My Tennis Recruiting Recap of 12s and 14s Easter Bowl; Preston Advances over Top Seed at W35 in Mississippi; West Florida Men, Barry Women Top Division II Rankings

My article on the Easter Bowl championships for the 12s and 14s divisions is up today on the Tennis Recruiting Network. Congratulations to Chloe Anthony, Dimitriy Flyam, Nadia Poznick and Michael Chervenkov for capturing their titles in the record heat that accompanied the event throughout its six days in the Coachella Valley. 

My article on the Easter Bowl 16s and 18s divisions will be posted on Friday, and I'll be working on processing the videos from the two ITF J300s and the Easter Bowl finals the rest of this month.

At the USTA Pro Circuit W35 in Jackson Mississippi, 15-year-old qualifier Janae Preston has advanced to the second round after top seed Diletta Cherubini of Italy retired at 1-6, 7-5, 3-0. Preston, who also qualified for a W35 in January and won a round before claiming three consecutive ITF J300 titles, will face former Pepperdine All-American Savannah Broadus in the second round Thursday.

Other Americans to advance to the second round so far are Carson Tanguilig(North Carolina), Kylie Collins(Texas, LSU, Oklahoma State), North Carolina recruit Alexis Nguyen, wild card Emma Jackson(Duke), qualifier Mary Lewis(Arizona, MSU) and Ava Markham(Wisconsin).

The new ITA Division II rankings are out today, with West Florida holding on to the top spot in the men's rankings after taking over for Barry on March 18th.  Click on the headings to go to the full lists.

Division II Top 10 Men's rankings:
April 1, 2026

Team:
1. West Florida
2. Barry
3. Flagler
4. Saint Leo
5. Columbus State
6. UT-Tyler
7. Embry-Riddle
8. Rollins
9. Lee
10. Washburn

Singles:

1. Yan Kodjoed, Barry

2. Diego Duran, West Florida

3. Sebastian ROndon, West Florida

4. Pedro Liborio, North Georgia

5. Kelly Giese, Lubbock Christian

6. Lawson Prather, Rollins

7. Mario Garoz, Florida Southern

8. Lukas Janousek, Cameron

9. Samuel Antwi, UT-Tyler

10. Jose David Segovia Perez, Saint Leo

The Barry women, who are undefeated, moved to No. 1 on March 18, displacing West Florida, and they have continued to occupy that position for the past two weeks.

Division II Top 10 Women's rankings:

April 1, 2026

Team:

1. Barry

2. West Florida

3. Embry-Riddle

4. Nova Southeran

5. West Alabama

6. Florida Southern

7. Mississippi College

8. Rollins

9. Catawba

10. Findlay

Singles:

1. Kristyna Hranacova, Nova Southeastern

2. Emily Buchanan, Mississippi College

3. Salma Djoubri, Lynn

4. Alyssa Novoa, Rollins

5. Natasha Sengphrachanh, Grand Valley State

6. Selin Sepken, Midwestern State

7. Carlota Verdu, West Florida

8. Dana Heimen, Barry

9. Elena Ondobo, Flagler

10. Melissa Yakup Pour, Auburn Montgomery