Laetitia Charbonnet Named ITA All-American, Three Bronchos Land In National Rankings

TEMPE, Ariz. – The University of Central Oklahoma tennis team moved to No. 9 in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association national rankings announced Wednesday following the Bronchos run to the NCAA Division II Championship quarterfinals earlier this month.

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UCO came in at No. 9 and had three players individually ranked as singles players, two of which teamed up for a national doubles ranking.

Laetitia Charbonnet came in No. 16 in the country, Alli Hodges 36th, and Kirtana Bhat made her national rankings debut at No. 66. The doubles team of Charbonnet and Bhat is ranked 23rd in the country.

Charbonnet also garnered All-American status with her ranking as the ITA awards the honor to the top-20 in the country in its final release. She is the first Broncho All-American tennis player since Jana Vnouckova in 1998 and just the fourth ever player to receive the honor at UCO.

Charbonnet finished this season 25-6 in singles competition. Hodges went 22-11 as the junior eclipsed the 100 career wins mark. Bhat went 16-8 in singles matches.

UCO finished second in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular season standings and also second in the conference tournament. The Bronchos then hosted the NCAA Tournament Central Regional and advanced to the Round of 16 in Surprise, Ariz. with its first regional title in 20 years. UCO beat West Virginia State to move to the national quarterfinals, the furthest the Bronchos have ever made it in the postseason, tying a school record 20 wins on the season.

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Players Mentioned

Kirtana Bhat: 5' 7"; Junior

Alli Hodges: 5' 8"; Junior

Laetitia Charbonnet: 5' 10"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Kirtana Bhat
: 5' 7"; Junior

Alli Hodges
: 5' 8"; Junior

Laetitia Charbonnet
: 5' 10"; Freshman