WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary women's tennis team received a pair of national rankings in the initial Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Rankings of the year released on Tuesday. The Tribe garnered the No. 46 spot in the team standings, while senior Leeza Nemchinov was No. 91 nationally in singles.
 
After winning the program's 23rd Colonial Athletic Association Championship and finishing the year at No. 49 in the country in 2014-15, the Tribe moved up three spots to No. 46 to start the spring campaign. The Green and Gold knocked off five nationally-ranked opponents a season ago on the way to compiling a 16-7 overall ledger.
 
Nemchinov, who was also ranked No. 5 in the ITA Atlantic Region on Tuesday, finished the fall season at 6-2 and possesses 73 wins over her Tribe career. Last season, she was named the CAA Player of the Year, tallying the best singles winning percentage in W&M history with a 27-4 record (.871). Nemchinov is a three-time First Team All-CAA pick in singles and a two-time doubles selection. In 2015, Nemchinov competed in both the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships to cap off her season.
 
The Tribe opens the dual-match campaign when it travels to Navy on Friday, Jan. 15, at 2:30 p.m. W&M will wrap up the opening weekend at No. 47 Penn State on Sunday, Jan. 17, at 11 a.m.
 
Along with the Nittany Lions, the Tribe's 2016 schedule is loaded with nationally-ranked competition as 13 of its 21 opponents were in the preseason standings. W&M's slate includes matches with No. 17 Texas Tech, No. 23 Georgia Tech, No. 28 South Carolina, No. 31 Rice, No. 38 Houston, No. 52 Marshall, No. 57 Old Dominion, No. 58 Illinois, No. 66 Maryland, No. 68 Yale and No. 71 Wake Forest. After meeting No. 23 Georgia Tech in the first match of the ITA Kickoff Weekend, W&M will face their No. 21 LSU or No. 34 DePaul on the second day of competition.