ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Emory & Henry College Women's Tennis Team has been picked to finish 13th in the South Atlantic Conference this season, conference officials announced Friday. The poll is voted on by the league's head coaches.
RELATED – SAC Preseason Poll & Preseason All-Conference Teams
E&H, led by first-year head coach Jacob Marshall, returns five players from last year's squad and has added four newcomers. The Wasps posted a record of 4-12, 0-12 SAC in the program's inaugural season in the South Atlantic Conference. Emory & Henry posted a 2-0 record during the 2023 fall season, including a victory over border rival King (Tenn.) University.
Wingate University is first in the poll with 11 of 13 first-place votes. Tusculum University sits in second while Newberry College is third with one first-place vote. Anderson (S.C.) University and Catawba College are tied in fourth with the Trojans receiving the other first-place nod.
The spring season kicks off on Thursday, February 29 when the Wasps host Lenoir-Rhyne University. E&H begins the month of March with a five-match road stretch that includes trips to Newberry College (Mar. 2), Converse University (Mar. 3), Catawba College (Mar. 10), Mount Olive (Mar. 10 in Salisbury, N.C.) and Lincoln Memorial (Mar. 11).
The Wasps return home briefly on Wednesday, March 20 to host Mars Hill University before back-to-back matches on the road at Wingate University (Mar. 21) and the University of Virginia's College at Wise (Mar. 23). Emory & Henry then hosts Salem University (W.Va.) (Mar. 24) and Carson-Newman University (Mar. 27) before finishing the month in South Carolina at North Greenville University (Mar. 29) and at Limestone University (Mar. 30).
E&H wraps up the season with home matches against Anderson (S.C.) University (Apr. 6) and Tusculum University (Apr. 11), before finishing on the road at Coker University (Apr. 13).
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2024 SAC Women's Tennis Preseason Poll
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Rank |
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School (FPV) |
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Points |
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1. |
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Wingate (11) |
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142 |
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2. |
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Tusculum |
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119 |
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3. |
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Newberry (1) |
|
106 |
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T-4. |
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Anderson (S.C.) (1) |
|
104 |
|
T-4. |
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Catawba |
|
104 |
|
6. |
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Limestone |
|
93 |
|
7. |
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Carson-Newman |
|
81 |
|
8. |
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Lenoir-Rhyne |
|
78 |
|
9. |
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Lincoln Memorial |
|
61 |
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10. |
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Coker |
|
50 |
|
11. |
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Mars Hill |
|
38 |
|
12. |
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UVA Wise |
|
20 |
|
13. |
|
Emory & Henry |
|
18 |
2024 Preseason All-SAC Women's Tennis Teams
First Team Doubles
Natasha Forrest/Summer Reeves, Carson-Newman
Chloe Kosmrlj/Suzuka Sambyakugari, Wingate
Elodie Baechler/Valentina Loretz, Tusculum
Second Team Doubles
Sofia Hernandez / Ami Miya, Catawba
Runa Mudderisoglu/Alicia Wahlberg, Lenoir-Rhyne
Evgeniya Pugina/Nellie Wahlberg, Lenoir-Rhyne
Third Team Doubles
Sophia Cardenas/Margarita Nikonorova, Newberry
Emma Arnal/Alexa Gamborino-Suarez, Newberry
Anamaria Kiszner-Luca/Monika Temkova, Limestone
First Team Singles
Fernanda Castillo, Wingate
Anita Chornei, Carson-Newman
Anamaria Kiszner-Luca, Limestone
Chloe Kosmrlj, Wingate
Evgeniya Pugina, Lenoir-Rhyne
Suzuka Sambyakugari, Wingate
Second Team Singles
Miya Ami, Catawba
Elodie Baechler, Tusculum
Sofia Cardenas, Newberry
Natasha Forrest, Carson-Newman
Valentina Loretz, Tusculum
Paulina Loretz, Tusculum
Third Team Singles
Ylva Frafjord Landa, Tusculum
Elana Mackey, Mars Hill
Runa Muderrisoglu, Lenoir-Rhyne
Aina Miralles, Newberry
Margarita Nikonorova, Newberry
Alicia Wahlberg, Lenoir-Rhyne