For Immediate Release
Thursday, January 31, 2019
NSIC Media Relations


BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Augustana University was the pick in the NSIC Preseason Women's Tennis Coaches’ Poll. The Vikings are the nine-time defending NSIC Champions and have won 99 consecutive NSIC regular season matches.  The Vikings amassed 121 points and all 11 first place votes after going 21-4, including a 11-0 mark in the NSIC while making an appearance in the NCAA Central Region Tournament last season.  MSU Moorhead was second with 111 points and the other first place vote (coaches cannot vote for their own team).

The preseason coaches’ poll is based off each coach ranking each team from 11 to 1 with the top team receiving 11 points, second 10, third 9, etc.

The 2019 NSIC Women's Tennis season gets underway on Friday, February 1. 

The 2019 NSIC Women's Tennis Tournament will consist of the top eight teams in the NSIC final standings competing in a single elimination format on April 13-14 at Lifetime Fitness in Minnetonka, Minnesota. 

NSIC Players to Watch - 2019
Preseason Players of the Year in Italics (More info at link above)  
 

Name	YR	School	Hometown	High School
Kornelia Staniszewska	SR	AU	Opalenie, Poland	Sopocka Akademia Tenisowa
Zoe Lindgren	SR	BSU	Bozeman, Mont.	Bozeman
Tasha Dembo	SO	UM	Harare, Zimbabwe	Cowley CC
Reanne Erickson	SR	UMC	Fargo, N.D.	Fargo South
Megan Anderson	JR	UMD	Forrest Lake, Minn.	Forrest Lake
Erin Streeter	SR	MSU	Locust Grove, Ga.	Georgia Cyber Academy
Julia Geske	SO	MSUM	Rochester, Minn.	John Marshall
Chloe Jefferies	SO	USF	Clive, Iowa	West Des Moines Valley
Olivia Watzke	SO	SMSU	Hutchinson, Minn.	Hutchinson
Fernanda Morais Quintino Dossantos	SR	SCSU	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Colegio Pitagoras
Shakhnaza Zhanatova	JR	UIU	Almaty, Kazakhstan	#86 Gymnasium School
Beth Murman	FR	WSU	Fort Dodge, Iowa	Fort Dodge