Winthrop Women’s Tennis Ranked 7th in Region; Proctor and Humberg Ranked Nationally

ROCK HILL SC—The final Oracle/ITA Women’s Tennis Division I Rankings have the Winthrop Eagles 7^th in the Carolina Region while the doubles team ofLauren Proctor and Mariana Humberg are ranked 71^stin the nation.

Winthrop finished the season with a 20-6 record, a co-regular season Big South Conference Championship and the 2016 Big South Tournament Championship and bid to the NCAA Tournament where the Eagles fell to South Carolina while making the 14^thappearance in program history.

“I’m very proud of the season we had this year,” said head coach Cid Carvalho, who completed his 30^thseason at the helm.  “A conference regular season co-championship,  another conference tournament title, a tough 4-2 battle with South Carolina in the NCAAs, and another outstanding year in the classroom with an overall 3.75 team GPA made this a outstanding year. This is a very special group of players and I’ll miss those who graduated or won’t be returning.”

Proctor, a freshman from Bradenton, FL, and Humberg, a sophomore from Sao Paulo, Brazil, combined at No. 1 doubles for an 18-6 record.  Proctor was also ranked the No. 17 singles player in the Carolina Region as she compiled an overall record of 22-4, including 21-4 at the No. 1 position, in route to earning Big South Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors.

As a team, Winthrop ranked among the top 75 teams in the nation heading into the Big South Conference tournament.  The final 10 top Carolina Region rankings were as follows:

1. North Carolina
2. Duke
3. South Carolina
4. Clemson
5. Wake Forest
6. North Carolina State
7. Winthrop
8. Furman
9. Elon
10. College of Charleston