Sun Devils Earn Trio of Preseason Rankings

TEMPE - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released its preseason rankings Wednesday morning and ASU women's tennis celebrated All-American Ilze Hattingh at No. 37 singles, Sammi Hampton at No. 115, and the pairing of Hattingh and Tereza Kolarova ranking No. 21.

Hattingh and Hampton both recorded nine singles wins in the shortened 2020 season, the best on the team. The year prior Hattingh earned eight victories and Hampton tied for the most wins on the team with 10.

Hattingh and Kolarova strung together a 8-1 record last year and took down No. 40 Anastasia Smirnova/Priya Niezgoda from Rice and No. 75 Lisa Mays/Nell Miller from Texas Tech. They also led 5-4 over No. 22 Vanderbilt pair…