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Clayton State ranked ninth in 2008 preseason
ITA Division II Top 40 women’s tennis poll
Lakers open 2008
season on Feb. 9 at Division III fourth-ranked Emory
 MORROW,
Ga. - November 19, 2007 – Fresh off another stellar fall
season, the
Clayton State Laker women’s tennis team is riding high entering the
2008 season.
In the ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Division II Top 40
national poll released last week, Clayton State is ranked ninth in
the nation. It’s the highest preseason national ranking ever for
Clayton State, eclipsing the preseason ranking of 10th
in the nation prior to the 2003 season.
The Lakers the second-highest nationally ranked team in the
preseason poll out of the Peach Belt Conference, trailing only
second-ranked Armstrong Atlantic. In addition to Clayton State and
Armstrong Atlantic, Columbus State is ranked 13th,
while Francis Marion is ranked 15th,
Georgia College is ranked 17th
and Augusta State is ranked 26th.
In addition to the team’s high national ranking, Clayton State also
has some individual national rankings as well. In women’s singles,
sophomore Anna Redecsi is ranked 15th
in the nation, while freshman Viktoriya Semyrodenko is ranked 42nd
and senior Julia Chergova is ranked 47th.
In doubles, the team of Redesci and Chergova are ranked fourth
following a second straight ITA Mid-Atlantic Regional championship
and semifinal berth at the ITA Division II Nationals last month in
Mobile.
Clayton State opens its season on Feb. 9 with a showdown at Emory,
the fourth-ranked team in Division III. |
