Top spots: The Virginia men and the Northwestern women hold on to the top spot in this week’s Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings. Northwestern (20-1) has been ranked No.1 in every ranking period this season and in 23 of the past 24 rankings while Virginia (26-0), the only undefeated team in both the men’s and women’s top 25, claims the top spot for the sixth straight week and for the 23rd time in the past 29 rankings. The top-ranked Cavaliers completed their third consecutive undefeated ACC regular season with a pair of 6-1 victories over NC State and Wake Forest. UVA has gone through the league undefeated in four of the past five years and just completed its second consecutive undefeated regular season. The Cavs, currently riding a 41-match win streak over ACC opponents, will head to Cary, N.C. next week for the ACC Tournament. Virginia will be the top seed and is looking for its third consecutive title and its fifth title in the past six years. Northwestern’s final road trip of the regular season turned out to be a perfect one as the Wildcats recorded back-to-back sweeps against Iowa and Minnesota, marking the first time since the opening dual matches of the season that Northwestern has swept consecutive matches. Northwestern will attempt to wrap up yet another undefeated Big Ten regular season with home matches against Ohio State and Penn State this weekend.
Rounding Out the Top 10: On the women's side, Northwestern is followed by (in order): Georgia, Duke, Notre Dame, Baylor, Miami (FL), Georgia Tech, California, USC, and UCLA. For the men, following Virginia is: Ohio State, Mississippi, Georgia, Baylor, Tennessee, USC, Stanford, UCLA and Florida.
Conference Count: Men's Top 25: SEC – 7; Pac-10 – 5; ACC and Big 12 – 4; Big Ten – 2; Big East, WAC and WCC - 1. Five different conferences placed at least one team in the top 10, with the SEC claiming four of the top 10 spots and the Pac-10 with three. Women’s Top 25: SEC – 9; ACC – 6; Pac-10 – 4; Big Ten – 2; Big 12, Big East, Conference USA and WAC – 1. Six different conferences placed at least one team in the top 10, with the ACC and Pac-10 each claiming four of the top 12 spots.
Twice as Nice: Eleven schools have both their men’s and women’s programs ranked inside this week’s top 25.
|
TEAM |
MEN |
WOMEN |
|
Baylor |
5 |
5 |
|
Florida |
10 |
16 |
|
Florida State |
16 |
17 |
|
Georgia |
4 |
2 |
|
Kentucky |
12 |
24 |
|
Miami (FL) |
25 |
6 |
|
Mississippi |
3 |
25 |
|
Stanford |
8 |
12 |
|
Tennessee |
6 |
13 |
|
UCLA |
9 |
10 |
|
USC |
7 |
9 |
Jumpers and Newcomers: For the fourth straight week only one new team joined the women’s top 25 with Mississippi rising three spots to No. 25, marking the first time the Lady Rebels have appeared in the top 25 this season. With wins over Alabama and Auburn, Florida made the largest jump among the women, climbing five notches to No. 16. On the men’s side, three different teams all moved up at least three spots to claim their spot among the men’s top 25. Auburn, Louisville, and Oklahoma State each made return appearances, coming in at No. 18, 23 and 24, respectively. Auburn made the biggest leap, boosting itself nine places from No. 27 in last week’s rankings.
Singling Out No. 1: After beginning the spring ranked No. 1, Northwestern’s Maria Mosolova is back on top in the women’s singles rankings while Arnau Brugues of Tulsa also makes a return appearance at the top spot in men’s singles after knocking off former No. 1, Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Oklahoma State, 6-2, 6-1 last week. Renata Kucerkova and Anastasia Petukhova of Fresno State continue to lead the way in women’s doubles while the Ole Miss duo of Jonas Berg and Bram ten Berge also reclaimed the top spot in men’s doubles after starting out the spring season ranked No. 1.
Conference Championship Month: Conference tournaments will be taking place throughout the country over the next two weeks. Champions earn automatic bids into next month’s NCAA Championships. Be sure to check out the ITA’s Conference Championship Central pagefor links to each conference’s championship site.
Mark your calendars: The 2009 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Tennis Championships will take place at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas, May 14-25. The round of 16 through the finals of the team tournaments is May 14-19 and the singles and doubles championships take place May 20-25. First and second round NCAA matches will take place at campus sites (to be determined) May 8-9. Tickets are now on sale for this year’s championships and can be purchased at 888/99-AGGIE or www.AggieAthletics.com. This year’s NCAA selection show will take place April 28 on ESPNews.
Next Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings: The next weekly team rankings will be released on Tuesday, April 21, while the next singles and doubles rankings will be released on Tuesday, April 28. These rankings reflect results through Sunday, April 12. It is important and factually accurate to include “Campbell” in the title so please remember when referring to the ITA Rankings to cite as Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings.
Division I Men’s Top 25
Division I Women’s Top 25
Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings:
Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings:
Rank, school
W-L
Avg.
4/7
Rank, school
W-L
Avg.
4/7
1. Virginia
26-0
77.95
1
1. Northwestern
20-1
86.14
1
2. Ohio State
25-1
74.85
3
2. Georgia
19-2
74.52
2
3. Mississippi
20-2
74.33
2
3. Duke
20-3
73.13
5
4. Georgia
20-2
70.11
5
4. Notre Dame
21-4
71.76
4
5. Baylor
19-5
67.88
7
5. Baylor
16-4
69.99
3
6. Tennessee
19-4
67.1
4
6. Miami (FL)
21-3
68.73
6
7. USC
18-4
66.5
6
7. Georgia Tech
16-6
65.82
7
8. Stanford
17-5
64.63
8
8. California
16-4
62.86
8
9. UCLA
15-4
63.31
9
9. USC
19-2
61.12
9
10. Florida
15-7
58.13
10
10. UCLA
17-5
55.12
11
11. Illinois
18-6
55.32
11
11. Clemson
17-6
54.27
12
12. Kentucky
15-9
53.37
14
12. Stanford
17-3
53
10
13. Texas A&M
13-6
52.28
12
13. Tennessee
15-4
52.7
13
14. Texas
16-4
50.32
13
14. Arkansas
12-6
45.17
14
15. Alabama
18-6
49.11
15
15. Fresno State
16-5
42.67
15
16. Florida State
18-7
44.7
16
16. Florida
12-8
41.94
21
17. Pepperdine
16-8
43.73
17
17. Florida State
14-6
38.65
18
18. Auburn
12-8
37.35
27
18. Michigan
13-5
37.69
20
19. Boise State
18-7
36.48
19
19. Vanderbilt
9-7
37.57
17
20. Wake Forest
18-8
34.77
25
20. South Carolina
13-8
35.37
24
21. Washington
13-8
34.65
21
21. North Carolina
16-9
35.01
19
22. Arizona
17-5
34.26
18
22. Louisiana State
13-8
34.45
16
23. Louisville
18-6
33.98
26
23. SMU
25-2
34.32
22
24. Oklahoma State
12-5
33.38
31
24. Kentucky
12-8
31.6
23
25. Miami (FL)
13-7
31.86
23
25. Mississippi
11-8
30.81
28
Campbell/ITA College Tennis rankings can be found at www.itatennis.com.
