PONOMAREVA
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ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University had one women’s tennis player honored and was picked to finish eighth this season in preseason voting by South Atlantic Conference (SAC) head coaches.
League officials released the voting by the head coaches on Wednesday. They tabbed Tusculum and Wingate as projected co-champions of the regular season.
Iulia Ponomareva, a junior from Russia, was voted a preseason second-team All-SAC player. She was an all-league player last season after going 12-9 overall and 7-4 in the SAC while playing at No. 1 or No. 2 singles, and she was on five winning doubles teams.
LRU plays Feb. 1 against Young Harris in a match to be played at the YMCA of Catawba Valley.
2018 SAC WOMEN’S TENNIS POLL
(as voted on by league head coaches)
1t. Tusculum (5) 101
1t. Wingate (4) 101
3. Queens (2) 95
4. Anderson 86
5. Lincoln Memorial 70
6. Carson-Newman 64
7. Newberry 60
8. LENOIR-RHYNE 48
9. Catawba 35
10. Coker 32
11. Mars Hill 23
PRESEASON ALL-SAC
First-Team Doubles
1. Franziska Funke/Katarina Majorova, Tusculum
2. Maria Garcia/Oroma Womeodu, Wingate
3. Johanna Delisse/Julia Loos, Lincoln Memorial
Second-Team Doubles
1. Alisa Liashova/Klara Vuckovic, Carson-Newman
2. Laura Dean/Jacqueline Olivia, Anderson
3. Brittani Brooks/Amber Lackey, Tusculum
First-Team Singles
1. Carlotta Nassi, Queens
2. Laura Dean, Anderson
3. Katarina Majorova, Tusculum
4. Franziska Funke, Tusculum
5. Claudia De Andreis, Wingate
6. Ivey Welborn, Anderson
Second-Team Singles
1. Iulia Ponomareva, Lenoir-Rhyne
2. Amanda Carrillo, Newberry
3. Marta Pinol, Lincoln Memorial
4. Ali Harris, Carson-Newman
5. Annie McCullough, Tusculum
6. Caroline Nielsen, Queens
- Reported by LRU Sports Information