Miami Picked To Win MAC Women's Tennis Regular Season and Tournament Title
Miami Selected To Win MAC Regular Season and Tournament Title In Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll
Cleveland, OH – In the 2016 preseason poll conducted among the Mid-American Conference women’s tennis coaches, Miami University was selected to capture both the MAC regular season title and the MAC Tournament championship.
Last season, Miami won its seventh consecutive MAC regular season title and the program’s third consecutive and fifth overall MAC tournament title as the No. 1 seeded RedHawks defeated the No. 3 seed Ball State, 4-0.
Miami returns junior Andreeea Badileanu, who was named an All-MAC Second Team selection, senior Ana Rajkovic, and sophomores Alena Mayevskaya, Nelli Ponomareva, Erin Rodriquez, Hannah Shteyn and Nastia Vasyukhina.
Returning First-Team All MAC selections from last year include Buffalo’s Tanja Stojanovska, who was also named the 2015 MAC Freshman of the Year. A native of Ohrid, Macedonia, Stojanovska finished last year at No. 1 singles and completed the season with a 6-1 MAC record at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, including a 20-9 overall record. She also posted a 3-3 record at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, including 15-7 overall last season.
Eastern Michigan senior Klara Supejova returns for the 2016 season to lead the Eagles as the native of Prague, Czech Republic has earned First Team All-MAC honors in both 2013 and 2014.
Returning Second Team All-MAC selections from last year, in addition to Badileanu, include Western Michigan junior Meika Ashby and sophomore Olivia Myers and Eastern Michigan sophomore Ani Gogvadze.
The 2016 tournament is slated for April 29-May 1 on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
The complete voting totals are as follows with eight head coaches casting votes.
2016 MAC Women’s Tennis Preseason Poll Voting
1. Miami (67)
2. Western Michigan (62)
3. Buffalo (54)
4. Ball State (49)
5. Eastern Michigan (41)
6. Toledo (33)
7. Akron (30)
8. Northern Illinois (16)
9. Bowling Green (8)
(total points based on 9 for a first place vote; 8 for second place, etc.)
First place votes: Miami (5), Ball State (1), Buffalo (1), Western Michigan (1).
Tournament winner votes: Miami (6), Buffalo (1), Western Michigan (1).
