Clayton State’s Krommelova selected Preseason All-Peach Belt Conference for women’s tennis

AUGUSTA, Ga. – January 31, 2012 – The Peach Belt Conference released its preseason All-Conference team for women's tennis on Tuesday, and Clayton State's Ivana Krommelova was selected to the conference preseason squad.

Krommelova, a junior from Nove Zamky, Slovakia, helped pace Clayton State to its best season in program history in the 2011 season. She is joined on the preseason All-Peach Belt Conference team by Francis Marion's Mona Blauen and Jitka Gavdunova and the Armstrong trio of Aleksandra Filipovski, Kathleen Henry and Barbora Krtickova.

A two-year starter for the Lakers, Krommelova finished last season 19-6 overall in doubles, including 15-6 with teammate Viktoriya Semyrodenko. In addition, she went 14-5 in singles playing the majority of the season at No. 3. Krommelova played a majority of the season in doubles at No. 1. She went 8-3 against Peach Belt opponents in singles, and 10-2 in doubles.

Krommelova was selected both All-Peach Belt Conference and ITA Division II All-American in doubles, finishing the season ranked seventh in the nation in Division II in doubles and 49^th in singles. She led the Lakers to an 18-8 mark, advancing to the NCAA Division II "Final Four" for the first time in program history.

Krommelova enters the 2012 season ranked 15^th in Division II in doubles.

Clayton State, which is ranked preseason No. 7 in the nation in Division II, opens the 2012 season on Saturday at 12 p.m. against defending NAIA National Champion Auburn-Montgomery at Laker Courts. Match time is 12 p.m.