Four members of the Kansas women’s tennis team have been selected to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association central region tournament later this month in Norman, Okla.

Freshmen Sara Lazarevic and Vika Khanevskaya and sophomores Kate Morozova and Erin Wilbert were chosen by a regional committee to represent the University in the ITA and Wilson-sponsored event from Oct. 22 to 25.

Coach Amy Hall-Holt said that each team registered for the tournament automatically received bids for one singles player and one doubles team. Lazarevic and Morozova earned the doubles spot, while Lazarevic also won the singles position.

The two remaining Jayhawk qualifiers relied on early-season results to get themselves in.

The selection committee filled out the brackets with players that have excelled in past seasons or have shown impressive records so far this year. Wilbert, Khanevskaya and Morozova were selected to play singles after picking up three singles victories apiece at the team’s home tournament Sept. 25-27. Wilbert and Khanevskaya were also named as a doubles team.

“We were only expecting Sara and Kate to get in since they’re our top players,” Wilbert said. “But Vika and I were lucky enough to be chosen.”

Wilbert attended the tournament last fall, which was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, but was eliminated before making it into the main draw of the bracket.

Morozova, last year’s only other competitor on the current Kansas roster, advanced to the round of 32 before being defeated by McCall Jones of BYU.

Assistant coach German Dalmagro said that about 25 teams will be represented in the tournament this year and the competition will be extremely tough.

“There will be teams from the SEC, Big Ten and the Big 12,” Dalmagro said.

The other conferences represented will be the Atlantic 10, Conference USA, Great West, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, Southland, Sunbelt and the Summit League.

The winners of the single-elimination tournament will continue on to nationals later in the fall.

Kansas will also host its second home event of the season over the same weekend at First Serve in Lawrence. The four remaining team members — senior Kuni Dorn, juniors Kate Goff and Maria Martinez and sophomore Alie Dzuba — will compete at home.

— Edited by Tim Burgess