Four Maryland Women's Tennis Players Included in ITA Preseason Rankings

COLLEGE PARK, MD— For the first time in the program's history, four players from the University of Maryland women's tennis team have made the ITA preseason national rankings. Diya Challa, Emma Ghirardato, Oliwia Orlinska, and Ema Kovacevic all appear in the singles and/or doubles rankings.

In singles, juniors Oliwia Orlinska and Emma Ghirardato are ranked 71 and 96, respectively. The Terps also feature prominently in the doubles rankings, with Ema Kovacevic and Oliwia Orlinska listed at 66, and Emma Ghirardato teaming up with Diya Challa at 84.

At the conclusion of the previous season, Ghirardato and Kovacevic held a doubles ranking of 68, while Ghirardato and Challa were ranked 33. Orlinska finished the season ranked 114 in singles.

All four players return for the upcoming season following a strong spring campaign, during which the team participated in the NCAA Spring Championship for the first time since 2011.