GREENVILLE, S.C. - Senior Katarina Kozarov is ranked 15th nationally in singles, and two Paladin doubles teams are among the top 27 in the 2021 Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division I Preseason National Rankings, which were released today by the organization.  

The two-time reigning SoCon Player of the Year, Kozarov, a native of Novi Sad, Serbia, was honored as the 2020 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division I Most Improved Senior after ranking as high as 13th nationally last season.  In 2020, she became just the second All-American in the history of the Furman women's tennis program and recorded a 10-1 singles record and an 8-1 doubles mark during spring competition.

The Paladin duo of juniors Julia Adams and Madison Dillon is ranked 18th nationally, the highest ranking ever for a Furman women's doubles team, while Adams and Kozarov are ranked 27th.  

Adams and Dillon went 4-2 at flight one doubles in 2020 and ranked as high as 23rd nationally, while Adams and Kozarov, who posted a perfect 7-0 record at flight one doubles last season, achieved a national ranking of 21st during the 2019-20 season.