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Brianna Shvets was a first-team All-Ivy singles and doubles honoree as a rookie in 2019.
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Back-to-Back Ivy Champ to Open 2020 Where 2019 Closed
June 07, 2019 | Women's Tennis
The 2020 spring dual-match season will begin for the back-to-back Ivy League champion Princeton women's tennis team where the 2019 season ended.
Princeton chose Washington as its destination when the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Draft was held Wednesday. In order of their season-ending 2019 ITA ranking, teams chose from one of 15 destinations, and Princeton was the third team to choose No. 10 Washington after No. 16 USC and No. 27 Kentucky. Princeton, ranked No. 33 at season's end will open against Washington, Saturday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. PT before facing either Kentucky or USC at 11 a.m. PT or 2 p.m. PT Sunday, Jan. 26.
After Princeton won its fifth Ivy League title in the last six years this spring, the NCAA tournament draw sent the Tigers to Seattle for the NCAA regional. There Princeton won an NCAA tournament match for the second time in program history, defeating No. 27 Northwestern to advance to face host Washington.
Princeton competed in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend to open the 2019 season, defeating Michigan State before falling to host North Carolina.
The Tigers are able to return three of their four 2019 All-Ivy honorees, including first-team singles and doubles honoree Brianna Shvets, and second-team singles honorees Grace Joyce and Stephanie Schrage. Including Shvets, Joyce and Schrage, Princeton is able to return five of its six players from both its doubles and singles lineup from that season-ending match.
More info on the ITA Kick-Off is available here.
Princeton chose Washington as its destination when the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Draft was held Wednesday. In order of their season-ending 2019 ITA ranking, teams chose from one of 15 destinations, and Princeton was the third team to choose No. 10 Washington after No. 16 USC and No. 27 Kentucky. Princeton, ranked No. 33 at season's end will open against Washington, Saturday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. PT before facing either Kentucky or USC at 11 a.m. PT or 2 p.m. PT Sunday, Jan. 26.
After Princeton won its fifth Ivy League title in the last six years this spring, the NCAA tournament draw sent the Tigers to Seattle for the NCAA regional. There Princeton won an NCAA tournament match for the second time in program history, defeating No. 27 Northwestern to advance to face host Washington.
Princeton competed in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend to open the 2019 season, defeating Michigan State before falling to host North Carolina.
The Tigers are able to return three of their four 2019 All-Ivy honorees, including first-team singles and doubles honoree Brianna Shvets, and second-team singles honorees Grace Joyce and Stephanie Schrage. Including Shvets, Joyce and Schrage, Princeton is able to return five of its six players from both its doubles and singles lineup from that season-ending match.
More info on the ITA Kick-Off is available here.
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