Auburn women's tennis lands four honors on ITA All-American teams
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Auburn women's tennis is well represented on the ITA All-American teams, with two for singles and two for doubles.
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Senior DJ Bennett and junior Ava Esposito took home singles. It is the second consecutive season making ITA All-American honors for Bennett. She became the first player in program history to be ranked No. 1 ITA singles player and also hold the most All-Americans honors in program history with four. Esposito adds to her season accomplishments with singles All-American honors after she earned the honors back in the fall. She finished her season with a 30-6 overall record.
For the two Tigers, they also made it for their doubles pairing on the ITA All-Americans honors. Their level of play placed them as high as No. 2 in the country and ended the season at No. 3. The two won 17-4 in dual matches with two wins over top-10 opponents and a total of eight ranked wins.
The No. 2 court of senior Angella Okutoyi and sophomore Merna Refaat was named doubles All-Americans. Their spring record was 19-4, and they were also named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team. They concluded the season ranked No. 7 in the ITA rankings. This is the second All-American honors for Refaat, with her first coming last season for her singles play.
The Tigers finished with an NCAA Championship runner-up title after falling to Texas A&M 4-1. They took home the SEC regular season title and SEC Tournament champions with an overall record of 37-4 and conference record of 13-2.
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