COLONIA, N.J. — With the new academic year soon upon us, D'Youville comes in ranked T-4th in the 2025-26 East Coast Conference Women's Tennis Preseason Coaches Poll.
The Saints finished the previous season with a 2-7 record overall and a 1-4 record in ECC competition. Last season began with a 4-3 win over Post. Yuliia Kashtelian '25 helped secure the victory with her 10-5 singles win in the third and final set.
The season's highlight came as D'Youville completed a 6-1 rout of Molloy University, capturing their second East Coast Conference win on the season. 2025 rising sophomore Mina Randjelovic and rising junior Maria Campisi helped secure the Saints victory by winning their respective singles matches in consecutive sets.
This season the ECC Women's Tennis Championship is moving to the Spring, taking place April 24-25, 2026.
2025-26 ECC Women's Tennis Preseason Poll
1. Queens - 22 points (4 first-place votes)
2. St. Thomas Aquinas - 19 points (1 first-place vote)
3. District of Columbia - 18 points
4. Daemen - 8 points
4. D'Youville - 8 points
2025-26 ECC Preseason Player of the Year
Polina Zelentsova, Jr., University of the District of Columbia