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INDIANAPOLIS -- Carleton first-year Kathryn Schmidt (Hopkins, Minn.) was among 32 single players selected by the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Committee selected to compete in the 2009 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championships. Schmidt is the first Knight to reach the national tournament since Sara Russell ’06 at the end of the 2005 season.
Schmidt was tabbed All-MIAC at both singles and doubles in her first season of collegiate tennis, going undefeated during league play at both types of competition. She ended the regular season with an impressive 15-2 overall singles record, including a 4-1 record versus regionally ranked opponents.
The singles and doubles championships will be co-hosted by Oglethorpe University and Gwinnett Sports Commission, May 22-24, at Collins Hill Athletic Club in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
The draw for the individual championships will be done by the women’s tennis committee and will be released on the last day of the team championships.
INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS: (Alphabetical by school)
Brittany Berckes, Amherst
Carlissa King, Amherst
Sarah D’Elia, Bowdoin
Kathryn Schmidt, Carleton
Lauren Chen, Carnegie Mellon
Amanda Wu, Carnegie Mellon
Elizabeth Lewis, Chapman
Kendra Higgins, Chicago
Jennifer Kung, Chicago
Meghan Damico, Denison
Kristin Cobb, Denison
Janelle Arita, DePauw
Zahra Dawson, Emory
Lorne McManigle, Emory
Rebecca Morse-Karzen, Mary Washington
Victoria Aiello, Middlebury
Leslie Hansen, MIT
Ariel Lewis, Oberlin
Siobhan Finicane, Pomona-Pitzer
Rachel Miller, Redlands
Paige Sumida, Redlands
Rachel Wallwork, Swarthmore
Ploy Suthijindawong, St. Scholastica
Jackie Schtemberg, The College of New Jersey
Katy Poettcker, Trinity (Texas)
Julia Browne, Tufts
Nicole Pontee, Vassar
Katie Tabb, Washington and Lee
Ellen Yeatman, Washington and Lee
Jordan Hook, Wheaton (Illinois)
Grace Baljon, Williams
Kalla Schaefer, Wisconsin-Whitewater
INDIVIDUAL ALTERNATES: (Listed in Rank Order)
Becca Lange, Pomona-Pitzer
Maria Watanabe, Wellesley
Melissa Oosterhouse, Calvin
Courtney Chin, Carnegie Mellon
