William Smith junior
Hannah More is ranked 23rd in the latest Oracle/ITA Northeast Regional Rankings. More enters the top-25 after being unranked in the preseason.
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More is a team-best 11-4 in singles play, including a 7-2 record at the No. 1 spot for the Herons. Two of her marquee wins have come when William Smith was playing nationally ranked opponents. Against then No. 16 Skidmore, she topped Danielle Gianetti, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. More is 1-1 against Gianetti this season, Gianetti won when the pair met in the third round of the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional Championships in Geneva, N.Y.Â
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On Wednesday, against then No. 40 Hamilton, More won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, over Lindsay Jadow.
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More is also the only player to have defeated Ithaca's Haley Kusak this season, and she has done it twice. Back in September, More bested Kusak 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional. On March 6, in a 6-3 William Smith win over the Bombers, More cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win. Kusak is 14-0 in all her other matches this season. More is currently on a three-match winning streak and is 8-2 in her last 10.
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This season More has been named the Liberty League Singles Performer of the Week once and has been a member of the Liberty League Doubles Team of the Week with sophomore
Michaelann Denton three times. More and Denton lead the team with a 12-4 record in doubles play, including a 7-2 mark at No. 1. The duo finished runner-up at the Mary Hosking Invitational and then reached the quarterfinals at the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional.
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The Herons are back in action tomorrow when they host Oneonta. The match in Bristol Field House is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
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