BOONE, N.C. — App State Tennis star Savannah Dada-Mascoll's record-setting fall has landed her at No. 5 nationally in the updated singles rankings released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced Tuesday.
Dada-Mascoll is the highest-ranked player in App State Tennis history. Since the ITA began its current ranking system, the previous high ranking belonged to Sasha Pisareva, who landed at No. 48 during the 2019-20 season.
The recognition follows a historic 13-2 run for the All-American, as the senior from Yorkshire, England, posted wins over nine ranked opponents in the fall en route to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Singles Championships.
Dada-Mascoll's run began with a victory over then-No. 1-ranked DJ Bennett of Auburn in the first round of the ITA All-American Championships. She followed that by defeating No. 51 Josie Userau of Arizona, No. 27 Bridget Stammel of Vanderbilt, No. 13 Julia Garcia Ruiz of Oklahoma and No. 48 Ashton Bowers of Auburn to become the first Mountaineer to qualify to represent App State in singles at the NCAA Championships.
She then carried that momentum to the ITA Regionals, defeating three more nationally ranked opponents en route to her second ITA championship, being crowned the ITA Regional's Co-Champion in singles, also a first in program history.
Representing App State at the NCAA Singles Championships in Orlando, Florida, she set more program firsts, picking up her first win in straight sets over Naomi Xu of Cal to advance to the Round of 32. She earned All-America status the following day after taking another straight-set win over Clemson's Ria Bhakta, advancing to the Round of 16. In the match to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals, Dada-Mascoll moved on after taking six consecutive games in the tiebreaking set to win 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 over Southern Cal's No. 47 Emma Charney, picking up her ninth ranked win of the fall.
The run ended with a defeat in a three-set thriller against No. 67 Emily Welker of Ole Miss, completing a historic fall that will contribute to her name being etched in the App State tennis record books.
