Virginia and North Carolina Remain No. 1 in First Computerized ITA Team Rankings
ITA Division I Men's Rankings | ITA Division I Women's Rankings
SKILLMAN, NJ (Feb. 26) -- This is the first week that the ITA Division I College Tennis Rankings are based on a computer point-per-match formula, causing several major changes throughout the rankings. However, the Virginia men and North Carolina women managed to stay atop the rankings for another consecutive week.
Follow the Leader: For the men, following Virginia is (in order): USC, UCLA, Duke, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Ohio State, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi State. On the women’s side, North Carolina is followed by Duke, UCLA, Florida, Alabama, Texas A&M, Georgia, Northwestern, Cal, and Nebraska.
Conference Count: Men’s Top 25: SEC – 7; ACC, Big Ten, & Pac-12 – 4; Ivy League & Big 12 – 2; Conference USA & WCC – 1. Five different conferences placed at least one team in the Top 10 with the SEC leading the way with four teams, while the ACC and Pac-12 placed two. Women’s Top 25: SEC – 6; ACC – 5; Pac-12 & Big Ten – 4; Big 12 – 3; Big East, Conference USA, & Colonial Athletic Association – 1. Four SEC teams landed in the Top 10, while the Pac-12, ACC, and Big Ten had two.
Double-Dip: A total of 10 schools have both their men’s and women’s programs ranked inside the Top 25. Duke, Georgia, and UCLA find both their men’s and women’s team inside the Top 10 this week.
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School |
Men |
Women |
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Cal |
16 |
9 |
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Clemson |
18 |
23 |
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Duke |
4 |
2 |
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Georgia |
9 |
7 |
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Michigan |
21 |
13 |
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Northwestern |
20 |
8 |
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Texas A&M |
11 |
6 |
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UCLA |
3 |
3 |
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USC |
2 |
11 |
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Vanderbilt |
25 |
12 |
Top 10 ITA Singles Rankings:
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Player |
School |
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Player |
School |
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1. Alex Domijan |
Virginia |
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1. Lauren Embree |
Florida |
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2. Peter Kobelt |
Ohio State |
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2. Robin Anderson |
UCLA |
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3. Jarmere Jenkins |
Virginia |
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3. Sabrina Santamaria |
USC |
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4. Emilio Gomez |
USC |
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4. Gina Suarez-Malaguti |
North Carolina |
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5. Jonas Lutjen |
Ole Miss |
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5. Zsofi Susanyi |
California, Berkeley |
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6. Matija Pecotic |
Princeton |
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6. Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar |
Texas A&M |
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7. Sebastian Fanselow |
Pepperdine |
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7. Danielle Lao |
USC |
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8. Mac Styslinger |
Virginia |
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8. Anett Schutting |
California, Berkeley |
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9. Henrique Cunha |
Duke |
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9. Lauren Herring |
Georgia |
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10. Marcos Giron |
UCLA |
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10. Julia Elbaba |
Virginia |
Top Five ITA Doubles Rankings:
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Players |
School |
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Players |
School |
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1. Cochrane/Mies |
Auburn |
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1. Christian/Santamaria |
USC |
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2. Jenkins/Styslinger |
Virginia |
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2. Belaya/Loomans |
William & Mary |
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3. Hundal/Spir |
Georgia Tech |
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3. Bolender/Bektas |
Michigan |
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4. Cunha/Hemmeler |
Duke |
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4. Guarachi/Macfarlane |
Alabama |
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5. Scholtz/Lutjen |
Ole Miss |
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5. Szekely/Boren |
Tennessee |
Top Freshmen: Several freshmen have had tremendous fall and early spring seasons, resulting in a Top 50 ranking. Below is a list of both the men and women freshmen that have earned a Top 50 singles ranking this week.
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Men |
Women |
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8. Mac Styslinger, Virginia |
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10. Julia Elbaba, Virginia |
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23. Romain Bogaerts, Mississippi State |
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14. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford |
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24. Ryan Shane, Virginia |
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19. Whitney Kay, North Carolina |
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31. Michael Redlicki, Duke |
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29. Anne-Liz Jeukeng, Clemson |
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38. Jared Hiltzik, Illinois |
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33. Ronit Yurovsky, Michigan |
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40. Chris Diaz, Ohio State |
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35. Breaunna Addison, Texas |
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43. Julian Lenz, Baylor |
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45. Kyle McPhillips, UCLA |
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49. Lynn Chi, Cal |
Top 25 Caliber: A total of 11 new teams have made their way into the Top 25 this week. On the women’s side, five new teams cracked the Top 25: Auburn (17), TCU (20), Arizona State (21), Memphis (22), and William & Mary (25). Auburn moved the most positions of any team to crack the Top 25, leaping 42 spots. On the men’s side, six new teams made the jump into the Top 25 this week: Clemson (18), Northwestern (20), Wake Forest (22), Harvard (23), Cornell (24), and Vanderbilt (25). Of all the new Top 25 men’s teams, Cornell made the biggest leap, going up 39 spots from last week’s poll.
Top 75 Newcomers: The first computer point-per-match formula based rankings have allowed 21 teams (8 men and 13 women) to make their 2013 debut in the Top 75.
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Men |
Women |
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George Washington (50) |
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San Diego State (40) |
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Idaho (57) |
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Boston College (51) |
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Oklahoma State (62) |
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UC Santa Barbara (54) |
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Samford (64) |
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Southern Illinois (59) |
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Tulane (70) |
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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (60) |
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Arizona (72) |
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Delaware (62) |
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Xavier (73) |
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San Jose State (64) |
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Wichita State (74) |
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Kansas (65) |
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Virginia Tech (68) |
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Dartmouth (69) |
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Louisville (70) |
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Bowling Green (74) |
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Louisiana-Monroe (75) |
Coming Up Next: The 2013 ITA Team Rankings will be published again next Tuesday, March 5th, while the next singles and doubles rankings will be posted on Tuesday, March 12th, and will continue to be published every other week through the month of March.
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Division I Men's Top 25 |
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Division I Women's Top 25 |
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1. Virginia |
1 |
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1. North Carolina |
1 |
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2. USC |
2 |
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2. Duke |
3 |
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3. UCLA |
3 |
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3. UCLA |
2 |
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4. Duke |
5 |
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4. Florida |
4 |
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5. Oklahoma |
9 |
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5. Alabama |
8 |
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6. Kentucky |
6 |
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6. Texas A&M |
10 |
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7. Ohio State |
4 |
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7. Georgia |
5 |
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8. Tennessee |
13 |
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8. Northwestern |
9 |
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9. Georgia |
8 |
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9. California, Berkeley |
7 |
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10. Mississippi State |
11 |
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10. Nebraska |
15 |
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11. Texas A&M |
14 |
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11. USC |
6 |
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12. Pepperdine |
7 |
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12. Vanderbilt |
17 |
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13. Ole Miss |
10 |
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13. Michigan |
12 |
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14. Washington |
19 |
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14. Purdue |
20 |
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15. Texas |
15 |
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15. Miami (Florida) |
11 |
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16. California, Berkeley |
12 |
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16. Florida State |
25 |
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17. Illinois |
17 |
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17. Auburn |
59 |
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18. Clemson |
51 |
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18. Notre Dame |
22 |
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19. Tulsa |
17 |
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19. Texas Tech |
21 |
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20. Northwestern |
41 |
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20. TCU |
28 |
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21. Michigan |
23 |
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21. Arizona State |
27 |
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22. Wake Forest |
31 |
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22. Memphis |
39 |
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23. Harvard |
41 |
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23. Clemson |
18 |
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24. Cornell |
63 |
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24. Baylor |
24 |
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25. Vanderbilt |
33 |
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25. William & Mary |
37 |
