Minnesota's Alessandra Ferrazzi and Tijana Koprivica will face some of the best in collegiate women's tennis this weekend at the Cal Nike Women's Invitational in Berkely, Calif., while the rest of the Gophers team will continue their fall season at the Drake Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa.

Ferrazzi will take on the nation's 64th-ranked player, Hannah Grady of Long Beach State, in her opening match on Friday. Grady is seeded seventh in the 32-player draw. With two victories, Ferrazzi would advance to the quarterfinals for a possible meeting against the nation's seventh-ranked competitor, Marina Cossou of California, who is the top seed in the draw.

Koprivica meets Natasha Marks of Arizona in her first round pairing. Koprivica and Ferrazzi will also team up in doubles and take on 41st-ranked Kelcy McKenna and Micaela Hein of Arizona State in the opening match. The singles tournament opens with two matches on Friday and continues with quarterfinals on Saturday and semifinals and finals on Sunday. Doubles teams will play one match Friday, two on Saturday and the finals on Sunday.

The Gophers will also compete in the Drake Invitational, beginning on Friday. Minnesota opened the season with the Gopher Invitational on Sept. 12-14 with six players participating in the draw. This weekend's tournament is one of three fall tournaments before the ITA Midwest Regional, which opens on Oct. 23 in East Lansing, Mich. Pairings for the Drake tournament have not been released as of Thursday afternoon.