Press Release

Oct. 15, 2007

Vucenov Finishes Fifth At Nationals

Northwest senior tennis player Kristina Vucenov placed fifth at the ITA National Small College Championships Saturday in Mobile, Ala. It's the highest finish for a Northwest student-athlete in program history.

Vucenov went 2-1 at the tournament with her lone loss to eventual champion Elwen Li of BYU-Hawaii. Vucenov beat Darina Berkova of Northwood in the second round 7-6, 6-4, and topped Ildiko Csordas of Barry 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the fifth-place match. Csordas is ranked eighth in the latest Division II rankings.

Vucenov, a senior from Novi Sad, Serbia, is 8-1 in her first season with the Bearcats. She was 6-0 in winning the ITA regional tournament at Northwest back on Sept. 23.