UNF Women’s Tennis Moves up to 60th in ITA Rankings
4/21/2010 6:54:28 PM | Women's Tennis
SKILLMAN, N.J. – The University of North Florida women's tennis team moved up four spots in the latest ITA rankings to 60th while sophomore Aline Berkenbrock and senior Raquel Castro made a big jump in the doubles rankings from 90th to 66th.
UNF (20-2, 9-1 A-Sun) recently captured the 2010 Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Tennis Championship, defeating East Tennessee State, 4-1 in the finals. Three Ospreys won all-tournament honors including Berkenbrock, sophomore Danielle Day and freshman Melanie Aguirre who also was named the MVP of the tournament. Aguirre's win at No. 5 was the deciding match for the A-Sun title.
Berkenbrock, the 2010 Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, and Castro, a second team all-conference selection, went undefeated in Atlantic Sun play this season and were 18-3 overall in the No. 1 doubles. The pair defeated the 59th ranked pair of Carolina de los Santos and Valentina Galbarini from Stetson, 8-6 in the semifinal round of the A-Sun tournament. Berkenbrock and Castro followed that up with a, 9-7 win over ETSU's Yevgeniya Stupak and Kelly Holtzhausen in the finals.
UNF will learn its NCAA Regional seeding when the championship field is announced on Tuesday, May 4, exclusively on ESPNEWS.
