(Portions of this story and photo courtesy of Texas Lutheran University)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The NCAA Division III
Women's Tennis Committee selected Texas Lutheran sophomore Sofia
Vega as one of 32 women's singles players for the 2014 NCAA
Division III Women's Tennis Championships.
Vega is the only Bulldog in school history to be selected to an
NCAA national tournament in women's or men's tennis, and now she
has accomplished the feat twice.
The individual championships will consist of 32 singles players
and 16 doubles teams. The selection of teams and individuals for
the championships are based on win-loss record, strength of
schedule, and eligibility and availability of student-athletes.
The team championship will take place May 19-21, and the
individual championships will be played May 22-24.
Both championships will be held at the Biszantz Family Tennis
Center in Claremont, Calif. The championships will be hosted by
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges.
Vega, an ITA All-American and NCAA DIII All-American in 2013, is
18-0 this spring and 27-3 overall (counting fall competition). On
Tuesday, she was named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Women's Tennis Player-of-the-Year.
Vega is the top-ranked player in the NCAA Division III West Region
in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll.
After winning the 2013 ITA Southwest Region Singles Championship
in September, Vega finished fourth at the 2013 USTA/ITA National
Small College Championships in Fort Myers, Fla., in October.
Three of the four players Vega met in the USTA/ITA National Small
College Championships were named to the NCAA DIII singles field on
Wednesday. Courtney Lawless of Whitman (Wash.), Sonja Meighan of
Washington and Lee (Va.) and Megan Tang of University of Chicago
(Ill.) join Vega in the NCAA Championships.
In October, Vega defeated Lawless 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 in a national
quarterfinal match and lost to Meighan 6-2, 6-2 in the national
semifinal. Vega fell to Tang 7-5, 6-3 in the national third-place
match.
Last spring, Vega advanced to the NCAA DIII Women's Singles
Championship and played in the Round of 16 before losing to the
eventual national champion, Lok-Sze Leung of Middlebury (Vt.), 6-3,
6-1. Leung is not in the 2014 championship field.
The draw for the individual championship will be completed by the
women's tennis committee and will be released on the last day of
the team championship.
For more information about the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis
Championships, log on to www.ncaa.com.
SINGLES QUALIFIERS (Alphabetical by
school):
Jordan Brewer, Amherst College
Gabby Devlin, Amherst College
Carley Cooke, Brandeis University
Rebekah Kitto, California Institute of Technology
Angela Pratt, Carnegie Mellon University
Andrea Hammer, Chapman University
Megan Tang, University of Chicago
Caroline Ward, Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges
Kelsey Geppner, Denison University
Gabrielle Clark, Emory University
Nancy Benda, Hope College
Amanda Austi, Johns Hopkins University
Sarah Woods, Kalamazoo College
Andrea Madrigal, University of La Verne
Lindsay Raulston, University of Mary Washington
Elysa Kohrs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ria Gerger, Middlebury College
Alexandra Fields, Middlebury College
Deena Li Kam Wa, Millsaps College
Brenna Sheldon, Oberlin College
Jessica Ly, University of Redlands
Bronte Goodhue, University of the South
Lindsay Liles, University of the South
Victoria Bravo, St. Catherine University
Casey Johnson, University of Texas at Dallas
Sofia Vega, Texas Lutheran University
Sonja Meighan, Washington and Lee University
Jamie Silverberg, Washington University in St. Louis
Courtney Lawless, Whitman College
Kathleen Elkins, Williams College
Kara Shoemaker, Williams College
Alexandra Bayliss, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
SINGLES ALTERNATES
Atlantic South: Beatrice Rosen, Emory
University
Central: Maggie MacPhail, DePauw
University
Northeast: Sojung Lee, Wellesley College
West: Katie Kuosman, Claremont
McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges
DOUBLES QUALIFIERS (Alphabetical by
school):
Jordan Brewer/Gabby Devlin, Amherst College
Andrea Hammer/Rachel Fox, Chapman University
Tiffany Chen/Megan Tang, University of Chicago
Katie Kuosman/Caroline Ward, Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps
Colleges
Maggie MacPhail/Caroline Emhardt, DePauw University
Gabrielle Clark/Michelle Satterfield, Emory University
Nancy Benda/Carli Capestany, Hope College
Lindsay Raulston/Shelby Harris, University of Mary Washington
Samantha Chao/Lea Lynn Yen, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
Ceara Sumida/Jessica Ly, University of Redlands
Lee Ford/Madeline Benn, Skidmore College
Bronte Goodhue/Lindsey Liles, University of the South
Patricia Kirkland/Sonja Meighan, Washington and Lee University
Rebecca Ho/Corinne Rauck, Washington University in St. Louis
Carina Chen/Sojung Lee, Wellesley College
Rebecca Curran/Kara Shoemaker, Williams College
DOUBLES ALTERNATES
Atlantic South: Vanessa Pavia/Bryn Raschke,
Carnegie Mellon University
Central: Kelsey Geppner/Taylor Hawkins,
Denison University
Northeast: Ria Gerger/Kaysee Orozco,
Middlebury College
West: Jeanette Losaria/Laina Matsuda,
University of La Verne