University of North Texas Athletics
Doubles Team Earns Top 20 National Ranking
2/6/2019 3:49:00 PM | Women's Tennis
DENTON — The North Texas tennis team's Maria Kononova and Tamuna Kutubidze earned a program-record No. 19 national doubles ranking in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranking, which was released on Wednesday.
Kononova and Kutubidze jumped up two spots from their preseason ranking that was released in November. This past fall the Mean Green senior duo claimed the ITA Texas Regional Doubles Championship, an accomplishment no other doubles team had accomplished in program history.
The pair, which has collected 55 wins in their three and a half years in Denton, is by far the highest ranked team in Conference USA. Kononova and Kutubidze rank 32 spots higher than the next highest C-USA team, which comes from Rice.
Kutubidze also earned a No. 69 national singles ranking on Wednesday.
She heads into this set of weekend matches 5-1 on the year and the highest ranked singles player in C-USA, five spots higher than the next highest league player.
The Mean Green host Sam Houston State on Friday in Plano at 2 p.m. and WKU on Saturday at noon also in Plano.
The Plano location address is 7100 Preston Rd, Plano, TX 75024.
Kononova and Kutubidze jumped up two spots from their preseason ranking that was released in November. This past fall the Mean Green senior duo claimed the ITA Texas Regional Doubles Championship, an accomplishment no other doubles team had accomplished in program history.
The pair, which has collected 55 wins in their three and a half years in Denton, is by far the highest ranked team in Conference USA. Kononova and Kutubidze rank 32 spots higher than the next highest C-USA team, which comes from Rice.
Kutubidze also earned a No. 69 national singles ranking on Wednesday.
She heads into this set of weekend matches 5-1 on the year and the highest ranked singles player in C-USA, five spots higher than the next highest league player.
The Mean Green host Sam Houston State on Friday in Plano at 2 p.m. and WKU on Saturday at noon also in Plano.
The Plano location address is 7100 Preston Rd, Plano, TX 75024.
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