CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson women’s tennis team made two appearances in the ITA preseason rankings released Tuesday, with Cristina Mayorova earning the No. 77 singles and doubles pair Ali DeSpain and Samantha Buyckx claiming No. 17 nationally.
Mayorova will enter her junior year coming off a sophomore season in which she defeated two nationally ranked opponents while playing primarily from Court 1. She finished the 2022 season ranked 103rd.
DeSpain and Buyckx went 13-7 in doubles play last season, including a 3-2 record against ranked opponents. Both took down the no. 11 ranked Virginia of Emma Navarro and Hibah Shaikh. They also held a 5-4 lead over the then top-ranked pair in the nation of North Carolina’s Fiona Crawley and Elizabeth Scotty, but the match was abandoned.
Both achieved a season-high ranking of No. 30 in the nation and reached the first round of the NCAA dual tournament.
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