Clayton State’s Chergova, Redecsi selected preseason All-Peach Belt Conference for women’s tennis
Ninth-ranked Lakers open 2008 season at Division III power Emory on Saturday

MORROW, Ga. – February 8, 2008 – The Peach Belt Conference released its preseason All-Conference team for women’s tennis on Friday, and the Clayton State Lakers placed two players on the preseason squad.

Representing Clayton State on the preseason All-Peach Belt Conference team are returning Division II All-Americans Julia Chergova and Anna Redecsi. They join the Armstrong Atlantic duo of Johanna Dahlback and Iuliia Stupak, plus Georgia College’s Celine Martin and Francis Marion’s Sarka Vitkova.

Both Chergova and Redecsi are coming off banner seasons in 2006-07 for Clayton State.

Chergova, a senior from Sofia, Bulgaria, went 14-4 last season at No. 2 singles for the Lakers and 16-4 with Redecsi at No. 1 doubles. She was selected All-Peach Belt Conference in both singles and doubles, plus ITA Division II All-American in doubles for the second time in her Laker career.

Redecsi, a sophomore from Gyongyos, Hungary, went 14-5 last season at No. 1 singles, in addition to her success in doubles with Chergova. She was selected both All-Peach Belt Conference and ITA Division II All-American in both singles and doubles. In addition, Redecsi was also Peach Belt Conference and ITA Mid-Atlantic Regional Freshman of the Year.

The team of Chergova and Redecsi have excelled at a national level for Clayton State. They are the two-time ITA Mid-Atlantic Regional champions, and finished second in the nation in 2006, and fourth in the nation last fall. Chergova and Redecsi enter this season ranked fourth in the nation in doubles, while Redecsi is ranked 15th in the nation in singles.

Clayton State, which is ranked ninth in the nation in Division II entering this season, opens the 2008 campaign on Saturday with a 12:30 p.m. match at Emory, which is ranked fourth in Division III.