ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate has been voted as the 2022 South Atlantic Conference women's tennis preseason poll favorite, the league office announced today. The League's head coaches gave the Bulldogs 11 first-place votes and a total of 143 points.
UVA Wise women were ranked 13th in the conference, as they snagged 36 votes.
The SAC also announced its preseason all-conference teams. The first team doubles partners were Natasha Forrest and Hannah Price of Carson-Newman, Caity Klaassen and Viktorija Veselinova of Queens, & Anna Greer and Katie Robeson of Anderson.
Greer was named first team singles, in addition to her doubles honors. Also earning spots on the singles list were Ana Carla Resende of Carson-Newman, Judit Gonzalez Agud of Newberry, Gemma Southwick of Lenoir-Rhyne, Valentina Ascarrunz of Lincoln Memorial, and Elena Gunfaus of Wingate.
2022 Women's Tennis Preseason Poll
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Rank
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School (First Place Votes)
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Points
|
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1
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Wingate (11)
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143
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2
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Queens (1)
|
135
|
|
3
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Newberry (1)
|
124
|
|
4
|
Carson-Newman
|
121
|
|
5
|
Lenoir-Rhyne
|
109
|
|
6
|
Tusculum
|
96
|
|
7
|
Anderson
|
95
|
|
8
|
Limestone
|
83
|
|
9
|
Lincoln Memorial
|
76
|
|
10
|
Catawba
|
60
|
|
11
|
Mars Hill
|
49
|
|
12
|
Coker
|
43
|
|
13
|
UVA Wise
|
36
|
2022 SAC Women's Tennis Preseason All-Conference
First Team Doubles
Natasha Forrest / Hannah Price, Carson-Newman
Caity Klaassen / Viktorija Veselinova, Queens
Anna Greer / Katie Robeson, Anderson
Second Team Doubles
Emilie Hansen/Rory Church, Tusculum
Nastassia Chamoun/Lucy Spice, Newberry
First Team Singles
Anna Greer, Anderson
Ana Carla Resende, Carson-Newman
Judit Gonzalez Agud, Newberry
Gemma Southwick, Lenoir-Rhyne
Valentina Ascarrunz, Lincoln Memorial
Elena Gunfaus, Wingate
Second Team Singles
Flaminia Guidantoni, Wingate
Camilla Ciaccia, Wingate
Viktorija Veselinova, Queens
Grace Forbes, Queens
Emilie Hansen, Tusculum
Alicia Wahlberg, Lenoir-Rhyne
For the men, Wingate also has been picked first in the 2022 South Atlantic Conference men's tennis preseason poll, the league office announced today. The Bulldogs received 10 first-place votes from the League's head coaches with 145 total points.
VA Wise rounded out the poll at No. 13 with 33 points.
In addition to the preseason poll, the SAC announced its preseason all-conference teams. Highlighting the first team were doubles partners Rhodri Atkinson and Josh Lazenby from Lenoir-Rhyne, Nemanja Subanovic and Frank Bonacia from Tusculum, and Edoardo Bottino and Edoardo Cecere of Queens.
Atkinson, Bonacia, Bottino, and Subanovic were named first team singles, in addition to their doubles honors. Also earning spots on the singles list were Yoan Roussinov of Queens and Marc Janse of Carson-Newman.
2022 SAC Men's Tennis Preseason Poll
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Ran School (First Place Votes)
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Points
|
|
1
|
Wingate (10)
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145
|
|
2
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Queens (2)
|
143
|
|
3
|
Tusculum
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134
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|
4
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Anderson (1)
|
122
|
|
5
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Lenoir-Rhyne
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112
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|
6
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Carson-Newman
|
90
|
|
7
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Lincoln Memorial
|
85
|
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8
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Limestone
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78
|
|
9
|
Coker
|
65
|
|
10
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Catawba
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59
|
|
11
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Newberry
|
57
|
|
12
|
Mars Hill
|
47
|
|
13
|
UVA Wise
|
33
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2022 SAC Men's Tennis Preseason All-Conference
First Team Doubles
Rhodri Atkinson / Josh Lazenby, Lenoir-Rhyne
Nemanja Subanovic / Frank Bonacia, Tusculum
Edoardo Bottino / Edoardo Cecere, Queens
Second Team Doubles
Yoan Roussinov/Jan Malmon, Queens
Isaac MacMillan/Sean Keane, Coker
First Team Singles
Rhodri Atkinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Frank Bonacia, Tusculum
Edoardo Bottino, Queens
Yoan Roussinov, Queens
Marc Janse, Carson-Newman
Nemanja Subanovic, Tusculum
Second Team Singles
Edoardo Cecere, Queens
Aaron Cabo, Anderson
Adam Kush, Anderson
Kenta Kondou, Tusculum
Josh Lazenby, Lenoir-Rhyne
Fabian Sjokvist, Lincoln Memorial
The 2022 South Atlantic Conference Men's and Women's Tennis season gets underway on Wednesday, February 2. Check out the full schedule of men's tennis matches at www.thesac.com, and keep up with all UVA Wise tennis news at www.uvawisecavs.com.
