The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its 2007 preseason rankings Tuesday, and several Blue Devils were named among college's best.
In singles, junior Melissa Mang is listed as the No. 72 player in the country while teammate Elizabeth Plotkin currently sits in the 102nd spot.
Mang has earned All-ACC honors in both of her first two seasons and was the first Blue Devil since 2002 to be named as the conference's Freshman of the Year. The junior went 11-9 in her sophomore campaign and paired with Daniela Bercek to go 15-6 in doubles play, finishing the season as the No. 15 duo in the nation.
Plotkin, a sophomore, ended last season with a 11-9 record in dual matches.
In the doubles rankings, the tandem of Mang and senior Tory Zawacki sits in 22nd, and the combination of Plotkin and freshman Ellah Nze are No. 35.
Nze is a member of Duke's freshman class, which was ranked second in the country by tennisrecruiting.net.
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