BEAUMONT, Texas – Lamar University is set to open a new season on the road as the Cardinals travel south to Corpus Christi, Texas to compete in the Jack Frederick Memorial Islander Invitational Friday. The individual-format tournament will run through Friday.
 
Competition is set to begin Friday with doubles matches beginning at 9 a.m. followed by singles matches at 10. Fans can follow along with the updated brackets by clicking HERE.
 
The tournament field will consist of Houston, Texas A&M-Kingsville and UTSA to go along with Southland foes A&M-Corpus Christi and UIW.
 
LU head coach David Wong returns a veteran-laded roster that consists of five returning letterwinners and four newcomers. The letterwinners consist of juniors Martina Alcaino and Savannah Bijlsma, sophomores Arina Gudovskaya, Asta Miettinen and Luana Paiva. That group will be joined by freshmen Eva Gumenyuk, Kate Labenski, Varvara Popadina and Lera Zaginayko.
 
The season-opening tournament is the first of five fall tournaments for the Red and White.