Kitty Harrison Invitational Returns This Weekend

CHAPEL HILL - The North Carolina women's tennis program hosts the 17th Kitty Harrison Invitational Friday through Sunday at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

This year's field will represent 14 outstanding institutions, including four Atlantic Coast Conference squads - Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest - and Auburn, Charlotte, Florida, Iowa State, Kansas, LSU, Northwestern, Old Dominion, Princeton and William & Mary.

EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday - 1 doubles match, 2 singles matches
Saturday - 2 doubles matches, 1 singles match
Sunday - 1 doubles match, 1 singles match

The tournament is held in honor of Kitty Harrison, head coach of the North Carolina women's tennis team from 1976 to 1998. Eight of Harrison's 22 teams were ranked among the top 25 nationally and, under her direction, Carolina won four ACC Championships in a row from 1977 to 1980 and finished as the league runner-up four other times.

Harrison retired after the 1997-98 season as the winningest tennis coach in ACC history in terms of dual-match victories with a 22-year record of 351-224. She was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004.

The event is scheduled to begin with doubles on Friday morning at 8 a.m., with singles to follow.

Saturday and Sunday start at 9 a.m.

Admission is free all weekend.

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