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SKILLMAN, N.J. - After opening the 2011 spring season atop the Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings, the Stanford women and Virginia men held on to their No. 1 rankings, heading into the third annual ITA Kick-Off Weekend. Stanford has yet to begun their dual match schedule while Virginia picked up three wins over ranked opponents, including a 7-0 shutout against 16th-ranked Illinois.
Conference Count: Men's Top 25: ACC - 6; Big 12 and SEC - 5; Pac-10 - 4; Big Ten - 3; Big East and West Coast - 1. Five different conferences placed at least one team in the top 10, with the Big 12 and Pac-10 leading the way with three teams each featured in the top 10 spots. Women's Top 25: SEC - 7; ACC and Pac-10 - 6; Big 10 - 3; Big 12 - 2; Big East - 1. Five different conferences also placed at least one team in the top 10, with the Pac-10 leading the way with three California teams included. Twice as Nice: This week 15 schools have both their men's and women's programs ranked inside this the Campbell/ITA Top 25 Rankings.
Kicking Off 2011: The ITA Kick-Off Weekend features 15 men's and 15 women's host sites with four teams at each site vying to advance to the Team Indoor Championships. The 15 men's teams to win both of their matches at these events will be invited to play in the Feb. 18-21 ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship at the Seattle Tennis Club (hosted by the University of Washington), while the 15 women's teams to win both of their matches will be invited to play in the Feb. 18-21 ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship at the Boar's Head Sports Club (hosted by the University of Virginia)
Coming Up Next: This marks the beginning of the weekly 2011 Campbell/ITA Team Rankings. Singles and doubles rankings are published every other week starting Feb. 17. Campbell/ITA College Tennis rankings can be found at www.itatennis.com.
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