PHILADELPHIA – Iuliia Bryzgalova and Marija Curnic will represent the University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team at the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships in Newport Beach, Calif., hosted by Newport Beach Tennis Club & The Tennis Club at Newport Beach, beginning Wednesday, Nov. 6 and continuing through Sunday, Nov. 10.

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In addition to playing doubles with Curnic, Bryzgalova will also compete in the singles draw after clinching a berth by way of reaching the quarterfinal of the Saint Francis Health System ITA All-American Championships. The doubles pair qualified after winning the ITA Northeast Regional in a three-set thriller, fighting off four match points to win 1-6, 6-1, 13-11 in the final – the first Penn team to win the regional since Sol Eskenazi and Sonya Latycheva in 2012.

Bryzgalova is amassing quite a resume through the fall of her sophomore season. The reigning unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year is 13-2 in her second season, toppling five ranked opponents already, including three top-25 players. At the All-American Championships, Bryzgalova won two matches to reach the main draw before knocking off No. 23 McCartney Kessler (Florida) in straight sets and No. 5 Kelly Chen (Duke) and No. 12 Cameron Morra (UNC) in three-set matches.

As a doubles pair, Bryzgalova and Curnic are now 13-2 together and ranked firmly in the top 60. They cruised through the ITA Northeast Regional before their incredible comeback in the final. Previously, at the All-American Championships, they won three qualifying matches to reach the main draw, where they knocked off No. 11 Lauren Alter/Tatum Rice (Arkansas) before bowing out to No. 31 Marie Mattel/Rebeka Stolmar (UCF) in the round of 16.

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