Indiana University of Pennsylvania announces Hawks second in final ITA rankings; four student-athletes ranked across singles and doubles
INDIANA, Pa. – The IUP women's tennis team landed second in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) listing, adding four student-athletes among the last set of singles and doubles rankings for the year.
Following a season that included a conference championship and a berth in the NCAA Round of 16, tje Crimson Hawks were second overall in the Atlantic Region, slotting only behind Charleston (W.Va.) as the top-ranked team in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
Individually, Karolin Kirchtag (3rd), Natalie Kmoskova (6th), Joanna Stralka (13th) and Katy Graydon (17th) secured four of the top 20 singles rankings in the region.
In doubles, Stralka and Kmoskova were the top-ranked team in the region after a stellar 19-1 record as a duo, earning All-PSAC honors. Kirchtag and Graydon were listed fifth among the 10 ranked doubles groups, going 13-7 as an All-PSAC pairing.
Kirchtag went 22-8 for IUP atop the singles lineup as an All-PSAC First team selection. Kmoskova recorded a 19-10 mark, primarily in the No. 2 spot of the lineup.
Stralka, an All-PSAC First Team and ITA Atlantic region Most Improved Senior, finished second on the team in singles victories with a 21-10 record.
Graydon closed out the individual rankings for IUP with a 13-12 record in singles matchups this season.
ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point (Atlantic Region)
RANK SCHOOL
| 1 | University of Charleston (WV) |
| 2 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| 3 | Slippery Rock University |
| 4 | West Liberty University |
| 5 | West Virginia State University |
| 6 | Fairmont State University |
| 7 | Mercyhurst University |
| 8 | Salem University |
| 9 | Bluefield State University |
| 10 | West Chester University |
Atlantic Region Singles
RANK PLAYER TEAM
| 1 | Prinkle Singh | Charleston |
| 2 | Kayla Dean | Mercyhurst |
| 3 | Karolin Kirchtag | IUP |
| 4 | Tuva Wallin | West Virginia State |
| 5 | Sofiia Krasikova | Charleston |
| 6 | Natalie Kmoskova | IUP |
| 7 | Gabriela Del Val Del Toro | Slippery Rock |
| 8 | Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez | Slippery Rock |
| 9 | Emma Arnal | West Liberty |
| 10 | Evelina Martirosyan | West Liberty |
| 11 | Maria Fonseca | Fairmont State |
| 12 | Filippa Larsson | Charleston |
| 13 | Joanna Stralka | IUP |
| 14 | Amanda Menendez Thomasson | West Virginia State |
| 15 | Shreya Chakraborty | Bluefield State |
| 16 | Dari Sakhanova | Slippery Rock |
| 17 | Katy Graydon | IUP |
| 18 | Nuria Martin Lopez | Slippery Rock |
| 19 | Roisin Murphy | Mercyhurst |
| 20 | Maya Haidari | West Virginia State |
Atlantic Region Doubles
RANK PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2 TEAM
| 1 | Joanna Stralka | Natalie Kmoskova | IUP |
| 2 | Sofiia Krasikova | Filippa Larsson | Charleston |
| 3 | Prinkle Singh | Alyssa Cameron | Charleston |
| 4 | Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez | Teddi Isherwood | Slippery Rock |
| 5 | Karolin Kirchtag | Katy Graydon | IUP |
| 6 | Tuva Wallin | Amanda Menendez-Thomasson | West Virginia State |
| 7 | Emma Arnal | Gemma Cliffe | West Liberty |
| 8 | Kayla Dean | Roisin Murphy | Mercyhurst |
| 9 | Maria Fonseca | Elodie Buclin | Fairmont State |
| 10 | Gabriela Del Val Del Toro | Nuria Martin Lopez | Slippery Rock |
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