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2004 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships Selections

For Immediate Release

Thursday, May 6, 2004
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Thomas A. Jacobs
Director of Championships
317/917-6222


INDIANAPOLIS--The NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Committee has selected the 64 teams and 16 first- and second-round sites for the 2004 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships. The committee has also selected the individuals who will compete in the singles and doubles portion of the championships.

First- and second-round competition of the team championship will be conducted May 14-16 with the winner of each site advancing to the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia, hosted by the University of Georgia. The team championship will be held May 20-23. The singles and doubles championships will be held May 24-29.

The teams will play a single-elimination tournament at 16 first- and second-round sites (four teams at each site) and the finals site (16-team bracket) to determine the national champion. The matches shall be regulation dual matches with three (3) eight-game, pro-set doubles played for one team point, followed by six (6) singles matches, each valued at one team point, played best of three sets. Regular scoring will be used and a 12-point tiebreaker will be played at eight games all in doubles and at six games all in singles.

The complete list of teams and sites are included on the attached bracket.

The selection of teams and individuals for the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships is based on the prescribed criteria listed in the championships handbook and approved by the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet.

Thirty-one conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2004 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships. Each conference and its automatic qualifier are listed below.

America East - Boston U. Atlantic 10 - Richmond Atlantic Coast - Clemson Atlantic Sun - Troy State Big East - Miami (Florida) Big Sky - Sacramento State Big South - Winthrop Big Ten - Northwestern Big 12 - Texas A&M Big West - Long Beach State Colonial - William and Mary C-USA - Tulane Horizon - Illinois-Chicago Ivy - Harvard Metro Atlantic - Fairfield MAC - Marshall Mid-Continent - Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis Mid-Eastern - Hampton Missouri Valley - Illinois State Mountain West - Brigham Young Northeast - Quinnipiac Ohio Valley - Samford Pacific-10 - Stanford Patriot - American SEC - Florida Southern - Furman Southland - Texas-Arlington SWAC - Southern University Sun Belt - Denver West Coast - Pepperdine WAC - Fresno State 


 

SINGLES

CENTRAL REGION Automatic Qualifiers Daniela Muscolino Tulsa Gitte Ostermann Nebraska Anda Perianu Oklahoma Barbara Zahnova Brigham Young At-Large Maja Kovacek New Mexico EAST REGION Automatic Qualifiers Courtney Bergman Harvard Ramona But Maryland Nataly Cahana Old Dominion Megan Muth William and Mary MIDWEST REGION Automatic Qualifiers Cristelle Grier Northwestern Jennifer McGaffigan Illinois Katie McGaffigan Wisconsin Alicia Salas Notre Dame At-Large Angela Buergis Minnesota Michelle DaCosta Michigan Jessica Rush Northwestern SOUTH REGION Automatic Qualifiers Megan Bradley Miami (Florida) Julie Coin Clemson Alexis Gordon Florida Amanda Johnson Duke At-Large Chloe Carlotti Mississippi Agata Cioroch Georgia Karin Coetzee Wake Forest Anca Dumitrescu Florida State Tammy Encina Tennessee Audra Falk Vanderbilt Sarah Foster Kentucky Aibika Kalsarieva Kentucky Manon Kruse Middle Tennessee Jennifer Magley Florida Sabita Maharaj Tennessee Aniela Mojzis North Carolina Kelly Schmandt Vanderbilt Robin Stephenson Alabama Shadisha Robinson Georgia Lyndsay Shosho Georgia Tech Danielle Wiggins South Carolina SOUTHWEST REGION Automatic Qualifiers Petra Dizdar Texas Jessica Ferguson LSU Jessica Roland Texas A&M Carolin Walter Baylor At-Large Paty Aburto TCU WEST REGION Automatic Qualifiers Alice Barnes Stanford Raquel Kops-Jones California Amber Liu Stanford Daria Panova Oregon At-Large Anca Anastasiu Southern California Lauren Barnikow Stanford Daniela Bercek UCLA Erin Burdette Stanford Natalie Braverman Pepperdine Jackie Carleton UCLA Claire Carter Washington Dominika Dieskova Oregon Erin Hoe Washington Anna Erikson Sacramento State Dianne Hollands Arizona Margarita Karnaukhova Sacramento State Theresa Logar Stanford Luana Magnani Southern California Emma Murphy San Diego Jelena Pandzic Fresno State Sasha Podkolzina California Dea Sumantri Washington ALTERNATES: 1. Svetlana Kouzmenko Southern Methodist 2. Evgenia Subbotina Georgia 3. Dora Vastag Indiana 4. Maria Ivanov Tulane 5. Ashley Bentley Alabama 6. Emilia Anderson Stanford 7. Carine Vermeulen Southern California 8. Zerene Reyes Florida 


 

DOUBLES:

CENTRAL Automatic Qualifiers Maja Kovacek Sandy Lukowski New Mexico Anda Perianu Heather Saluri Oklahoma At-Large Sofia Holden Barbara Zahnova Brigham Young EAST Automatic Qualifiers Courtney Bergman Susanna Lingman Harvard Megan Muth Amy Wei William and Mary At-Large Jessica Johnson Ashley Kroh Marshall Christina Arribas Olga Borisova Virginia Commonwealth MIDWEST Automatic Qualifiers Linda Tran Sarah Batty Indiana Cristelle Grier Jessica Rush Northwestern At-Large Cynthya Goulet Jennifer McGaffigan Illinois Michelle DaCosta Kara Delicata Michigan Catrina Thompson Christian Thompson Notre Dame Lindsay Martin Katie McGaffigan Wisconsin SOUTH Automatic Qualifiers Amanda Johnson Tory Zawacki Duke Kelly Schmandt Aleke Tsoubanos Vanderbilt At-Large Ashley Bentley Robin Stephenson Alabama Maria Brito Julie Coin Clemson Alexis Gordon Julie Rotondi Florida Agata Cioroch Shadisha Robinson Georgia Sarah Foster Aibika Kalsarieva Kentucky Manon Kruse Carien Venter Middle Tennessee Chloe Carlotti Virginia Tomatis Mississippi Kendall Cline Aniela Mojzis North Carolina SOUTHWEST Automatic Qualifiers Katie Ruckert Kendra Strohm Texas Jessica Roland Helga Vieira Texas A&M WEST Automatic Qualifiers Dianne Hollands Maja Mlakar Arizona Lauren Barnikow Erin Burdette Stanford At-Large Jieun Jacobs Raquel Kops-Jones California Jelena Pandzic Lucia Tallo Fresno State Luana Magnani Carine Vermeulen Southern California Daniela Bercek Lauren Fisher UCLA Claire Carter Dea Sumantri Washington ALTERNATES: 1. Jackie Carleton Feriel Esseghir UCLA 2. Jennifer Magley Zerene Reyes Florida 3. Daniela Muscolino Ilona Somers Tulsa 4. Alix Lacelarie Daniela Alvarez Clemson 5. Annie Menees Audra Falk Vanderbilt 
Related Links:
» 2004 Championships Bracket (PDF*)


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