TEMPE, Ariz. – Maryland's doubles duo of Eva Alexandrova and Millie Stretton finished the season as the second-ranked doubles tandem in the Atlantic Region, the ITA announced Tuesday.
The ranking comes after the two dominated in Maryland's spring campaign, picking up a team-best 16 victories. They ended their season by upsetting Northwestern's doubles team of Lipp/Larner, which was ranked fourth in the nation when Alexandrova and Stretton took them down, 6-3, in the Big Ten quarterfinals. The tandem ended the season ranked 52nd in the ITA National Rankings.
Alexandrova also cracked the singles rankings, coming in as the sixth-ranked singles player in the region. The Moscow, Russia-native shined in her freshman campaign, becoming the second-ever Terrapin to earn All-B1G honors. She is also the first Terrapin since Alexandra Stanova in 2014 to earn All-Conference honors. Alexandrova tallied 11 wins between the top two spots of Maryland's singles lineup in 2017-18.
Senior Ekaterina Tour joined Alexandrova in the singles rankings, capping off her career ranking 14th in the region.
As a team, the Terrapins ended the season as the sixth-ranked squad in the Atlantic region. The Terrapins 2017-18 season included participating in the ITA Kickoff event, and advancing to the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals for the third-consecutive season. Maryland will return an experienced roster for the 2018-19 campaign, after graduating just one senior.
Too see the entire ITA Atlantic Regional Rankings, please see below.
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Rank School
1 Virginia
2 William & Mary
3 Virginia Tech
4 Old Dominion
5 Virginia Commonwealth
6 Maryland
7 James Madison
8 George Washington
9 Pittsburgh
10 U.S. Naval Academy
Rank Player School
1 Rosie Johanson (Virginia)
2 Natalie Novotna (Virginia Tech)
3 Rosie Cheng (William & Mary)
4 Meghan Kelley (Virginia)
5 Yulia Starodubsteva (Old Dominion)
6 Eva Alexandrova (Maryland)
7 Holly Hutchinson (Old Dominion)
8 Natalia Vlasova (Old Dominion)
9 Stephanie Smith (Marshall)
10 Elizabeth Norman (James Madison)
11 Cassie Mercer (Virginia)
12 Clara Tanielian (William & Mary)
13 Elena Cerezo-Codina (Virginia Tech)
14 Ekaterina Tour (Maryland)
15 Caroline Daxhelet (Virginia Tech)
16 Julianne Herman (Duquesne)
17 Natalia Perry (William & Mary)
18 Anna Rasmussen (Virginia Commonwealth)
19 Maria Siopacha (George Washington)
20 Emily Dunbar (Richmond)
Rank Doubles Team School
1 Kelley / Johanson (Virginia)
2 Stretton / Alexandrova (Maryland)
3 Gullickson / Mercer (Virginia)
4 Tanielian / Okuyama (William & Mary)
5 Anderson / Hashiguchi (Liberty)
6 Mercer / Radosavljevic (Virginia)
7 Sullivan / Stretton (Maryland)
8 Tour / Alexandrova (Maryland)
9 Komer / Pilkington (Delaware)
10 Daxhelet / Novotna (Virginia Tech)