The women's tennis team is going to get a chance to see what it can do tomorrow and Sunday when it competes in the last Penn State Invitational.

The Lady Lions will meet Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, Mount St. Mary, Mercyhurst and George Mason. This will be the last invitational because of the demanding schedule the team will have when it begins Big Ten competition next year.

"I don't think it's (the event) quite as strong as we would like it to be," Kerri Kohr said.

Kohr explained that the opposing teams do not have the depth that Penn State has. However, she did say that it would be a good competition.

Each school has a strong No. 1 player, Whiteside added.

Pitt brings Julie Loprinzi, and George Mason brings Jeni Wilson, who Whiteside recruited.

"They are very strong players," Whiteside said.

Because the opposing teams are not strong contenders, the rest of the team will get a chance at actual competition.

"I'm going to pull out my top three players and give the rest of the team a chance to get in there and compete," Coach Sue Whiteside said. "Some of my players who don't get to always compete are great players. It's time for them to shine."

Co-captains Kelly Erven and Cathy Kissell will not compete at the event. In addition, Kohr will not compete due to back problems.

Whiteside will move the rest of the lineup up and she will add Carolyn Pickering, Denise Robison, Jamie Peters and Emily Hull. This will indicate what the younger players will bring to the team in the future, Whiteside said.

The event will be flighted, so team members will be trying to improve their individual records as opposed to the team record.

In the A flight for singles Tammy Okins-Nguyen and Ann Slocomb will compete; Jennifer Farrington and Kristin Kovalik will be in the B flight. In the C flight it will be Andi Chiumento and Pickering, and the D flight will be played by Hull, Robison and Peters.

In doubles, Chiumento and Slocomb will be in the A flight, Farrington and Kovalik in the B, Hull and Robison in the C and Pickering and Peters in the D.

"It'll be nice to play competitively," Pickering said.