Florida Joins Virginia atop First Computerized Campbell/ITA Team Rankings


Florida Joins Virginia atop First Computerized Campbell/ITA Team Rankings
 Barte, Johnson top spots in singles; Florida, Tennessee top doubles


SKILLMAN, N.J. - This is the point in the season when the Campbell/ITA Rankings switch from a poll to a computer point-per-match formula, which causes several changes throughout the rankings. The most notable change was the Florida women joining the Virginia men at No. 1, just one week after falling 4-2 to top-ranked Stanford. 
  

The Gators can thank the strength of the ACC (that's right, the ACC not the SEC) for the swap with Stanford as UF has posted five top-12 victories, all over ACC opponents, including three wins over top-5 competition. Stanford meanwhile has picked up more top 20 wins than Florida with six but only has two wins over teams ranked in the top 12.

 

Meanwhile, on the men's side, top-ranked Virginia continues to tighten its grip at the top, picking up wins against No. 2 Tennessee, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Illinois en route to capturing an unprecedented fourth straight ITA Men's National Team Indoor title. They have held the top spot now since the Campbell/ITA Preseason Rankings were released in the fall.

 

Follow the Leader: For the men, following Virginia is (in order): Tennessee, Ohio State, Illinois, Texas, UCLA, USC, Michigan, Duke and Stanford. On the women's side, Florida is followed by: Stanford, Duke, Michigan, North Carolina, California, Baylor, Virginia, Northwestern and Vanderbilt. 

Conference Count: The number of men's and women's teams from each conference that appear in the Campbell/ITA Division I Top 25 Rankings are listed numerically. Men's Top 25: SEC - 6; Pac-10 - 5; Big Ten - 4; ACC and Big 12 - 3; Big East and WCC - 2. Women's Top 25: ACC - 7; Pac-10 and SEC - 5; Big 12 - 3; Big Ten - 2 and Big East, Colonial and WCC - 1. 

 Up A Set:  A listing of all of the upsets from both men's and women's college tennis from the previous week. All results listed are from Monday, February 21st through Sunday, February 27th.


MEN

#20 California

def.

at #5 UCLA

5-2

#23 University of Michigan

def.

at #6 Duke University

4-3

#22 Auburn University

def.

at #17 Texas Tech University

4-3

#29 North Carolina

def.

at #25 Vanderbilt University

4-3

#39 University of Miami (Florida)

def.

at #28 Florida State University

4-3

#46 University of Arizona

def.

at #37 Boise State University

4-2

#41 University of Nebraska

def.

at #40 University of Wisconsin

5-2

at #65 UC Santa Barbara

def.

#43 University of Hawaii

5-2

at University of Utah

def.

#48 University of Denver

5-2

at #57 Brigham Young University

def.

#48 University of Denver

7-0

at #75 Virginia Commonwealth

def.

#55 North Carolina State

5-2

at UNLV

def.

#58 University of Arkansas

4-2

at SMU

def.

#71 Utah State University

7-0

at University of Texas at Arlington

def.

#71 Utah State University

5-2


WOMEN 

at #18 Northwestern University

def.

#3 North Carolina

4-2

#20 Florida State University

def.

at #15 Georgia Tech

5-2

at #33 University of Texas

def.

#28 Arizona State University

4-3

#46 Saint Mary's College

def.

at #42 Boise State University

5-2

University of Texas at Arlington

def.

at #56 Wichita State University

4-3

Cal State Northridge

def.

at #62 San Diego State University

4-3

at Boston College

def.

#63 Purdue University

4-3

at #68 Harvard University

def.

#63 Purdue University

5-2

#75 College of William and Mary

def.

at #67 Boston University

6-1

#75 College of William and Mary

def.

at #68 Harvard University

4-3

at University of Wisconsin, Madison

def.

#69 Marquette

6-1

University of Louisiana at Monroe

def.

at #73 Mississippi State

6-1

at UNC Greensboro

def.

#74 Samford University

4-3


Twice as Nice: The Notre Dame men join the Pepperdine and Texas women as newcomers to the top 25 this week, propelling their respective teams to be included among the 16 institutions to that have both their men's and women's programs ranked inside this the Campbell/ITA Top 25 Rankings.

 

TEAM

MEN

WOMEN

California

14

6

Duke

9

3

Florida

11

1

Georgia

13

13

Georgia Tech

17

21

Michigan

8

4

Notre Dame

24

14

Pepperdine

15

25

Stanford

10

2

Tennessee

2

18

Texas

5

24

UCLA

6

17

USC

7

15

Vanderbilt

22

10

Virginia

1

9

Washington

23

20


 

Singled Out: 
 

Rank

Player

School

 

Rank

Player

School

1

Steve Johnson

USC

 

1

Hilary Barte

Stanford

2

Alex Domijan

Virginia

 

2

Maria Sanchez

USC

3

Rhyne Williams

Tennessee

 

3

Kristy Frilling

Notre Dame

4

Blaz Rola

Ohio State

 

4

Jana Juricova

California

5

Eric Quigley

Kentucky

 

5

Denise Muresan

Michigan

6

Alexandre Lacroix

Florida

 

6

Denise Dy

Washington

7

Reid Carleton

Duke

 

7

Allie Will

Florida

8

Bradley Klahn

Stanford

 

8

Marta Lesniak

SMU

9

Dennis Nevolo

Illinois

 

9

Reka Zsilinszka

Duke

10

Michael Shabaz

Virginia

 

10

Bianca Eickhorn

Miami (FL)

 


Double Dose:
 

Rank

Player

Player

School

 

Rank

Player

Player

School

1

Boris Conkic

J.P. Smith

Tennessee

 

1

Sofie Oyen

Allie Will

Florida

2

Drew Courtney

Michael Shabaz

Virginia

 

2

Hilary Barte

Mallory Burdette

Stanford

3

Jeff Dadamo

Austin Krajicek

Texas A&M

 

3

Josipa Bek

Keri Wong

Clemson

4

Jean Anderson

Ed Corrie

Texas

 

4

Mari Andersson

Jana Juricova

California

5

Chris Thiemann

Marcel Thiemann

 Mississippi

 

5

Shinann Featherston

Lauren McHale

UNC

 

Coming Up Next: The 2011 Campbell/ITA Team Rankings continue next Tuesday, March 8th,  while the next singles and doubles rankings will be posted on Tuesday, March 15, and will continue to be published every other week for the rest of the season.

 

Campbell/ITA Rankings

2/22/11

Campbell/ITA Rankings

2/22/11

Division I Men's Top 25

Rank

Division I Women's Top 25

Rank

1. Virginia

1

1. Florida

2

2. Tennessee

2

2. Stanford

1

3. Ohio State

3

3. Duke

4

4. Illinois

7

4. Michigan

5

5. Texas

4

5. North Carolina

3

6. UCLA

5

6. California

6

7. USC

9

7. Baylor

7

8. Michigan

23

8. Virginia

9

9. Duke

6

9. Northwestern

18

10. Stanford

8

10. Vanderbilt

14

11. Florida

10

11. Clemson

12

12. Kentucky

13

12. Miami (FL)

8

13. Georgia

12

13. Georgia

10

14. California

20

14. Notre Dame

19

15. Pepperdine

21

15. USC

17

16. Minnesota

27

16. Arkansas

16

17. Georgia Tech

16

17. UCLA

11

18. Texas A&M

14

18. Tennessee

13

19. Texas Tech

17

19. Oklahoma

22

20. Louisville

15

20. Washington

21

21. Auburn

22

21. Georgia Tech

15

22. Vanderbilt

25

22. Florida State

20

23. Washington

19

23. VCU

23

24. Notre Dame

26

24. Texas

33

25. San Diego

42

25. Pepperdine

32


Campbell/ITA College Tennis rankings can be found at www.itatennis.com.

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