SKILLMAN, N.J. - The final Intercollegiate
Tennis Association (ITA) Division III national poll was released
and the Salisbury University women's team (14-5) finish the season
ranked No. 8 in the Atlantic South region. Junior Jackie
Burr finished the season ranked No. 18 in the region for
singles. Burr and senior doubles partner Anna Marie
Kable were ranked eighth in the region.
The SU men's team is ranked No. 30 in the country. The Sea
Gulls (14-7) completed their season in the Capital Athletic
Conference championship where they lost 8-1 to No. 18 University of
Mary Washington.
University of California-Santa Cruz moved from No. 3 to No. 1 as
it captured the 2009 NCAA Division III men's tennis national
championship. Amherst College follows at No. 2 with Emory
University at No. 3 and Washington (Mo.) University at No. 4.
Claremont-Mudd Scripps and Middlebury College round out the top
five as the two teams tied for fifth.
SU doubles pair of juniors Scott Burtzlaff and
Evan Thomas moved into the national doubles
rankings after their performance at the NCAA tournament in
Claremont, Calif. The two finished the season No. 15 after they
fell to No. 3 Charlie Cutler and Chris Hoeland from Washington
(Mo.) University.
The Sea Gulls remain ranked No. 7 in the Atlantic South region.
Burtzlaff and Thomas finished the season ranked third in the region
for doubles.
The two teams bring back a wealth of talented players for the
2010 season as the women bring back seven-of-10 letterwinners and
the men return 11-of-12 student-athletes.
2009 ITA Division III Women's Tennis Poll
2009 ITA Division III Men's Tennis Poll
