USC Men Take Top Spot in Latest ITA Rankings, Duke Women Remain No. 1; Redlicki Suspended at Duke; Criteria for USTA Collegiate Team Announced
Another week, another new team at No. 1, with the Southern California Trojans claiming the top spot in this week's men's ITA rankings. As with the NCAA men's basketball season, there's lots of parity and no reason to think that will change in the next six weeks.
Southern Cal, No. 4 last week, moved past last week's No. 1 Oklahoma, who dropped to third, with Ohio State, another previous No. 1, who remained at No. 2. The men's Top 10:
1. Southern Cal
2. Ohio State
3. Oklahoma
4. Virginia
5. UCLA
6. Baylor
7. Georgia
8. North Carolina
9. Notre Dame
10. Illinois
The Duke women maintained their place at the top of the rankings, with UCLA continuing in the No. 2 spot. Georgia, who lost to Vanderbilt on Sunday, fell from 3 to 9. The women's Top 10:
1. Duke
2. UCLA
3. Virginia
4. Florida
5. Stanford
6. Alabama
7. Texas A&M
8. North Carolina
9. Georgia
10. Vanderbilt
The Texas College Tennis blog has released its new men's rankings, with Oklahoma at No. 1, Ohio State 2, UCLA 3 and Southern Cal 4. The complete list is here.
The individual rankings had only one change, with Jamie Loeb of North Carolina, Clay Thompson of UCLA and Robin Anderson and Jennifer Brady of UCLA staying at No. 1. The Tennessee doubles team of Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese have returned to the top spot this week.
Women's Singles Top 10:
1. Jamie Loeb, North Carolina
2. Kristie Ahn, Stanford
3. Julia Elbaba, Virginia
4. Robin Anderson, UCLA
5. Beatrice Capra, Duke
6. Lauren Herring, Georgia
7. Hayley Carter, North Carolina
8. Jenny Jullien, St. Mary's
9. Emina Bektas, Michigan
10. Olivia Janowicz, Florida
Men's Singles Top 10:
1. Clay Thompson, UCLA
2. Axel Alvarez, Oklahoma
3. Raymond Sarmiento, Southern Cal
4. Mitchell Frank, Virginia
5. Guillermo Alcorta, Oklahoma
6. Marcos Giron, UCLA
7. Julian Lenz, Baylor
8. Peter Kobelt, Ohio State
9. Jared Hiltzik, Illinois
10. Brayden Schnur, North Carolina
The complete rankings, both team and individual, can be found at the ITA ranking page.
According to this report from the Duke Chronicle on Sunday's Virginia - Duke men's match, sophomore Michael Redlicki, No. 35 in this week's rankings, was not in the lineup because he had been suspended indefinitely for "disorderly conduct." I have been told there will be no other statement on the matter from the University.
Dustin Taylor, USTA National Coach for Collegiate Tennis |
1 comments:
Did you realize that A&M's #1 women's singles player from last year, Sanchez-Quintanar, has played on 3 varsity teams in the past 12 months? She also played soccer and basketball for A&M this year. Impressive accomplishment!
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