2019 NSIC Women's Tennis Preseason Coaches' Poll

1/31/2019 11:26:02 AM

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


2019 NSIC Women's Tennis Preseason Poll

Augustana picked in NSIC Preseason Women's Tennis Preseason Coaches' Poll

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

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