Wingate Picked as South Atlantic Conference 2021 Women's Tennis Preseason Coaches' Poll Favorite and All-Conference Teams Announced
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate has been voted as the 2021 South Atlantic Conference women's tennis preseason poll favorite, the league office announced today. The League's head coaches gave the Bulldogs 12 first-place votes and a total of 156 points.
Queens was voted second with 138 points, while Tusculum was picked third with one first-place vote and 131 points. Lenoir-Rhyne was voted in at No. 4 with 123 points, followed by Anderson at No. 5 with 110 points.
Lincoln Memorial placed No. 6 with 90 points and Newberry was voted No. 7 with 87 points. Carson-Newman took the No. 8 spot with 83 points, while Limestone was voted No. 9 with 75 points. Catawba followed with 58 points at No. 10, Coker was No. 11 with 55 points, Mars Hill was picked No. 12 with 35 points, and UVA Wise was No. 13 with 29 points.
The SAC also announced its preseason all-conference teams. The first team doubles partners were Annie and Caitlin McCullough of Tusculum, Gemma Southwick and Diana Babinets from Lenoir-Rhyne, and Yana Fleyer and Sasha Davidzenka from Queens.
In singles, Viktorija Veselinova of Queens and Ana Carla Resende of Carson-Newman were named first team, along with Lenoir-Rhyne's Southwick. Rounding out the first team selections were Fleyer and Davidzenka from Queens and McCullough from Tusculum.
The 2021 South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis season gets underway on Tuesday, February 2. Check out the full schedule of women's tennis matches at www.thesac.com.
2021 SAC Women's Tennis Preseason Poll
|
Rank |
School (1st place votes) |
Points |
|
1 |
Wingate (12) |
156 |
|
2 |
Queens |
138 |
|
3 |
Tusculum (1) |
131 |
|
4 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
123 |
|
5 |
Anderson |
110 |
|
6 |
Lincoln Memorial |
90 |
|
7 |
Newberry |
87 |
|
8 |
Carson-Newman |
83 |
|
9 |
Limestone |
75 |
|
10 |
Catawba |
58 |
|
11 |
Coker |
55 |
|
12 |
Mars Hill |
35 |
|
13 |
UVA Wise |
29 |
2021 SAC Women's Tennis Preseason All-Conference
First Team Doubles
Annie McCullough/Caitlin McCullough, Tusculum
Sasha Davidzenka / Yana Fleyer, Queens
Gemma Southwick / Diana Babinets, Lenoir-Rhyne
Second Team Doubles
Katya Akimenko & Liza Akimenko, UVA Wise
Una Pandurevic/Lauren Laughton, Catawba
Judit Gonzalez Agud & Elisa Aguirre, Newberry
First Team Singles
Annie McCullough, Tusculum
Viktorija Veselinova, Queens
Yana Fleyer, Queens
Ana Carla Resende, Carson-Newman
Sasha Davidzenka, Queens
Gemma Southwick, Lenoir-Rhyne
Second Team Singles
Julia Lopez, Tusculum
Liza Akimenko, UVA Wise
Viktorija Veselinova, Queens
Camilla Ciaccia, Wingate
Caitlin McCullough, Tusculum
Elena Bompieri, Wingate
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