February 12, 2015

Women’s Tennis Picked 5th in Pre-Season Poll

HUNTINGDON, Pa., The Landmark Conference announced its pre-season polls for the men’s and women’s tennis 2015 season earlier today.

Dan Sherman

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Juniata College

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HUNTINGDON, Pa., The Landmark Conference announced its pre-season poll for the women's tennis 2015 season today. Juniata College's women's team received one first place vote, falling short of their second-place ranking from last season at 5^th overall. Filling out the top-four rankings are Scranton, Elizabethtown, Catholic, and Moravian. Moravian received 36 points and finishes just ahead of the Eagles and their 33.

Last season, Juniata put together one of the best records in program history and earned the fourth playoff spot in the Landmark tournament for the second straight season. Seniors Cara Stough (Freindsville, MD / Northern Garrett) and Heather Waring (San Antonio, TX / John Jay) lead the way this season, as the Eagles look to reach the conference playoffs yet again. Waring earned First-Team All-Conference doubles and Second-Team All-Conference singles honors last season.

Enterring his fourth season as head coach, Jason Cohen is excited to see how his team performs in 2015, "This is the hardest working team I have ever coached, period." Cohen touched on the rankings and their possible effects on the team, "We have goals set for this season and based on the poll results, other coaches believe we won't reach our goals. This is a team that didn't necessarily need any more motivation, but now we have it. We're going to go out there this year and prove everybody worng, just as we have done before."

The women host Catholic in a home match on March 21^st to start conference play. The Landmark tournament will begin on April 29^th, with the two advancing teams competing for a conference title on May 2^nd. The Eagles travel to Salisbury on Saturday, February 21^st for their first match of the season.

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