SANTA CLARA, Calif. – For the second-straight year, Santa Clara women's tennis players Maddie Pothoff and Elvena Gevargiz start the season ranked in the Oracle ITA Division I women's preseason doubles rankings.
Pothoff, a graduate student, and Gevargiz, a senior, are ranked No. 33 after finishing the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 season with a 6-3 doubles record, all coming during the 2019 fall season. The Bronco duo were ranked No. 58 in last season's preseason rankings.
A two-time All-West Coast Conference selection in both singles and doubles as well a two-time conference All-Academic selection, Pothoff led the team with 11 singles and 16 doubles wins on the season including a 6-3 singles and 5-2 doubles record in the spring, all coming atop the lineup.