The Emory University Women's Tennis team, fresh off its two-week trip to Thailand, debuted at No.-2 in the first Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Rankings which were released Thursday afternoon.

In addition to occupying the second spot nationally, the Eagles have four players ranked inside the top-50 in singles led by freshman Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico (#2). Senior team captain Bridget Harding, who is seven singles wins shy of joining the 100-win club, is ranked seventh followed by junior Daniela Lopez (#28) and freshman Stephanie Taylor (T-50^th).

Emory also has a pair of doubles tandems positioned inside the top-25 nationally with Harding and Gonzalez-Rico ranked second and Lopez and freshman Defne Olcay at the 21^st position.

The Eagles, furthermore, were tabbed as the top team in the Atlantic South team rankings released on Thursday and claim three of the top-five singles players in the region: Gonzalez-Rico (#1), Harding (#2) and Lopez (#5). Joining the Emory trio in the Atlantic South singles top-20 are Taylor (#12) and Olcay (#18). In the doubles rankings, the Eagles own three of the top-10 spots with Gonzalez-Rico/Harding (#1), Lopez/Olcay (#6) and Taylor/sophomore Emma Perelman (#8).

Emory opens the spring season on February 10^th against Division I's Georgia State University. The 2018 docket features fellow Division I foes Coastal Carolina (Feb. 11^th), Charleston Southern (March 30^th), Division II's Columbus State (Feb. 18^th), Point Loma (March 24^th), NAIA's Brenau (Feb. 22^nd), SCAD (Feb. 25^th) and nationally ranked Division III's programs #3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (March 25^th), #23 DePauw University (March 31^st), #5 Bowdoin College (April 6^th), #14 Amherst University (April 7^th) and #7 Tufts University (April 8^th). The Eagles are also slated to defend their indoor national crown as the ITA National Indoor Championships takes place from March 2-4 in Chattanooga, TN.