CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri's women's tennis team received its 2023 Ohio Valley Conference championship rings during a special banquet and ceremony Thursday.
 
For the second-straight season, SEMO won the OVC Tournament title and punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament. The Redhawks, who also won the league's regular-season crown, swept the OVC championships for the first time in program history last spring.
 
SEMO simply dominated throughout the 2023 campaign putting an overall record of 17-3 and undefeated 5-0 mark in OVC action. The Redhawks had eight shutout victories with three of those coming against conference foes. SEMO tied a single-season program record in victories and put together a program record 16-match winning streak.
 
The Redhawks had their most All-OVC honorees in a season ever. Daniela Hlacikova was named OVC Player of the Year and earned First-Team accolades. Romana Tarajova and Ksenia Shikanova joined Hlacikova as first-team selections, while Vivian Lai and Teona Velkoska picked up second-team laurels.
 
SEMO faced #15 Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was the second-straight year the Redhawks played a #15 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
 
The 2023 season was the program's best since SEMO began women's tennis in 1991-92.
 
SEMO opens its fall competition at the Austin Peay Invitational Sept. 22.