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Quartet of Tigers Competing in ITA Summer Circuit Tournament

Columbia, Mo. – Four Mizzou Tennis student-athletes are set to compete at an ITA Summer Circuit Tournament this weekend from July 11-13 at Wichita State University. Senior Madison Rhyner, junior Bea Machado Santos, sophomore Clare Raley and incoming freshman Turner Yates will all play in both the singles draw and doubles draw.

Columbia, Mo. – Four Mizzou Tennis student-athletes are set to compete at an ITA Summer Circuit Tournament this weekend from July 11-13 at Wichita State University. Senior Madison Rhyner, junior Bea Machado Santos, sophomore Clare Raley and incoming freshman Turner Yates will all play in both the singles draw and doubles draw.

The ITA Summer Circuit provides opportunities for college, junior and other ITA members a chance to compete during the offseason. All ITA Summer Circuit tournaments use no-ad scoring, a 10-point match tie-break for the third set of singles and eight-game pro-sets for doubles.

The Wichita State site features 33 entries in the singles draw. All four Mizzou competitors earned top-11 seeds: (7) Yates, (8) Machado Santos, (10) Raley and (11) Rhyner. Each received first round byes and will begin tournament action on Saturday, July 12. Starting times for opening round matches can be found below. If both Yates and Raley advance to the Round of 16, the two will square off in a clash of Tigers.

In the doubles draw, the four Mizzou players will pair up. Machado Santos and Rhyner are set to play together while Raley and Yates will form a duo. Times and matchups for the doubles draw have yet to be announced. For all the latest on Mizzou Softball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on twitter @MizzouSoftball.


Singles: Opening Round Schedule (Saturday, July 12)

  • (8) Machado Santos vs. Madeline Hill - 12:00 p.m. CT
  • (11) Madison Rhyner vs. Katelyn Blumenthal – 1:15 p.m. CT
  • (7) Turner Yates vs. Tawni Griffey – 1:15 p.m. CT
  • (10) Clare Raley vs. TBD – 1:15 p.m. CT