BATON ROUGE — LSU women’s tennis player Megan Falcon was selected to compete in singles, while Falcon and partner Mykala Hedberg were chosen to compete in the doubles competition of the 2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championship, the NCAA announced Wednesday.
Falcon was selected as a 9-16 seed in the singles competition of the tournament, which automatically qualifies her for All-America status for the third consecutive season.
“It is a tremendous accomplishment for Megan to be a three-time All-American in her three seasons at LSU,” said head coach Tony Minnis. “I’m very proud of her for competing at such a high level of tennis.”
Falcon currently checks in at No. 13 in the Campbell/ITA Rankings released Tuesday as she leads the Lady Tigers with a 31-7 overall record and 96-17 career record. Falcon is just one win shy of tying for eighth on the LSU all-time wins list.
Falcon and Hedberg rank at 17th in the polls as the tandem boasts a 26-8 season record.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 20-25 at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas following the conclusion of the team championship (May 15-19). Texas A&M University, College Station will serve as host.
The singles portion consists of the nation’s top 64 players, while the doubles portion consists of the nation’s top 32 pairs.
All matches will be the best of three sets. Regular scoring and a 12-point tiebreaker at six games all will be used for all matches.
NCAA Women’s Singles and Doubles Selections
SINGLES
Automatic qualifications (16), listed alphabetically by conference:
Atlantic Coast Julia Cohen Miami (Florida)
Big East Kelcy Tefft Notre Dame
Big Sky Katrina Zheltova Sacramento State
Big Ten Maria Mosolova Northwestern
Big 12 Lenka Broosova Baylor
Big West Jenifer Widjaja Pacific
Colonial Diana Nakic Georgia State
C-USA Marta Lesniak SMU
Ivy Beier Ko Harvard
Mountain West Nina Munch-Soegaard TCU
Pacific-10 Hilary Barte Stanford
SEC Aurelija Miseviciute Arkansas
Southern Laura Gioia Furman
Sun Belt Mallory Voelker Denver
West Coast Jenni Heinser San Francisco
WAC Melanie Gloria Fresno State
At-large selections (48), listed alphabetically by last name:
Nadia Abdala Arizona State
Mari Andersson California
Josipa Bek Clemson
Bojana Bobusic California
Marrit Boonstra Florida
Kristi Boxx Mississippi
Mallory Cecil Duke
Venise Chan Washington
Fani Chifchieva Auburn
Marina Cossou California
Bianca Eichkorn Miami (Florida)
Megan Falcon LSU
Irina Falconi Georgia Tech
Sarah Fansler Southern California
Amanda Fink Southern California
Kristy Frilling Notre Dame
Nadja Gilchrist Georgia
Chelsey Gullickson Georgia
Alex Haney Auburn
Yvette Hyndman Georgia
Claire Ilcinkas California
Jana Juricova California
Michaela Kissell Miami (Florida)
Sanaz Marand North Carolina
Natasha Marks Arizona
Amanda McDowell Georgia Tech
Kelcy McKenna Arizona State
Ani Mijacika Clemson
Samantha Murray Northwestern
Ellah Nze Duke
Taylor Ormond Baylor
Anastasia Petukhova Fresno State
Andrea Remynse UCLA
Anastasia Revzina Florida
Georgia Rose Northwestern
Katie Rybakova Florida State
Maria Sanchez Southern California
Noemi Scharle Florida State
Yasmin Schnack UCLA
Gira Schofield South Carolina
Jelena Stanivuk Baylor
Christy Striplin Georgia Tech
Katrina Tsang North Carolina
Laura Vallverdu Miami (Florida)
Caitlin Whoriskey Tennessee
Jackie Wu Vanderbilt
Reka Zsilinszka Duke
Ana Zubori South Carolina
ALTERNATES:
1. Noelle Hickey Georgia Tech
2. Irene Rehberger South Florida
3. Chisako Sugiyama Michigan
4. Catherine Newman Vanderbilt
5. Sasha Kulikova Wake Forest
6. Kellie Schmitt Marshall
Seeds 1-8:
1. Maria Mosolova Northwestern
2. Julia Cohen Miami (Florida)
3. Aurelija Miseviciute Arkansas
4. Ani Mijacika Clemson
5. Mallory Cecil Duke
6. Fani Chifchieva Auburn
7. Hilary Barte Stanford
8. Chelsey Gullickson Georgia
Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically by last name:
Josipa Bek Clemson
Marrit Boonstra Florida
Megan Falcon LSU
Irina Falconi Georgia Tech
Jana Juricova California
Kelcy McKenna Arizona State
Nina Munch-Soegaard TCU
Yasmin Schnack UCLA
DOUBLES
Automatic qualifications (11), listed alphabetically by conference:
Atlantic Coast Sophie Grabinski Sanaz Marand North Carolina
Big East Kelcy Tefft Kristy Frilling Notre Dame
Big Ten Georgia Rose Lauren Lui Northwestern
Big 12 Lenka Broosova Csilla Borsanyi Baylor
Colonial Charleen Haarhoff Nadine Fahoum Old Dominion
C-USA Marta Lesniak Aleksandra Malyarschikova SMU
Ivy Taylor Marable Hilary Bartlett Princeton
Mountain West Anna Sydorska Macall Harkins TCU
Pacific-10 Andrea Remynse Yasmin Schnack UCLA
SEC Chelsey Gullickson Nadja Gilchrist Georgia
WAC Renata Kucerkova Anastasia Petukhova Fresno State
At-large selctions (21), listed alphabetically by institution:
Kelcy McKenna Micaela Hein Arizona State
Nanar Airapetian Anouk Tigu Arkansas
Whitney Chappell Alex Haney Auburn
Mari Andersson Jana Juricova California
Ani Mijacika Keri Wong Clemson
Melissa Mang Amanda Granson Duke
Jessica Alexander Anastasia Revzina Florida
Marrit Boonstra Joanna Mather Florida
Tinesta Rowe Melanie Gloria Fresno State
Amanda McDowell Irina Falconi Georgia Tech
Christy Striplin Noelle Hickey Georgia Tech
Carolina Escamilla Caroline Lilley Kentucky
Megan Falcon Mykala Hedberg LSU
Laura Vallverdu Michaela Kissell Miami (Florida)
Karen Nijssen Kristi Boxx Mississippi
Katrina Tsang Shinann Featherston North Carolina
Keri Robison Maria Mosolova Northwestern
Natasa Vuckovic Ana Zubori South Carolina
Amanda Fink Gabriela Niculescu Southern California
Lindsay Burdette Hilary Barte Stanford
Caitlin Whoriskey Natalie Pluskota Tennessee
ALTERNATES:
1. Josipa Bek Ina Hadziselimovic Clemson
2. Claire Ilcinkas Marina Cossou California
3. Carolyn McVeigh Jessica Nguyen Stanford
4. Elna De Villiers Martina Banikova Mississippi State
5. Chisako Sugiyama Tania Mahtani Michigan
6. Heather Steinbauer Jackie Wu Vanderbilt
Seeds 1-4:
1. Renata Kucerkova Anastasia Petukhova Fresno State
2. Kelcy Tefft Kristy Frilling Notre Dame
3. Andrea Remynse Yasmin Schnack UCLA
4. Sophie Grabinski Sanaz Marand North Carolina
Seeds 5-8, listed alphabetically by institution:
Mari Andersson Jana Juricova California
Chelsey Gullickson Nadja Gilchrist Georgia
Amanda Fink Gabriela Niculescu Southern California
Lindsay Burdette Hilary Barte Stanford