SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- The West Coast Conference announced on Thursday afternoon that the USF Dons women's tennis team was picked to finish fourth in the conference this season, following the team's appearance in the WCC Championships semifinals. 

USF returns a veteran roster led by graduate student Rita Colyer and junior Maria Martinez Vaquero, who were picked to last season's All-WCC doubles second team due to their strong tandem that helped the Dons finish 8-2 in their home matches last season.

Martinez Vaquero was also picked to the All-WCC singles second team as the number one player in the USF lineup for the majority of the season. 

Other returning student-athletes to the squad include: graduate students Arianna Capogrosso and Caragh Courtney, sophomores Simran Chhabra, Hana Gamracy and Qianer Qui as well as seniors Azaria Hayes, Chiho Mushika and Alicia Yue. 

The Dons will open up the 2023 spring season across the Bay Bridge in Berkeley for the 2023 Cal Winter Invite spanning the weekend of January 13-15, with the team's first matches in San Francisco coming in late February when they host UC Davis at 2:00 p.m. on February 25. 

The full 2023 WCC women's tennis preseason rankings can be viewed below:
1. Pepperdine - 81 points (9)
T-2.San Diego - 69 (1)
T-2 LMU - 69
4. San Francisco 51
5. BYU 49
6. Saint Mary's 37
7. Pacific 33
8. Gonzaga 27
9. Portland 22
10. Santa Clara 10

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The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our primary sponsor - Provident Credit Union - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.