TEMPE, Ariz. – Northeastern State's Emilia Cosatto will start the spring ranked No. 22 nationally in singles, with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) releasing its national and regional rankings Thursday. 

Cosatto is the second-highest-ranked player in the Central Region and completed the fall with a 10-2 singles mark for the RiverHawks.  The sophomore reached the ITA Central Region Championship on her first attempt and assisted the team in finishing the fall with a 42-24 mark in singles.

Alisha Moldakhmetova joined Cosatto in the Central Region rankings and is No. 15 overall.   

The RiverHawks were one of five teams to have a pair of players appearing in the region's top-20 singles ranking.