Batoshvili/Chulani End Year Ranked No. 1 in Doubles, Three Athenas in Top 15 in Singles

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Nikolina Batoshvili and Alisha Chulani ended the year ranked No. 1 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in doubles, while Audrey Yoon (No. 6), Lindsay Eisenman (No. 8) and Chulani (No. 15) were all ranked in the top 15 in singles, the organization announced this week.

CMS ended the year ranked No. 2 as a team, behind only national champion Chicago, after reaching the NCAA Semifinals and holding down the No. 1 spot in the poll the entire year, following back-to-back national titles in 2022 and 2023 and an ITA Indoor Championship in March. 

Batoshvili and Chulani earned All-America honors in doubles for the third year in a row, and advanced to the NCAA doubles championship match after the conclusion of the team competition. They finished as the national runner-up after falling in three sets to Matia Cristiani and Olivia Soffer of Babson, which was the only Division III loss they suffered all season playing together. The Athena duo won 23 matches in a row after two early-season defeats to Division II Point Loma and Westcliff of the NAIA, when Batoshvili had just returned from studying abroad in the fall. They were a perfect 6-0 in dual matches in the postseason as well, winning both SCIAC matches, both NCAA regional matches, and both NCAA championship matches. 

Yoon ended the year with a 21-6 singles record, including 14-3 in dual matches while splitting time between the No. 1 and No. 2 lines. She earned All-America honors in singles for the second year in a row by winning her first match in the NCAA singles championship, 6-0, 6-1 over Emily Kantrovitz of Emory. 

Eisenman secured All-America honors in the fall by winning the ITA West Regional Championship and advancing all the way to the finals of the ITA Cup. She had the clinching win against Middlebury in the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals, after also picking up a win in the national championship match last year against Chicago. She finished the year 16-7 in singles, including 9-5 in dual matches, mostly playing at the No. 1 line while missing a few matches to injury. 

Chulani was 20-5 in singles and earned All-America honors in singles by reaching the NCAA Quarterfinals for the second year in a row. She was 15-3 in dual matches, including two wins at nationals, straight set wins over Middlebury in the quarterfinals and Wesleyan in the semifinals. 

CMS ended the year with a 25-2 record, and is now 52-3 in the last two seasons, and 79-6 in the last three, with two national titles and a national semifinal appearance in that span.