Texas Tech University Athletics
Lady Raiders Recruiting Class Earns No. 3 Ranking
June 04, 2018 | Women's Tennis
Texas Tech Women’s Tennis adds four to the 2018-19 roster
LUBBOCK, Texas – Tennis Recruiting Network announced the final Top 25 Recruiting Class rankings for the 2018 Class and Texas Tech's newest group ranks third in the country.
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The future Lady Raiders received one first-place vote as a recruiting class.
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"This incoming class of Lady Raiders is special," Head Coach Todd Petty said. "They embody all the qualities that have made this program successful and will continue to raise the bar. Coach Boomer Saia worked extremely hard to put this class together and we couldn't be more excited for the upcoming season."
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Petty announced the signing of Sydney Jones, Nell Miller, Olivia Peet and Denise-Antonela Stoica as part of the NCAA fall signing period.
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Jones, a native of Carrollton, Texas, is a 5-star recruit and was a Top 5 player in the state of Texas. She reached as high as No. 18 nationally in the Class of 2018. Jones posted a perfect 3-0 record at the USTA National Team Championships and earned wins at the USTA Nationals. She also was the San Antonio SCMZ Tournament Champion.
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Miller comes to Lubbock from Kent, England. She is a nationally ranked Top 15 player in England. Highlighting her career is a runner-up finish at the Aegon Britich Tour Tipton Tournament title and taking the WTA No. 219 ranked Ana Guilia Remondina to three sets in singles play.
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A native of Manchester, England, Peet ranks in the Top 10 nationally in England. Her career was highlighted by her victory over No. 665 WTA ranked Sarah Beth Grey on the Aegon British Tour and her Championship in the Felixtow Tournament.
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Stoica hails from Romania, but trains in Barcelona, Spain. She ranks in the Top 1000 players in the WTA and has reached as high as 279 in ITF Juniors. While ranked No. 2 in the Romanian Junior Rankings, Stoica worked her way to the 2017 Romanian Junior Cup Championship and the ITF Oslo Runner-Up title.
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Oklahoma and Kansas are the only other Big 12 teams ranked by TennisRecruiting.net. The Sooners signed the No. 8 ranked class while the Jayhawks pulled in a No. 19 ranking for the Class of 2018.
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Visit www.TexasTech.com for the latest news and information on the women's tennis program. Fans also can follow the program on its social media outlets at www.Facebook.com/TechWomensTennis and @TexasTechTennis on Twitter.
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The future Lady Raiders received one first-place vote as a recruiting class.
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"This incoming class of Lady Raiders is special," Head Coach Todd Petty said. "They embody all the qualities that have made this program successful and will continue to raise the bar. Coach Boomer Saia worked extremely hard to put this class together and we couldn't be more excited for the upcoming season."
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Petty announced the signing of Sydney Jones, Nell Miller, Olivia Peet and Denise-Antonela Stoica as part of the NCAA fall signing period.
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Jones, a native of Carrollton, Texas, is a 5-star recruit and was a Top 5 player in the state of Texas. She reached as high as No. 18 nationally in the Class of 2018. Jones posted a perfect 3-0 record at the USTA National Team Championships and earned wins at the USTA Nationals. She also was the San Antonio SCMZ Tournament Champion.
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Miller comes to Lubbock from Kent, England. She is a nationally ranked Top 15 player in England. Highlighting her career is a runner-up finish at the Aegon Britich Tour Tipton Tournament title and taking the WTA No. 219 ranked Ana Guilia Remondina to three sets in singles play.
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A native of Manchester, England, Peet ranks in the Top 10 nationally in England. Her career was highlighted by her victory over No. 665 WTA ranked Sarah Beth Grey on the Aegon British Tour and her Championship in the Felixtow Tournament.
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Stoica hails from Romania, but trains in Barcelona, Spain. She ranks in the Top 1000 players in the WTA and has reached as high as 279 in ITF Juniors. While ranked No. 2 in the Romanian Junior Rankings, Stoica worked her way to the 2017 Romanian Junior Cup Championship and the ITF Oslo Runner-Up title.
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Oklahoma and Kansas are the only other Big 12 teams ranked by TennisRecruiting.net. The Sooners signed the No. 8 ranked class while the Jayhawks pulled in a No. 19 ranking for the Class of 2018.
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FOLLOW LADY RAIDER TENNIS
Visit www.TexasTech.com for the latest news and information on the women's tennis program. Fans also can follow the program on its social media outlets at www.Facebook.com/TechWomensTennis and @TexasTechTennis on Twitter.
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