(SKILLMAN, NJ)---No. 4 Charleston is the highest ranked of four WVIAC women's squads in the March 31 Intercollegiate Tennis Association's NCAA Atlantic Region team rankings. Fifth-ranked West Virginia Wesleyan, seventh-rated West Virginia State, and ninth-place Shepherd also represent the league in the poll.
Three individuals from WVIAC teams are listed among the top players in singles, paced by fifth-ranked Marina Quintana of West Liberty. Neha Rana of Charleston stands eighth and West Virginia Wesleyan's Nicole Andreini is 17th.
Quintana and partner Marissa Fansler are ranked seventh in doubles. Rana and Alyssa Hackworth are one position behind in eighth.
The Atlantic Region consists of schools from the WVIAC, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The ITA Atlantic Region team, singles, and doubles top tens follow:
Teams:
1. California (PA), 2. Bloomsburg (PA), 3. Slippery Rock (PA), 4. West Liberty, 5. WV Wesleyan, 6. Kutztown (PA), 7. WV State, 8. Mercyhurst (PA), 9. Shepherd, t10. Shaw (NC), t10. Indiana (PA).
Singles:
1. Jutta Bornefeld (Cal), 2. Anastassiya Zherdeva (Cal), 3. Alina Stalina (Cal), 4. Nina Kowalski (Cal), 5. Marina Quintana (West Liberty), 6. Laura Handy (Slippery Rock), 7. Jade Pondicas (Cal), 8. Neha Rana (Charleston), 9. Chloe Pike (Indiana, PA), 10. Rohini Das (Kutztown).
Doubles:
1. Kowalski/Stanila (Cal), 2. Pike/Osborne (Indiana, PA), 3. Handy/Drmac (Slippery Rock), 4. Zherdeva/Pondicas (Cal), 5. Raynor/Ezzo (Mercyhurst), 6. D'Ambrosia/Ferrigno (East Stroudsburg), 7. Quintana/Fansler (West Liberty), 8. Rana/Hackworth (Charleston), 9. Das/Borooah (Kutztown), t10. Carney/Palko (Bloomsburg), t10. Prager/Plowman (Millersville).