INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Committee has selected the individuals who will compete in the singles and doubles competition of the 2018 NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championships and Gustavus’s top player Briana Hartmann (Jr., Owatonna, Minn.) has been chosen as a singles qualifier.
Hartmann is the first Gustavus women’s tennis player to be selected to the singles competition of the NCAA Championships since Sam Frank in 2011. Hartmann currently owns a 24-8 overall singles record and went 8-0 in MIAC play. This past fall, Hartmann won the ITA Midwest Regional championship and earned All-America honors by taking fifth place at the ITA Oracle Cup.
For the individual NCAA Championships, the national committee has selected seven singles players and three doubles teams from each of the four regions. Additionally, the committee selected the remaining four singles players and four doubles team berths from a national at-large pool. The individual championships shall consist of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams. The selection of teams and individuals for the championships is based on win-lost record, strength of schedule, and eligibility and availability of student-athletes.
The team championship will take place May 21-23, and the individual championships May 24-26, both at Biszantz Family Tennis Center in Claremont, California, and will be hosted by the Claremont McKenna-Harvey-Mudd-Scripps Colleges.