The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team starts the 2014-15 season with this weekend's USC Upstate Fall Invitational in Spartanburg, S.C.  The three-day event begins Friday, Sept. 19 and runs through Sunday.

Head coach Jeff Clark and the Mocs are coming off their second consecutive 18-5 season.  UTC returns five starters to its lineup that finished third in the SoCon race at 7-3.

UTC is led by three seniors, Kaylene Chadwell (Franklin, Tenn.), Claire Mulyadi (Semarang, Indonesia) and Jovana Pecovski (Apatin, Serbia).  There are four juniors on the roster, including Kelsey Coots (Huntsville, Ala.), Kayla Jones (Memphis, Tenn.), Katie Polk (Woodstock, Ga.) and Alison Storie (Johnson City, Tenn.). 

Rachele Gazzola (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) is the lone sophomore, while freshman Samantha Caswell (Lookout Mountain, Ga.) is the only newcomer. 

Jones was a first time All-SoCon performer at No. 1 last season.  She led the Mocs with a 24-11 singles record.  She was 15-8 at No. 1 this spring and 7-2 in SoCon action. 

Chadwell teamed with 2014 graduate and current assistant coach Alexa Flynn to earn first team All-SoCon doubles recognition.  They were 14-4 this season, including a 12-3 mark at No. 1 and 7-2 in SoCon action.  Mulyadi and Coots made the All-SoCon second team.  They were 9-3 as a pair in the spring and posted an 8-1 mark in league play.

Clark is in the eighth year of his second stint as head coach of the Mocs.  He has a 121-94 record in 10 years overall at UTC and is 52-16 in the last three seasons.