Meanwhile, five doubles teams will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists, consolation champion).

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