2016 NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championships
(A2) IUP Crimson Hawks (22-4, 5-1 PSAC West)
(SC1) St. Mary's Rattlers (20-3, 5-0 Heartland)
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 | 10 a.m. (ET)
Denver, Colo. | Gates Tennis Center
 
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AT A GLANCE
The IUP women's tennis team travels to Denver to compete against St. Mary's in the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championships on Wednesday. Opening serve is scheduled for 10 a.m. Eastern at the Gates Tennis Center. The winner will advance to face the BYU-Hawaii/Columbus State winner on Thursday.
 
BACK AGAIN
The Crimson Hawks are making their sixth NCAA Championship round of 16 appearance, all coming in the last six years. IUP has been the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) runner-up and the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic Region each of those six years.
 
HOW THEY GOT HERE
IUP advanced to the round of 16 with a 5-2 win over Mercyhurst in the Atlantic Region Championships on May 9. The Crimson Hawks were one of two host teams for the Atlantic Region, and enter this week as the second seed from the Region.
 
St. Mary's is the No. 1 seed from the South Central Region, earning its third straight trip to the round of 16 with a 5-0 win over 42nd-ranked St. Edwards on May 8. The Rattlers also won their fourth straight Heartland Conference title.
 
TEAM RANKINGS
The Crimson Hawks enter as the 38th-ranked team in Division II according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). They started the year ranked 38th and reached as high as 36th in the country, and have a 4-2 record against top-50 teams this year, including wins over Tiffin, Tusculum, Chestnut Hill and Mercyhurst.
 
St. Mary's is ranked 12th in Division II by the ITA and is 5-2 against nationally-ranked opponents, including a 5-1 victory over No. 17 Cameron last month. The Battlers have a pair of ranked players in Cristina Lopez and Jamie Lee Denton. Denton is ranked 43rd in the nation by the ITA and plays at the No. 1 spot while Lopez is ranked 34th and plays at No. 2. They pair for St. Mary's top doubles team that ranks 22nd in the country.
 
THE LINEUP
The Crimson Hawks lineup for the NCAA Championships, including each player's regional rankings, overall record, and record at that position:
Singles
1. Jarka Petercakova (Bratislava, Slovakia/Sport Gymnasium)
Atlantic Region: 3rd | Record: 18-7 (16-6)
2. Luise von Agris (Castrop-Rauxel Germany/Adalbet-Stifter-Gymnasium)
Atlantic Region: 8th | Record: 26-6 (9-4)
3. Raquel Gonzalez (San Sebastian, Spain/Colegio Sagrado Corazon)
Atlantic Region: 7th | Record: 17-5 (4-0)
4. Sophie Butland (Taunton, Somerset U.K./Bishop Fox's Community School)
Atlantic Region: 16th | Record: 14-12 (4-3)
5. Claudia Menes (Asturias, Spain/San Eutiquio)
Atlantic Region: 9th | Record: 28-4 (10-0)
6. Rachel Wood (Nottingham, U.K./West Bridgrord)
Atlantic Region: 11th | Record: 21-7 (11-1)
 
Doubles
1. Petercakova & von Agris
Atlantic Region: 3rd | Record: 21-8 (18-7)
2. Wood & Alanna McFail (Fort Washington, Md. /St. John's College )
Atlantic Region: 5th | Record: 8-6 (8-6)
3. Menes & Gonzalez
Atlantic Region: n/a | Record: 5-2 (5-2)