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Boxx, Guthrie Selected To NCAA Singles/Doubles Championships
5/2/2012 | Women's Tennis
May 2, 2012
NCAA Singles/Doubles Selections
OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss women's tennis seniors Kristi Boxx and Abby Guthrie will participate in the NCAA Individual Championships, as the NCAA announced the singles and doubles brackets Wednesday.
A native of Grenada, Miss., Boxx earned her fourth consecutive singles bid and is seeded No. 9-16. The All-American is currently ranked No. 10 in the nation and owns a 25-9 overall record. She finished 9-1 in the SEC on her way to becoming the second player in school history to earn All-SEC first team honors all four years.
Boxx will team up with Guthrie as a 5-8 seed in the NCAA Doubles field. The duo is presently ranked No. 6 nationally with a 28-7 overall record. They went 10-1 in the SEC at No. 1 doubles. This marks the third NCAA Doubles appearance for Boxx and first for Guthrie.
The 64-player singles draw and the 32-team doubles draw will be played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga. May 23-28, immediately following the NCAA Team Championship (May 17-22).
The Rebels are seeded No. 16 in the NCAA Team Championship, and will host the first and second rounds May 11-12 at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center. They will face Southern University in the first round Friday, May 11 at 2 p.m.
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