ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy women's tennis team is set for a pair of tournaments this weekend, sending players to the 49th Milwaukee Tennis Classic while also hosting the 2025 Navy Blue & Gold Invitational. With sophomores Molly Bellia and Emma Gu heading to the Badger State from Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 25-28, the rest of the Midshipmen will compete at the team's second home tournament of the fall Friday through Sunday, Sept. 26-28.
 
Action the at Western Racquet Club in Elm Grove, Wis., is slated for a 12 noon ET start on Thursday, a 10 a.m. ET opening serve on Friday and Saturday and 9 a.m. start on Sunday. Friday's competition at Navy's Fluegel-Moore Tennis Stadium and Tose Family Tennis Center is set to begin at noon while Saturday and Sunday will kick off at 9 a.m.
 
Milwaukee Tennis Classic Information
Bellia and Gu will be among the 32 women's singles players and 16 doubles pairings at the four-day Milwaukee Tennis Classic … Other schools sending entrants to the women's tournament include Arkansas State, Ball State, DePaul, Florida Gulf Coast, Kansas State, Lipscomb, Marquette, Miami, Minnesota, Ole Miss, Purdue, South Florida, Western Michigan and Wisconsin … This marks the first trip to the Milwaukee Tennis Classic for Bellia and Gu … Last year's MTC saw  Emily Tannenbaum break a pair of program career records and then go on to win the mixed doubles title alongside Navy men's player Aniketh Ayinala.
 
Navy Blue & Gold Invitational Information
Singles play will be broken up into four draws, while doubles competition is set for three flights … Navy will be joined by players from Buffalo, George Washington, Howard, Johns Hopkins, Seton Hall, UNCW and Villanova … The 2024 Navy Blue & Gold Invitational saw Sylvia Eklund and Parvathi Shanker capture the "A" and "B" singles draws, respectively, while sophomore Manci Pal was part of the "C" doubles-winning pairing.
 
Last Time Out
A strong start to the 2025-26 season saw Navy win six total flights at the 16th annual Bill & Sandra Moore Invitational … With Navy players capturing all three main doubles draws along with the "A", "B" and "D" singles brackets over the three-day tournament, the Mids were led by sophomore Grace Li capturing the "A" singles draw and the "C" doubles flight while junior Olivia Fermo won the "B" singles title and "A" doubles bracket … Additionally, three different freshmen also recorded at least a share of a draw victory in their first college action.
 
Up Next
Navy travels to the San Diego Veterans Tennis Classic next week, competing at the University of San Diego from Oct. 3-5.