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LSC TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
WOMEN’S
Ellie Stevens, Tarleton State University, JR, Bury St. Edmunds, England, Culford School
Stevens has opened the 2016 season undefeated in singles play at 3-0 and 4-0 in doubles at 4-0, including
helping the TexAnns knock off the Central region’s No. 6-ranked Arkansas Tech team 5-2. Facing Southwest
Baptist, the No. 10-ranked team in the nation, Stevens earned Tarleton’s first singles win out of the No. 5 line
by defeating Zorana Jovanovic 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. Stevens has guided Tarleton to a 3-1 record overall.
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Eirini Kontaki, Midwestern State University, went undefeated in her first collegiate dual match to help No. 22
Midwestern State to a 9-0 road sweep over East Central on Feb. 6. Kontaki opened up the day playing at No. 1
doubles with partner Abby White, taking down the duo of Alex Makashov and Anna Garcia, 8-5. Kontaki then
defeated Makashov, the Central Region’s 15th-ranked player, at No. 2 singles with a 6-4, 7-5 straight-set win to
clinch the match for the Mustangs.
Mariaxi Herrera, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, ranks No. 10 in ITA South Central Region singles rankings
and No. 10 with Marija Dimitrovska in doubles... the senior went 1-2 in singles No. 1 and earned a doubles win
at No. 11 St. Mary’s.
NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Cameron
Midwestern State
Midwestern State opened up the 2016 season with a 9-0 road sweep over East Central on Feb. 6. The Mustangs
take a lengthy break from action before hosting Tyler Junior College in their home opener Friday, Mar. 4 at 2
p.m. at the MSU Tennis Center.
Tarleton State
Tarleton tennis is off to a 3-1 start to the season. Ellie Stevens and Elena Preadca are undefeated in singles play
at 3-0 and Ashleigh Elward, Shelby Fillingame, and Stevens are all 4-0 in doubles play. Tarleton opened the 2016
spring tennis schedule with a 9-0 sweep of NAIA Texas Wesleyan Saturday afternoon at the Potishman-Lard
Tennis Complex. They improved to a 2-0 start to the spring schedule after knocking off Ouachita Baptist 9-0 in
its opening match of the OBU Quad. Tarleton faced its toughest test of the young season at the Ouachita Baptist
Quad when the TexAnns fell 5-4 to the nation’s No. 10 Southwest Baptist Bearcats but the TexAnns bounced
back by knocking off the Central region’s No. 6-ranked Arkansas Tech team 5-2. Tarleton will return to action on
Feb. 26 with a visit to Ada, Oklahoma for a 2 p.m. match against East Central.
Texas A&M-Kingsville
No. 42 Texas A&M-Kingsville is 0-3 early on this season after taking on a Division I opponent, Arkansas-Fort
Smith and No. 11 St. Mary’s... Freshman Madi Gomez is 2-1 in singles play and Mariaxi Herrera and Marija
Dimitrovska rank in the top 20 in both singles and as a tandem in the South Central Region.
STANDINGS
School LSC CPct. Streak
Cameron 0-0 0.000 ---
Midwestern State 0-0 0.000 ---
Tarleton State 0-0 0.000 ---
Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-0 0.000 ---
LSC SCHEDULE
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Tarleton State at Cameron, 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Tarleton State at Midwestern State, 2 p.m.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Cameron at Midwestern State, 2 p.m.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Cameron at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Texas A&M - Kingsville at Tarleton State, 10 a.m.
Monday, April 18, 2016
Texas A&M-Kingsville at Midwestern State, 10 a.m.
WEEKLY AWARDS
F-18 Ellie Stevens, Tarleton State
April 29-30, 2016 | Wichita Falls, Texas
T E N N I S
LONE STAR CONFERENCE TENNIS
WEEKLY RELEASE | FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Contact: Melanie Robotham | Assistant Commissioner | Office: 972-234-0033 x. 103 |
E-mail: melanie@lonestarconference.org | www.lonestarconference.org | Twitter: @LoneStarConf #LSCten

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Division II Women - South Central
February 17, 2016
No. School
1 St. Mary’s
2 Cameron
3 Midwestern State
4 St. Edward’s
5 Dallas Baptist
6 Texas A&M Kingsville
7 Newman
8 Tarleton State
9 Western New Mexico
10 UA Fort Smith
SINGLES
No. Player School
DOUBLES
No. Doubles Team School
Division II Women - National
November 23, 2015
No. School Previous
1 Armstrong State 1
2 BYU-Hawaii 3
3 Saint Leo 6
4 Barry 2
5 Lynn 4
6 West Florida 5
7 Nova Southeastern 7
8 Columbus State 8
9 Hawaii Pacific 9
10 Southwest Baptist 10
11 St. Mary’s (TX) 12
12 NYIT 14
13 Georgia College 16
14 Azusa Pacific 19
15 California (PA) 15
16 Cal State Los Angeles 17
17 Northeastern State 18
18 UC San Diego 30
19 Northwood 21
20 Cameron 43
21 Valdosta State 27
22 Midwestern State 13
23 Academy of Art 11
24 Indianapolis 23
25 Queen’s (NY) 25
26 Sonoma State 20
27 Rollins 36
28 Grand Valley State 28
29 Concordia (NY) 26
30 Drury 29
31 Flagler 33
32 Wayne State 24
33 Point Loma 32
34 Chestnut Hill 41
35 Wingate 34
36 Augusta 35
37 Florida Tech 44
38 Indiana (PA) 39
39 Palm Beach Atlantic 37
40 St. Edward’s 38
41 Queen’s (NC) 40
42 Texas A&M-Kingsville 50
43 Dallas Baptist 42
44 Mercyhurst 45
45 Newman 46
46 Tusculum 47
47 West Virginia State 48
48 Anderson 49
49 Augustana NR
50 Tiffin NR
National Singles Rankings
1 Alejandra Cisneros Armstrong State
2 Dallas Zhang BYU-Hawaii
3 Natalia Siedliska Saint Leo
4 Lena Lutzeier Armstrong State
5 Anaeve Pain Barry
6 Marie Josie Zehnder Southwest Baptist
7 Stephanie Hirsch* Indianapolis
8 Diana Bogolii* Lynn
9 Karen Liu* BYU-Hawaii
10 Marine Beugre-Guyot* Saint Leo
11 Sonja Larsen Barry
2015-16 ITA College Tennis Rankings
12 Emma Onila Barry
13 Carolina Prats-Milan Armstrong State
14 Beatriz Leon Columbus State
15 Kristyna Hancarova Hawaii Pacific
16 Natalie Johnson Azusa Pacific
17 Alessia Rossetti NYIT
18 Saioa Gomez de Segura Mercyhurst
19 Jamie Lee Denton St. Mary’s (TX)
20 Martina Gledacheva Lynn
21 Isabella Robbiani Saint Leo
22 Bea Morales Hernandez Valdosta State
23 Rosie Willig Lynn
24 Lena Dimmer California (PA)
25 Paula Gutierrez Cameron
26 Constanza Mecchi Concordia (NY)
27 Petra Jurova Nova Southeastern
28 Kyra Scott UC San Diego
29 Christina Zentai Southwest Baptist
30 Patricia Husakova Northeastern State
31 Olivia Nelms Pfeiffer
32 Kat Dikosavljevic West Florida
33 Andrea Mitrache Wayne State
34 Grace Messina Merrimack
35 Nozomi Matsuoka CSU Los Angeles
36 Sabrina Kierberg Nova Southeastern
37 Madeline Schorlemmer Midwestern State
38 Melanie Benyadi NYIT
39 Brittany Franco West Virginia State
40 Carolina Nelhage Tiffin
41 Nicole Hoynaski Hawaii Pacific
42 Nina Bubelova West Florida
43 Kiefer Shaw California (PA)
44 Carlotta Nassi Queen’s (NC)
45 Cristina Lopez St Mary’s (TX)
46 Molly Worden Northeastern State
47 Annika Schneider Academy of Art
48 Natasa Vukovic Florida Tech
49 Allie Smith Indianapolis
50 Kirsa Utech Columbus State
National Doubles Rankings
1 Bogolii/Willig Lynn
2 Zhang/Liu BYU-Hawaii
3 Fossa-Huergo/Prats-Millan Armstrong St
4 Hancarova/Hoynaski Hawaii Pacific
5 Andrejszki/Mindiyarova Lewis
6 Denton/Kruseman St. Mary’s (TX)
7 Richards/Staniszewska Augustana
8 Rossetti/Krol NYIT
9 Constantinide/Rubel Nova Southeastern
10 Kierberg/Jurova Nova Southeastern
11 Tobar/Utech Columbus State
12 Dimmer/Shaw California (PA)
13 Zentai/Zehnder Southwest Baptist
14 Mecchi/Huang Concordia (NY)
15 Lopez/Peterson St. Mary’s (TX)
16 Scott/Moser UC San Diego
17 Hirsch/Renard Indianapolis
18 Von Agris/Petercakova Indiana (PA)
19 Mpassy/Gledacheva Lynn
20 Larsen/Pain Barry
21 Husakova/Worden Northeastern State
22 Bruning/Welborn Anderson
23 Gutierrez/Torres Cameron
24 Onila/Twelker Barry
25 Boulbin/Pinate Limestone