Women's Tennis Release (2005-06) - Men's and Women's Preseason Poll - Guilford College

  • GUILFORD MEN TABBED THIRD IN ODAC PRESEASON TENNIS POLL; QUAKERS WOMEN RANKED EIGHTH

 

      Greensboro, NC (2/2/06) -- Guilford College's men's tennis team was ranked third in the preseason Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Coaches' Poll released Thursday. The Quakers' women's tennis team earned the number-eight spot in the ODAC's women's preseason poll. The league's head coaches selected the polls.

 

      Second-year head coach William Fickes' Quakers received 72 points in the men's poll, trailing only preseason favorite Washington and Lee (100 points) and Roanoke (79 points). Washington and Lee, the defending ODAC champion, earned all 10 first-place votes. Guilford returns four competitors from last season's 8-1 unit that finished a school-record third at the ODAC Tournament. Sophomores Jose Ortiz, Guilford's number-one singles player in 2005, and Caleb Kimbrough, the defending ODAC champion at third singles, are two of Guilford's key returners. The pair formed the Quakers' top doubles tandem a year ago.

 

      Guilford's women's tennis team, under the direction of fifth-year mentor Jenn Anderson '96, returns four letter winners from last year's 7-9 club that placed 11th among 12 teams at the ODAC Tournament. The Quakers earned 33 votes in the preseason poll, which Washington and Lee topped with 121 points and all 11 first-place votes. Senior captain Song an Nguyen, an All-ODAC Tournament honoree in 2005, returns after scoring a team-high 14 singles wins last season. Sophomore Krystal Parrish is back after going 6-10 at second singles as a rookie.

 

      The Quakers' women open their spring schedule Feb. 25 at North Carolina Wesleyan. Guilford's men's tennis spring opener is March 3 against visiting Chowan.

2006 ODAC Men's Tennis Preseason Poll
Place Team Points (first-place votes)
1. Washington and Lee 100 (10)
2. Roanoke 79
3. Guilford 72
4. Hampden-Sydney 62
5. Virginia Wesleyan 49
6. Lynchburg 41
7. Bridgewater 40
8. Emory & Henry 25
9. Eastern Mennonite 22
10. Randolph-Macon 15

2006 ODAC Women's Tennis Preseason Poll
Place Team Points (first-place votes)
1. Washington and Lee 121 (11)
2. Emory & Henry 93
3. Hollins 85
4. Randolph-Macon 80
5. Bridgewater 67
6. Roanoke 55
7. Virginia Wesleyan 46
8. Guilford 33
9. Lynchburg 29
9. Sweet Briar 29
11. Randolph-Macon Woman's 19