SKILLMAN, N.J.
- The Coe College men's tennis team is ranked both regionally and
nationally by the ITA. A pair of Kohawks are also ranked in the regional
poll, with one landing in the national poll as well.
As a team,
the Kohawks are ranked 36th in the nation and eighth in the central
region. The Kohawks have a loaded schedule this spring, as they will
face seven schools ranked in the ITA National Top 40 Poll. Coe will face
a pair of schools ranked in the top 10 in Washington-St. Louis (third)
and Chicago (sixth). The Kohawks also face Case Western Reserve (14th),
Wisconsin-Whitewater (26th) and DePauw (33rd). On top of the five teams
Coe faces that are nationally ranked, Coe will also face Carleton,
Wisconsin-La Crosse, Carthage, Grinnell and Luther, all of which are
ranked in the ITA Central Region Poll.
In the ITA National Singles Poll, sophomore Brady Anderson
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Linn-Mar) is ranked 15th in the nation. Anderson
finished the fall season 9-1 in singles and 5-2 in doubles. Anderson is
also ranked third in the ITA Central Region Singles Poll. Senior Ryan Hickman
(Hutchinson, Kan./Hutchinson) is ranked 23rd in the regional singles
poll. Hickman was 3-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles in the fall season.
The
Kohawks open the spring schedule Jan. 30, as they host the sixth-ranked
Chicago at the Clark Racquet Center. The match is scheduled to begin at
11 a.m.
SKILLMAN, N.J.
- The Coe College women's tennis team is ranked in the first ITA
Central Region Women's Tennis poll of the year. Coe's Haley Resnick (Bettendorf, Iowa/Assumption) is also listed in the singles rankings.
Having
already faced two members of the ITA Central Region Poll, the Kohawks
are ranked 13th in the first poll of the year. Coe owns a 6-3 win over
20th-ranked Luther, while sixth-ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater beat Coe
9-0. The Kohawks will also face seventh-ranked Hope, ninth-ranked
Kalamazoo, 15th-ranked Augustana and 20th-ranked Lake Forest this
spring.
In the singles poll, Resnick is ranked 22nd after her Iowa Conference MVP campaign this fall. Resnick finished the fall portion of the schedule 12-3 in singles and 10-3 in doubles with Laura Birky (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier). Resnick won nine of her last 10 matches, including the last five.
The
Kohawks (7-1) return to action on Feb. 20, as they travel to NCAA
Division I Creighton. The match is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. in
Omaha, Neb.