PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's tennis team is set to host the 24th annual Cissie Leary Memorial Invitational this weekend, beginning on Friday, Oct. 22 and continuing through Sunday, Oct. 24. Unlike previous years, the tournament format will not look the same. There will be no bracket.

About the Cissie Leary Invitational
First contested in 1997, the Cissie Leary Invitational honors the memory and legacy of Cissie Leary, head women's tennis coach at Penn from 1977-1996. She had 16 winning seasons at the helm of the Red and Blue, compiling a career record of 229-119. In 1995, her team was 16-7 overall, and 6-1 in the Ivy League to earn a trip to the NCAA East Regional. Leary passed away in November of 1996 following a long battle with scleroderma, and this tournament has been held every year since in her honor. 

The Team
Penn will have all but three players in action this weekend. Highlighting the group will be Marija Curnic and Amanda Chan, who both represented the Quakers at the ITA Super Regional at Princeton last weekend.

The Competition
The participants in this year's tournament includes five teams, including another Ivy League squad: Cornell, as well as two Philadelphia schools: Drexel and Temple, Delaware, and the host Quakers.

The Schedule
Matches are scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Saturday will begin at 9:30 a.m. Sunday will begin at 10 a.m.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY
SINGLES
Drexel v. Cornell (8 matches, indoors)
Lemongo (Drex) def. Adiaconitei (Cor), 6-2, 6-2
Mi (Cor) def. Lombera (Drex), 6-1, 6-2
Cabrerizo (Drex) def. Wong (Cor), 5-7, 6-3, 10-5
Stein (Cor) def. Velovolu (Drex), 6-4, 6-1
Ho (Cor) def. Corte (Drex), 6-3, 6-2
Nguyen (Cor) def. Garcia Medez (Drex), 6-3, 6-3
El Ashram (Cor) def. Kharkover (Drex), 6-4, 6-2

Temple v. Penn (8 matches, outdoors)
J. Wei (Tem) def. Curnic (Penn), 7-5, 6-4
Gallo (Penn) def. Mummadi (Tem), 4-6, 6-2, 10-6
Kulhava (Tem) def. Smith (Penn), 6-4, 2-6, 10-2
Roskoff (Penn) def. E. Wei (Tem), 7-5, 4-6, 10-2
Tian (Tem) def. Tartakovsky (Penn), 6-1, 3-6, 10-6
Takebe (Tem) def. Thomas (Penn), 6-1, 6-4
Maheswari (Penn) def. Nozaki (Tem), 6-2, 6-2
Huang (Penn) def. Yabuta (Tem), 6-1, 7-5
 
DOUBLES (all outdoors)
4 Drexel teams v. 2 Delaware & 2 Penn teams
Curnic/Wang (Penn) def. Corte/Lombara, 6-1
Garcia Medez/Veluvolu (Drex) def. Smith/Huang (Penn), 7-6 (6)

4 Cornell teams v. 4 Temple teams
J. Wei/Tian (Tem) def. Stein/Wong (Cor), 7-6 (8)
Thomas/Maheshwari (Penn) def. Adiaconitei/Nguyen (Cor), 6-3
E. Wei/Takebe (Tem) def. Ho/Balog (Cor), 6-3
Kulhava/Mummadi (Tem) def. Savu/El Ashram (Cor), 6-3
Mi/Pryce (Cor) def. Yabuta/Nozaki (Tem), 6-2
 
SINGLES (outdoors)
Delaware v. Penn (4 matches)
Askorova (Del) def. Gallo (Penn), 6-1, 6-4
Smith (Penn) def. Honrubic (Del), 7-5, 6-0
Wang (Penn) def. Laos (Del), 7-5, 6-1
Sujova (Del) def. Roskoff (Penn), 6-3, 1-6, 10-4

Cornell v. Penn (2 matches - 2 Cornell players who did not play at 10:30 am Singles
Savu (Cor) def. Huang (Penn), 6-2, 6-1
Thomas (Penn) def. Pryce (Cor), 6-3, 6-1

SINGLES (outdoors)
Drexel v. Temple (7 matches)
J. Wei (Tem) def. Lemongo (Drex), 7-5, 4-6, 10-8
Mummadi (Tem) def. Lombara (Drex), 6-3, 6-4
Kulhava (Tem) def. Cabrerizo (Drex), 6-3, 6-2
E. Wei (Tem) def. Veluvolo (Drex), 6-3, 7-6(4)
Tian (Tem) def. Coate (Drex), 6-3, 6-1
Garcia Mendez (Drex) def. Takebe (Tem), 6-4, 6-2
Surikova (Tem) def. Kharkova (Drex) 3-1, ret.

Delaware v. Cornell (4 matches)
Mi (Cor) def. Asharova (Del), 3-6, 6-2, 10-7
Honrubia (Del) def. Nguyen (Cor) 6-0, 6-0
Laas (Del) def. Pryce (Cor), 6-1, 6-3
Sujova (Del) def. Balog (Cor), 6-3, 6-3

DOUBLES (outdoors)
Drexel v. Cornell (4 matches)
Wong/Stein (Cor) def. Lombara/Coate (Drex), 6-3
Fuentes/Lemongo (Drex) def. Ho/Adiaconitei (Cor) 6-2
Nguyen/Mi (Cor) def. Garcia-Mendez/Veluvolo (Drex), 6-4
El Ashram/Pryce (Cor) def. Kharkover/Cabrerizo (Drex) 6-2

Delaware v. Temple (1 match)
Laas/Asharova (Del) def. Nozaki/Mummadi (Tem), 6-2

Delaware v. Cornell (1 match)
Honrubia/Sujova (Del) def. Savu/Balog (Cor), 6-2

Temple v. Penn (3 matches)
J. Wei/Tian (Tem) def. Curnic/Smith (Penn), 6-3
E. Wei/Takebe (Tem) def. Wang/Roskoff (Penn), 6-2
Gallo/Thomas (Penn) def. Kulhava/Surikova (Tem), 6-4

SINGLES (Outdoors)
Cornell v. Penn (8 matches)
Mi (Cor) def. Curnic (Penn), 4-6, 7-6(3), 4-10
Smith (Penn) def. Adiaconitei (Cor), 6-1, 6-3
Stein (Cor) def. Gallo (Penn), 6-3, 6-4
Wang (Penn) def. Wong (Cor), 6-3, 7-6 (2)
Ho (Cor) def. Roskoff (Penn), 5-7, 7-5, 10-7
Savu (Cor) def. Tartakowski (Penn), 6-4, 6-1
Maheshwari (Penn) def. El Ashram (Cor) 7-5, 1-6, 11-9
Balog (Cor) def. Huang (Penn) 6-4, 6-3 

SINGLES (indoors)
Penn v. Drexel (7 matches)
Curnic (Penn) def. Lemongo (Drex), 6-2, 2-6, 10-4
Smith (Penn) def. Lombara (Drex), 6-2, 6-1
Cabrerizo (Drex) def. Gallo (Penn), 7-5, 7-6(7)
Wang (Penn) def. Veluvolu (Drex), 6-1, 4-6, 12-10
Roshkoff (Penn) def. Mendez (Drex), 6-4, 6-3
Huang (Penn) def. Corte (Drex), 6-4, 6-3
Thomas (Penn) def. Kharkover (Drex), 6-0, 2-0 (ret) 

SINGLES (outdoors)
Delaware v. Temple (4 matches)
J. Wei (Tem) def. Asharova (Del), 3-6, 6-3, 10-6
Honrubia (Del) def. Mummadi (Tem), 7-6(4), 7-5
Kulhava (Tem) def. Laas (Del), 6-0, 6-1
Tian (Tem) def. Sujova (Del), 6-4, 7-5

DOUBLES (outdoors)
Penn v. Cornell (3 matches)
Curnic/Wang (Penn) def. Stein/Wong (Cor), 7-6
Ho/Adiaconitei (Cor) def. Smith/Huang (Penn), 7-6
Savu/Balog (Cor) def. Maheshwari/Roshkoff (Penn), 7-6(6)

Delaware v. Cornell (2 matches)
Mi/Nguyen (Cor) def. Asharova/Laas (Del), 6-4
Honrubia/Sujova (Del) def. Pryce/El Ashram (Cor), 6-4

Drexel v. Temple (3 match)
Takebe/E. Wei (Tem) def. Lombara/Corte (Drex), 6-3
Mummadi/J. Wei (Tem) def. Garcia Mendez/Veluvolu (Drex), 6-1
Kulhava/Surikova (Tem) def. Fuentes/Cabrerizo (Drex) 6-3

SINGLES (Outdoors)
Cornell v. Temple (8 matches)
Stein (Cor) def. J. Wei (Tem), 0-6, 6-1, 20-18
Mummadi (Tem) def. Adiaconitei (Cor), 6-2, 6-1
Kulhava (Tem) def. Wong (Cor), 6-2, 6-3
E. Wei (Tem) def. Ho (Cor), 6-0, 6-1
Savu (Cor) def. Tian (Tem), 7-6(6), 6-4
Takebe (Tem) def. Nguyen (Cor), 7-5, 1-6, 10-8
Surikova (Tem) def. El Ashram (Cor), 6-3, 6-4
Pryce (Cor) def. Nozaki (Tem), 7-6(4), 7-5
Balog (Cor) def. Yabuta (Tem), 6-0, 6-3