The University Of The South Women's Tennis Starts 2023 Season Ranked in the Top-10

Brooke Despriet/Women's Tennis | The University Of The South

By Press release submission

Jan 20, 2023

Announced on Tuesday by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, the University of the South women's tennis team will open the 2023 season ranked 10th in the ITA Division III Rankings, sponsored by Tennis-Point.

Coming off the program's eighth Southern Athletic Regular Season and Tournament Crown in 2022, the Tigers advanced to the Round of 16 at last year's NCAA Championships.

Recording a 21-4 overall record a year ago, it was the 11th time in program history the Purple and White secured 20 wins or more in a season.

In the Atlantic South Region, the Tigers are listed in second, behind Emory.

Eight opposing teams will face Sewanee with a national ranking, led by defending national champion in Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) on March 16 as a part of the team's spring break trip.

Additionally, the Tigers will open the ITA National Indoor Championships on March 3-5 with the No. 4 Staghens of Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (Calif.).

No. 7 Amherst (Mass.), No. 9 Emory (Ga.), No. 17 Bowdoin (Maine), No. 23 Christopher Newport (Va.), No. 29 Swarthmore (Pa.) and No. 32 Babson (Mass.) are the other nationally-ranked opponents Sewanee will face this season.

Sewanee will open the 2023 with two top-five doubles pairs in the country. Brooke Despriet and Katherine Petty enters the spring portion as the No. 1 team in Division III after winning the ITA Cup, a small college national fall tournament, in October.

Additionally, Alice Hall and Ansley Carpenter are ranked fourth in the nation in doubles after finishing in the semifinals of the ITA Cup.

In singles, Hall is ranked eighth in the nation, and Emma Smith is listed 50th.

Following two home exhibition contests with Cumberland (Tenn.) and Tennessee Wesleyan on Feb. 8 and 10 respectively, the Purple Tigers open the 2023 season in Lexington, Virginia with the Washington and Lee Invitational on Feb. 17-18. The tourney begins with Christopher Newport.