2023 CACC WOMEN'S TENNIS PRESEASON POLL RELEASED

August 24, 2023

2023 CACC WOMEN'S TENNIS PRESEASON POLL RELEASED

Courtesy of CACC Athletics

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (August 24, 2023) -- Two-time defending champion Wilmington University was given the first-place nod in the 2023 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Tennis Preseason Coaches Poll, as announced on Thursday by Commissioner Dan Mara. The Wildcats earned 30 points in the voting and five first-place votes, as the voting was conducted by the league's six head coaches in the sport.

Thomas Jefferson University, which has reached each of the last two CACC Championship Finals was second in the voting with 23 points, while 2022 semifinalist Chestnut Hill College rounded out the upper half of the poll in third with 22 points and a first-place nod.

The 2023 regular season gets underway next Thursday, Aug. 31, as the campaign will be a buildup to the CACC Women's Tennis Championship Tournament which will be Friday-Saturday, Oct. 20-21, at the Delcastle Tennis Center in Wilmington, Del. The winner of the tournament will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament, which will be contested in early May 2024.

2023 CACC WOMEN'S TENNIS PRESEASON COACHES POLL
1. Wilmington University 30 (5)
2. Thomas Jefferson University 23
3. Chestnut Hill College 22 (1)
4. Goldey-Beacom College 18
5. Post University 17
6. Dominican University 10

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The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement. Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world. Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level. To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.