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Bradley Tennis Opens Tourney Season at Chicago State

Head coach Matt Tyler begins his seventh year with the Braves by leading the team into this weekend's Chicago State Cougar Invitational

Josh Schwam

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Women's Tennis 9/13/2019 8:51:00 AM

BRADLEY TENNIS NOTEBOOK
SEPT. 13, 2019

Overall Record: 0-0
MVC Record: 0-0

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Saturday, Sept. 14 at Chicago State Cougar Invitational (Chicago, IL), 8:00 AM
Sunday, Sept. 15 at Chicago State Cougar Invitational (Chicago, IL), TBA

TOURNEY PREVIEW

Bradley Tennis will open the fall individual tournament season this weekend by participating in the Chicago State Cougar Invitational.
The tournament will be broken into several singles and doubles flights with the action split between the on-campus courts at both Chicago State and the University of Chicago.
The Braves will be joined in the tournament field by I-74 rival Illinois State, fellow Missouri Valley Conference rival Valparaiso, Chicago State, University of Chicago, Bellarmine and Cardinal Stritch.

TYLER'S SEVENTH SEASON

Matt Tyler begins his seventh year as the Bradley Women's Tennis head coach, having produced one of the most-successful six-year runs in program history.
The Braves enjoyed the winningest single-season in program history in 2018-19, finishing 16-8 overall and runner-up in the Missouri Valley Conference with a 4-1 league record.
Through his first six seasons at Bradley, Tyler owns a 61-80 dual match record and has produced four of the top 10 seasons in the program's history.

THE LONE SENIOR

Natalia Barbery (Santa Cruz, Bolivia/Evert Tennis Academy) is the lone senior on Bradley's 2019-20 tennis roster.
Barbery enjoyed a breakout junior season, earning All-MVC first-team honors at No. 3 Singles and No. 1 Doubles by combining to go 9-1 against Valley competition during the dual match season.
Barbery enters her senior season tied for 15th in program history with 41 career singles wins, 17th with 36 doubles wins and 17th with those 77 combined victories.

FAMILY TIES

While the Braves have only one senior roster, Bradley Tennis also has just one freshman – Victoria Sánchez Bronzetti (Barcelona, Spain/ES International School, Naples, FL).
Sánchez Bronzetti is the daughter of former professional player Emelio Sánchez Vicario, a five-time grand slam doubles and mixed doubles champion who captained Spain to the 2008 Davis Cup title.
Sánchez Bronzetti also is the niece of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, the former world No. 1-ranked WTA player who compiled 14 grand slam singles, doubles and mixed doubles championships.

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