– Baylor women’s tennis senior Blair Shankle and senior men’s tennis player Max Tchoutakian have been selected to take part in the 2016 Oracle/ITA Masters as Oracle and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced the competitor list Monday.
The second-annual Oracle ITA Masters will be played Oct. 13-16 in Malibu, California, with Pepperdine University hosting the first rounds of competition at Ralphs-Strauss Tennis Center and the semifinals and championship matches at the Malibu Racquet Club.
Shankle and Tchoutakian both received one of Oracle's wildcard berths into the tournament.
Each of the Bears will compete in their respective 32-person singles draw as well as partnering together to take part in a 32-pairing mixed doubles bracket.
Shankle went 16-6 in singles action and 14-4 in dual matches last year. Tchoutakian was 19-10 overall in singles and 15-7 in dual-match play last season in Waco.
The 2016 event features a format change from the inaugural event as one woman and one man from each Division I Conference to the championships will compete in both their respective singles as well as a mixed doubles competition.
Tournament pairings for all three draws will be announced in the coming weeks.
Women's Singles Competitor List
Name, School, Conference
Ksenia Laskutova, Tulsa, American
Aspen Cervin, Saint Louis, Atlantic 10
Hayley Carter, North Carolina, Atlantic Coast Conference
Katarina Adamovic, Oklahoma State, Big 12
Sydney Liggins, Xavier, Big East
Marianna Petrei, Idaho, Big Sky
Lauren Proctor, Winthrop, Big South
Francesca Di Lorenzo, Ohio State, Big Ten
Maeva Razakasoa, Long Beach State, Big West
Liza Fieldsend, College of Charleston, Colonial
Katherine Ip, Rice, Conference USA
Kana Daniel, Penn, Ivy League
Sitilia Rencheli, Quinnipiac, Metro Atlantic
Ariadna Blinova, Akron, Mid-American
MIna Matsuba, Bethune-Cookman, Mid-Eastern
Gabriela Porubin, Wichita State, Missouri Valley
Lidia Yanes Garcia, Austin Peay, Ohio Valley
Ellen Perez, Georgia, SEC
Ansley Speaks, Furman, Southern
Lucile Pothier, Abilene Christian, Southland
Marine Cartier, Alabama State, Southwestern
Julia O'Laughlin, Denver, Summit League
Alexandria Stiteler, South Alabama, Sun Belt
Sabrina Faybyshev, Boston, Patriot League
Rimpledeep Kaur, New Mexico State, WAC
Luisa Stefani, Pepperdine, West Coast Conference
Shreya Pasricha, Fairleigh Dickinson, Northeast
Taylor Davidson, Stanford, Pac-12
Blair Shankle, Baylor, Oracle WC
Laura Gulbe, Pepperdine, Host Site WC
Sara Daavetilla, North Carolina, At-Large Selection
Ena Shibahara, UCLA, At-Large Selection
Men's Singles Competitor List
Name, School, Conference
Or Ram-Harel, Tulsa, American
Chris Eubanks, Georgia Tech, Atlantic Coast Conference
Jack Findel-Hawkins, North Florida, Atlantic Sun
George Goldhoff, Texas, Big 12
Robert Livi, St. John’s, Big East
Nathan Boneil, Portland State, Big Sky
Sam Matheson, Liberty, Big South
Alec Adamson, UC Davis, Big West
Juan Estevarena, College of Charleston, Colonial
Adam Moundir, Old Dominion, Conference USA
Jeffrey Schorsch, Valparaiso, Horizon League
Shawn Hadavi, Columbia, Ivy League
Kei Ezaka, Quinnipiac, Metro Atlantic
Stjepan Sisko, Toledo, Mid-American
Alex Chepik, Bethune-Cookman, Mid-Eastern
Vinny Gillespie, Drake, Missouri Valley
Jaime Barajas, Utah State, Mountain West
Eduardo Mena, Tennessee Tech, Ohio Valley
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M, SEC
David Biosca, East Tennessee, Southern
Michael Feucht, Lamar, Southland
Diogo Rocha, Denver, Summit League
Michael Nguyen, Army, Patriot
Guilherme Hadlich, Pepperdine, West Coast
Airam Castellano, UMKC, WAC
Jacob Whalley, Fairleigh Dickinson, Northeast
Tom Fawcett, Stanford, Pac-12
Gergely Madarasz, Purdue, Big Ten
Max Tchoutakian, Baylor, Oracle WC
Lautaro Pane, Pepperdine, Host Site WC
Yuya Ito, Texas, At-Large Selection
Ryotaro Matsumura, Kentucky, At-Large Selection
