The University of Mississippi Athletics
Hartono, Bortles Earn NCAA Individual Bids
5/3/2017 | Women's Tennis
OXFORD, Miss. -- Ole Miss women's tennis junior Arianne Hartono earned a bid to the NCAA Singles Championship and will team up with freshman Alexa Bortles in the NCAA Doubles Championship.
Hartono will participate in the NCAA Singles and Doubles for the second year in a row after reaching the round of 16 in singles last year and earning All-America honors.
Last week Hartono earned All-SEC First Team honors in a league that placed 12 teams in the NCAA Team Championships and 23 in the 64-player singles bracket. She owns an 18-13 overall record, 13-10 at No. 1 singles. Hartono is ranked No. 27 in the latest ITA Singles Rankings.
Hartono and Bortles made their debut on March 24 and rose up the rankings to their current spot of No. 21 with a 6-5 record at No. 1 doubles. They are one of 13 SEC teams among the 32-team doubles draw.
"It's very exciting to once again have both a singles player as well as a doubles team in the NCAA field," head coach Mark Beyers said. "Arianne has established herself as one of the top players in the SEC. In doubles, Arianne and Alexa picked up a few top 15 wins at the SEC tournament in order to get themselves into the NCAA's."
The singles and doubles championships will take place May 24-29, following the team championships in Athens, Georgia.
The Rebels earned their ninth straight NCAA bid and will face William & Mary in the first round, May 13 at 8 a.m. CT in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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