Women's Tennis Fifth in GAC Preseason Poll

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern women's tennis will head into the 2020 championship portion of its season picked to finish fifth in the Great American Conference Preseason Poll.
 
The Savage Storm picked up 15 points in the poll, finishing just ahead of Henderson State in sixth with Ouachita Baptist ranked seventh.
 
Southern Arkansas was picked as the favorite heading into the season with 35 points overall and five of the league's seven first-place votes, followed by Harding who picked up two first-place nods and 30 total points.
 
Arkansas Tech was third in the poll with 26 points, while Oklahoma Baptist finished just ahead of the Storm in fourth.
 
The Storm are looking to rebuild after a 2-11 season that ended in a first-round loss in the GAC Tournament.
 
SE returns five players from last season's squad, with India Shiealis and Elizaveta Tregubova picking up four wins in singles play in the fall, while Tregubova and Diana Budnik picked up three doubles wins as did the pair of Shiealis and Nina Sergeev.
 
The Storm will also welcome a pair of newcomers in juniors Chantal Lozano and Nicole Maldonado.
 
Southeastern will open the 2020 season on Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. in Richardson, Texas, against Texas-Dallas.