Slew of Saints Ranked in Top 25

LIBERAL, Kan. – Following a successful fall season that led to two Saints going to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Championships, the Seward County men and women’s team proved that they are capable of competing with anybody.

Five Saints were ranked in the Top 25 of Region III in the Oracle/ITA NJCAA Rankings. The top two Saints doubles teams were ranked in the Top 3, while another was ranked in the Top 10. On the women’s side, four Lady Saints were ranked in the Top 25 for singles play, while their top two doubles teams were ranked in the top 5.

Nicholas Rousset (# 1), Duro Opacic (# 2), and Tim Lamare (# 4) all ranked in the Top 5 for men’s singles in Region III. Hugo Lobo (# 14) and Claudio Quinones (# 24) rounded out the Top 25. In the Doubles rankings, the teams of Rousett/Lamare (# 2) and Opacic/Ben Finet (# 3) were ranked in the Top 3, while the team of Lobo/Quinones (# 7) was also ranked in the Top 10.

Patricia Panta (# 1), Maria Aveiga (# 3), and Alena Macharova (# 9) each reached the Top 10 for the women, while Steffany Bermudez (# 23) was also ranked in the Top 25. The top two doubles teams for the Lady Saints – Panta/Bermudez (# 1) and Aveiga/Macharova (# 4) – were rewarded with Top 5 rankings.

WOMEN’S RANKINGS

MEN’S RANKINGS

Rank Player School

1 Patricia Panta Seward

2 Neus Torregrosa Barton

3 Maria Aveiga Seward

4 Biana Buie MS Gulf Coast

5 Tasha Dembo Cowley

6 Kristela Vidnere Cowley

7 Gyselle Daza Copiah-Lincoln

8 Mireia Jordan Jones

9 Alena Macharova Seward

10 Ksenija Dmitrovic Barton

11 Ariadna Jordan Jones County

12 Gabriela Gomez East Central

13 Margarita Lopareva MS Gulf Coast

14 Stefy Varon-Diaz Hinds

15 Julia McCarty Meridian

16 Aletta Macheli Cowley

17 Beth Owen Jones County

18 Kennedy Rodriguez Meridian

19 Carmen Manicea Copiah-Lincoln

20 Paula Gutierrez Hinds

21 Tatiana Quinonez East Central

22 Megan Bankston MS Gulf Coast

23 Steffany Bermudez Seward

24 Laura Rincon Arias Cowley

25 Katy Clark Copiah-Lincoln

Rank Player School

1 Nicolas Rousset Seward

2 Duro Opacic Seward

3 Bruno Suiama Cowley

4 Tim Lamare Seward

5 Sebastian Osorio Copiah Lincoln

6 Valter Oshiro Cowley

7 Juan Pablo Pinilla Copiah Lincoln

8 Lachlan Ivulich Meridian

9 Travis Bell Gulf Coast

10 Carlos Trujillo Hinds

11 Marcel Miasato Barton County

12 Noel Monsalve Jones County JC

13 Sam Mizzi East Central

14 Hugo Lobo Seward

15 Marko Puric Meridian

16 Austin Vos Gulf Coast

17 Killian Dagneaux Cowley

18 David Garcia-Perez Itawamba

19 Miguel Valle Barton County

20 Tom Langelear East Central

21 Ezra Blissard Itawamba

22 Mitar Milosavljevia Jones County JC

23 John Teague Murphy Gulf Coast

24 Claudio Quinones Seward

25 Wlayiner Jimenez Cowley

Rank Doubles Team School

1 Panta / Bermudez Seward

2 Torregrosa / Dmitrovic Barton

3 Dembo / Vidnere Cowley

4 Aveiga / Macharova Seward

5 Buie / Lopareva MS Gulf Coast

6 Daza / Manicea Copiah-Lincoln

7 McCarty / Rodriguez Meridian

8 Gomez / Quinonez East Central

9 Jordan / Jordan Jones

10 Rincon / Rodiguez Cowley

11 Cartmill / Groene Barton

12 Varon-Diaz / Gutierrez Hinds

13 Bankston / Lyons MS Gulf Coast

14 Owen / McLaurin Jones County

15 Lowery / Sollie Copiah-Lincoln

Rank Doubles Team School

1 Osorio / Pinilla Copiah Lincoln

2 Rousett / Lamara Seward

3 Opacic / Finet Seward

4 Suiama / Oshiro Cowley

5 Ivulich / Swindoll Meridian

6 Bell / Vos Gulf Coast

7 Lobo / Quinones Seward

8 Edwards / Dagneaux Cowley

9 Miasato / Diego Barton

10 Mizzi / Langlear East Central CC

11 Puric / Shinall Meridian

12 Monsalve/Milosavljevic Jones County JC

13 Garcia-Perez / Blissard Itawamba

14 Murphy / Rowell Gulf Coast

15 Valle / Peoples Barton

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Ian Applegate