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SKILLMAN, N.J. - Just as the 2010-11 season began, the Stanford women and Virginia men, the nation's only undefeated teams, are back in control of the Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings.
Playing its first match as the nation's top-ranked team since Feb. 26, Stanford (18-0), beat their third-consecutive top 15-opponent this weekend, with a 6-1 defeat over a rising Arizona State team. The Sun Devils kept things interesting early on, taking the doubles point with wins on courts two and three and putting the Pac-10 leaders in a rare 1-0 deficit. With the victory, the Cardinal have now won 37 consecutive contests dating back to a 6-1 loss at UCLA in late February of last year.
An even more impressive streak that Stanford continues to extend is its NCAA-record home winning streak of 175 consecutive matches (143 regular season, 32 NCAA Tournament). The streak spans 12 seasons and is recognized as the longest active home winning streak among all sports in Division I athletics. The Cardinal has not lost at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium since a 5-4 setback against No. 4 California back on Feb. 27, 1999.
Meanwhile, the Virginia men took to its home courts for the first time in six weeks, facing off against the two other remaining undefeated teams in conference play. The Cavs made quick work of No. 10 Duke, 6-1, followed by another dominating performance in a 5-2 win over No. 17 North Carolina. With the wins, UVA (22-0) extended their ACC-record win streak to 70 consecutive victories while pushing their school-record home winning streak to 85 matches.
Follow the Leader: For the men, following Virginia is (in order): USC, Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Pepperdine, Georgia, Texas, Duke and California. On the women's side, Stanford is followed by: Florida, North Carolina, Duke, Miami (FL), Georgia, California, UCLA, Baylor and Michigan.
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; ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 - 4; WCC - 1. Women's Top 25: ACC and Pac-10 - 6; SEC - 5; Big 12 - 3; Big Ten - 2 and Big East, Conference USA and WCC - 1.
Up A Set: A listing of all of the upsets from both men's and women's top 25 from the previous week. All results listed arefrom Monday, March 28th through Sunday, April 3rd.
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Twice as Nice: The Miami (FL) men's team joined the top 25 this week, placing them among the 16 institutions to that have both their men's and women's programs ranked inside this the Campbell/ITA Top 25 Rankings.
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TEAM |
MEN |
WOMEN |
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Baylor |
13 |
9 |
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California |
10 |
6 |
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Duke |
10 |
4 |
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Florida |
15 |
2 |
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Georgia |
7 |
6 |
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Georgia Tech |
18 |
12 |
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Miami (FL) |
25 |
5 |
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Michigan |
23 |
10 |
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North Carolina |
17 |
3 |
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Stanford |
9 |
1 |
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Tennessee |
4 |
14 |
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Texas |
8 |
25 |
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UCLA |
14 |
8 |
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USC |
2 |
13 |
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Virginia |
1 |
18 |
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Washington |
22 |
23 |
Coming Up Next: The 2011 Campbell/ITA Team Rankings continue next Tuesday, April 12th, along with the singles and doubles, which continue to be published every other week for the rest of the season.
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Campbell/ITA |
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3/29/11 |
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DI Men's Top 25 |
Avg. |
Rank |
DI Women's Top 25 |
Avg. |
Rank |
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1. Virginia |
83.86 |
1 |
1. Stanford |
88.53 |
1 |
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2. USC |
74.24 |
2 |
2. Florida |
86.07 |
2 |
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3. Ohio State |
72.47 |
3 |
3. North Carolina |
68.22 |
3 |
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4. Tennessee |
64.78 |
4 |
4. Duke |
68.19 |
4 |
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5. Texas A&M |
62.49 |
5 |
5. Miami (FL) |
65.96 |
5 |
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6. Pepperdine |
61.82 |
8 |
6. Georgia |
62.54 |
7 |
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7. Georgia |
59.58 |
9 |
7. California |
60.56 |
10 |
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8. Texas |
58.57 |
7 |
8. UCLA |
59.62 |
6 |
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9. Stanford |
57.60 |
12 |
9. Baylor |
58.59 |
9 |
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10. California |
56.94 |
6 |
10. Michigan |
57.30 |
8 |
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11. Duke |
55.71 |
10 |
11. Clemson |
50.33 |
12 |
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12. Kentucky |
52.76 |
14 |
12. Georgia Tech |
47.34 |
11 |
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13. Baylor |
52.29 |
11 |
13. USC |
45.93 |
14 |
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14. UCLA |
50.32 |
16 |
14. Tennessee |
45.76 |
16 |
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15. Illinois |
48.66 |
13 |
15. Arizona State |
44.33 |
13 |
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16. Florida |
47.31 |
15 |
16. Northwestern |
43.24 |
18 |
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17. North Carolina |
45.34 |
17 |
17. Arkansas |
41.17 |
15 |
|
18. Georgia Tech |
45.08 |
19 |
18. Virginia |
41.01 |
17 |
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19. Texas Tech |
42.40 |
21 |
19. Tulsa |
40.34 |
21 |
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20. Michigan |
41.77 |
24 |
20. Notre Dame |
39.48 |
19 |
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21. Auburn |
40.98 |
18 |
21. Vanderbilt |
38.12 |
20 |
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22. Washington |
35.32 |
20 |
22. Oklahoma |
33.61 |
22 |
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23. Michigan |
35.10 |
22 |
23. Washington |
32.73 |
25 |
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24. Miami (FL) |
35.02 |
28 |
24. San Diego |
32.36 |
24 |
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25. Mississippi St. |
34.96 |
32 |
25. Texas |
30.11 |
23 |
Campbell/ITA College Tennis rankings can be found at www.itatennis.com. |
