Women's Tennis Honored as ITA All-Academic Team

The University of Tulsa women's tennis team was named an ITA All-Academic Team as announced by Intercollegiate Tennis Association after posting a 3.50 grade point average as a team during the 2015-16 season. In order to be eligible for the team award, the program must have a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above on a 4.00 scale.

Four student-athletes received ITA Scholar-Athlete status with grade point averages of 3.50 or above. Marcelina Cichon, Mahitha Dadireddy, Renata Kuricova and Saana Saarteinen were awarded ITA Scholar-Athlete status while the team finished the year with a 3.50 average GPA on their way to being crowned American Athletic Conference champions for the second consecutive year while qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for the 10^th straight season.

Cichon (Slupsk, Poland) posted a 25-9 singles record last season while Kuricova (Zapad, Slovakia) recorded a 20-plus win season of her own as she finished with a 21-5 record. Dadireddy (Hyderabad, India) went 13-6 in doubles play with Saarteinen (Tampere, Finland), who tallied a 23-9 singles record on her way to qualifying for the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Singles Championship.

In order to be eligible for ITA Scholar-Athlete status, student-athletes must be a varsity letter winner, have a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale for the current academic year and be enrolled at their present school for at least two semesters.

Women's Tennis Honored as ITA All-Academic Team

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Renata Kuricova

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