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Max Sacco

Rubio Ranked Tenth for Singles in ITA East Regional

11/15/2024 10:19:00 AM

By: CONTACT: Max Sacco, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | msacco@daemen.edu
AMHERST, N.Y. - Graduate student Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) was ranked tenth in the first Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Regional Singles Rankings, the national office announced Friday morning. 

Regional Rankings consist of the Top 20 singles rankings and the top 10 doubles rankings. Regional Rankings represent the Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West Regions. Rubio is not the only East Coast Conference player ranked in the top-ten region as Anaya Brons (2nd/ STAC), Caroline Fawsy (4th, Queens), Polina Zolentsova (6th/UDC) and Elita Silins (7th, STAC) also cracked the top half of the region for singles. She is the only member of the Wildcats to earn the distinction so far this season. 

Rubio, who was named to the ECC All-Conference First Team this fall, compiled a 7-4 singles record while playing all her matches played on the No. 1 court. The team leader in conference singles wins with three, Rubio opened conference play with wins against Desire Parn (6-3, 6-3) of the University of the District of Columbia and second team selection Maja Makal (6-4, 4-6, 10-5) of Queens University. Parn and Makal were also ranked by the ITA in the East Region as well, with Parn tabbed 13th and Makal 15th. The graduate student earned her team-leading third conference win of the year on Oct. 11 against Emily Baughman Saunders (6-2, 6-1) of Molloy University.

The ITA will release the next regional and national polls on January 15th. As for the Wildcats, they will continue playing during the Spring 2025 semester. The team's spring schedule will be announced at a later date.
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