Men's Tennis 08-09 Recruiting Classes Ranked; Defending NCAA Champion Georgia Impressive in Opening Duals
The Tennis Recruiting Network's recruiting class rankings for those entering school in the fall of this year have been released, with Stanford the near-unanimous (20 of 22 first place votes, including mine) selection for top recruiting class. With Ryan Thacher, ranked No. 1 in his class by TR.Net, and Bradley Klahn, ranked No. 3, committed to the Cardinal, coach John Whitlinger has to be pleased to have kept the top two players from California in the state.
One of the difficulties of these rankings is addressed in the comments with the mention of Texas A & M. There is no doubt that A & M's signing of the class of 2008's No. 2 Wil Spencer and No. 9 Austin Krajicek would put them right with Stanford, but because Spencer and Krajicek have enrolled this month, they are not considered in these rankings. (Spencer and Krajicek are in the Aggie lineup, with Krajicek providing the clinching win over Boise State yesterday, according to this story at aggieathletics.com.)
Georgia frequently has mid-season recruits, and this year is no exception, with Javier Garrapiz of Spain coming in. The Bulldogs went on the road over the weekend to play Stanford and Tulsa at Tulsa, and won both matches 7-0, without Luis Flores taking the court. Stanford was ranked 43rd (new rankings are released Tuesday) and Tulsa 23rd, so it may not have been quite as difficult an opening road weekend as Virginia (who beat No. 8 Illinois 4-3 and No. 12 Notre Dame 5-2), but it is an impressive start nonetheless. (See georgiadogs.com for details on the two wins in Tulsa). Next month's National Team Indoor should be very interesting. The information on the competition in Seattle is here.
1 comments:
How could you all throw in Emery on the rankings? They are Division III, while the others are Division I. That doesn't really apply. It's an apples and oranges thing since they do not compete against one another.
The result I was surprised to see was Schnugg over Clayton in straight sets.
Was that a fluke or has Michael Shabaz greatly regressed? Not to take anything away from Stephen Havens from Notre Dame, but how can a guy who was considering turning pro lose to someone who can't even make a run in national tournaments in one of his first college tennis matches?
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