THOMASVILLE, N.C. -- Erskine College is No. 1 in the Conference Carolinas women's tennis coaches' 2008 preseason poll. The Flying Fleet have earned their third consecutive preseason No. 1 ranking in the conference and national ranking in the Division II ITA National Preseason Poll coming in at No. 32. Anderson University, which finished fifth in last year's regular-season race, was picked No. 4 by the league's coaches. Erskine finished the '07 campaign with a 21-5 record and finished the conference slate undefeated (13-0) for the third straight season. Erskine has posted an overall conference record of 38-0 the past three seasons and has won both the regular-season title and tournament championships the last three years. Erskine returns a core of players including Jennifer Gennaoui, last year's player of the year, along with Conference Tournament MVP and second team All-Conference player Kacie Knox, and team MVP Jenna Tudor. Limestone College finished last season season with a 21-9 overall record and a 9-1 league record to finish No. 2 in the conference standings for the second consecutive season. With first-year head coach Keith Turner at the helm, the Saints return five players from last season's roster including All-Conference honorees Jennifer Snaider and Alexandra Gade. Heading into the spring season, the Saints are ranked nationally at No. 36 in the Division II ITA National Preseason Poll. Pfeiffer places third in this year's preseason poll. The Falcons are coming off another stellar season where they finished third in the conference regular season and third in the conference tournament (16-8, 8-2). Pfeiffer's David Smith is entering his first year as head coach. He will look to last year's Freshman of the Year and All-Conference first-team member Patty Dominguez to help lead the Falcons toward another successful campaign. Rounding out the Coaches Preseason Poll 4-12 are: Anderson, Queens, Mount Olive, Coker, Lees-McRae, Barton, Converse, and St. Andrews respectively. Conference Carolinas Pre-Season Women's Tennis Coaches Poll (First place votes in parenthesis) 1. Erskine College (10) 99 2. Limestone College (1) 92 3. Pfeiffer University 70 4. Anderson University 62 5. Queens University of Charlotte 61 6. Mount Olive College 57 7. Coker College 53 8. Lees-McRae College 43 9. Barton College 36 10. Converse College 22 11. St. Andrews Presbyterian College 10
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April 19, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Closes Season With Victory
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April 18, 2008
Lady Trojans Drop Two In Tennis Tournament
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April 17, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Has Two Named All-Conference
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April 15, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Beats Columbia
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April 15, 2008
Women's Tennis Sets Two School Records
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April 8, 2008
Erskine Blanks Women's Tennis Team
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April 8, 2008
Lander Beats Lady Trojans, 6-3
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April 2, 2008
Lady Trojans Defeat Lees-McRae
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March 26, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Beats Converse
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March 26, 2008
Lady Trojans Drop First Conference Match
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March 11, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Falls To Jaguars
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March 9, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Beats Barton
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March 8, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Stays Perfect In Conference
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March 2, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Improves To 3-0 In Conference
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February 28, 2008
USC Aiken Women Shut Out AU
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February 20, 2008
Aheychenko Named Player Of The Week
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February 18, 2008
Women's Tennis Beats North Greenville
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February 14, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Mashes Mars Hill
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February 9, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Splits Two Matches
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February 8, 2008
Women's Tennis Team Opens With Victory Over Coker
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January 25, 2008
Erskine Is Favorite In Women's Tennis Poll