INDIANA, Pa. – Six members of the IUP women's tennis team were ranked in the latest set of Division II ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings, released earlier this month.
The national rankings include the top 50 singles players and top 25 doubles pairings. Regionally, the rankings account for the top 20 singles players and top 10 doubles teams.
National Rankings
Karolin Kirchtag was ranked 32nd nationally, accounting for the highest ranking from the PSAC. She continued her impressive career with a strong fall season, winning the PSAC singles championship back in October.
The doubles grouping of
Katy Graydon and
Lydia Vlachou was ranked 20th nationally. The duo advanced to the doubles championship at the ITA Atlantic Regional, defeating the top seed of Singh and Larson from Charleston (W.Va.).
Regional Rankings
IUP placed four individuals inside the top 10 of the regional rankings, adding three doubles teams among the top 10 overall.
Kirchtag entered second, followed by
Joanna Stralka (5),
Natalie Kmoskova (6) and Graydon (7) in the singles list. The four ranked singles competitors lead the region.
Graydon and Vlachou are second in the regional rankings, just behind Charleston. Kirchtag and Kmoskova are fourth in the region with
Idoia Huerta Gallardo and
Joanna Stralka in ninth.
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