April 30, 2008

• 2008 ACC Women's Tennis Championship Photos (Available for Purchase)

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference collected 18 selections - 13 singles and five doubles teams - to participate in the 2008 NCAA Women's Tennis Individual Championships. A total of 17 student-athletes from six league schools were among the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams tabbed for singles and doubles competition.

The ACC garnered three automatic qualifiers with Clemson's Ani Mijacika and Georgia Tech's Amanda McDowell for singles and Clemson's Carol Salge and Mijacika for doubles. Mijacika earned the No. 2 seed in singles, while McDowell received the seventh seed.

Georgia Tech's Kristi Miller, the 2008 ACC Player of the Year, and Sanaz Marand from North Carolina were at-large picks for seeds 9-16 in singles.

In doubles, Clemson's Salge and Mijacika was tabbed the fourth seed while Duke's tandem of Melissa Mang and Amanda Granson notched an at-large spot for seeds 5-8.

The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 21-26 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, following the conclusion of the team championship (May 15-20). The University of Tulsa will serve as host.

Below is a complete list of ACC student-athletes who will be competing in the national postseason tournament:

SINGLES (Seeds 1-8)
2. Ani Mijacika, Clemson
7. Amanda McDowell, Georgia Tech

Seeds 9-16: (listed alphabetically by last name)
Sanaz Marand, North Carolina
Kristi Miller, Georgia Tech

At-large singles players:
Kirsten Flower (Georgia Tech); Maya Johansson (Georgia Tech); Whitney McCray (Georgia Tech); Ellah Nze (Duke); Elizabeth Plotkin (Duke); Katie Rybakova (Florida State); Katrina Tsang (North Carolina); Laura Vallverdu (Miami); and Reka Zsilinszka (Duke).

DOUBLES (Seeds 1-4)
4. Carol Salge / Ani Mijacika, Clemson

Seeds 5-8: (listed alphabetically by institution)
Melissa Mang / Amanda Granson, Duke

At-large doubles teams:
Kristi Miller/Whitney McCray (Georgia Tech); Romy Farah/Laura Vallverdu (Miami); and Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand (North Carolina).

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