RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – For the first time in program history, the Arkansas Tech women's tennis team will have athletes competing for an ITA Fall National Championship as the top-flight doubles pairing of Elis Gergel and Rebecca Arnold are set to compete as at-large selections.
 
Gergel and Arnold's first match will be against the doubles pairing of Polina Zaytesva and Simone Cameron from the University of Findlay. That match in the round of 32 will be played starting at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4 from the Tuscaloosa Tennis Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
 
This fall, Gergel and Arnold are 4-1 and have a record of 10-2 overall as a pairing dating back to last year. The pairing also finished the year as the No. 18-ranked doubles team in DII.
 
The winner of the match on Wednesday will advance to the round of 16 and play the winner of the match between UT Tyler's Yona Bancarel / Maria Antonio Ortega and Nebraska Kearney's Victoria Trentino / Julia Wartecka.