KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Loyola Wolf Pack women's tennis team continues to hold a spot among the top 10 teams in the NAIA, as the team landed 10th in Wednesday's NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll. Every rating this season has included the Wolf Pack in the top 10, and this is Loyola's 59th consecutive appearance in the NAIA Top 25 dating back to the 2018 season.
No. 10 Loyola (7-5, 4-0 SSAC) is one of just two teams from the Southern States Athletic Conference ranked in the top 25, joining No. 5 William Carey, which hosts the Pack later today in the regular season finale.
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Loyola has won six of its previous seven matches, with the only loss coming against NCAA program Southeastern Louisiana on Monday. Since the last rankings were released, Loyola also toughed out wins against No. 14 Louisiana Christian and Mobile.
Adele Fereres leads the team with an 8-1 singles record, most of those coming at the No. 3 position. She's also undefeated in NAIA matches, her only loss coming against Southeastern in a three-setter. Fereres has also won seven doubles matches in the spring, five with Micaela Ponce and two with Avery Frierson. Presha Shanthamoorthi is second on the team with a 7-4 singles record, while Frierson is 6-2 at the No. 2 spot. Ponce and Sofia Amodu have five wins each in singles, while Avrora Volkova has four.
Loyola's men's and women's teams will close out the regular season at William Carey this afternoon. The winner will be crowned SSAC regular season champions and have the top seed in next week's SSAC Championship tournament.
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