USC, UCLA Remain Atop ITA Division I National Team Rankings

January 21, 2015 | By New York Tennis Magazine Staff

After opening the 2015 spring season atop the ITA Division I National Team Rankings, the UCLA women and USC men remained as the number one teams in the nation.

The Trojan men rolled to a 6-1 win in their season-opening match against UC Riverside on Monday. In individual action, senior Roberto Quiroz captured the singles title at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup, while also making a run to the doubles final with Max de Vroome.

For the Bruins, both Jennifer Brady and Kyle McPhillips won singles titles over the weekend. McPhillips bested Pepperdine's Lorraine Guillermo to win the National Collegiate Tennis Classic, with Brady ousting Giuliana Olmos to claim victory at the Freeman Memorial Championships. UCLA hosts its first dual match of the season against Marshall on Saturday as part of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend.

The women's Top 10 saw significant shakeup in just the second rankings release of the spring season. Duke slipped from number two to four after a close 4-3 win over William & Mary. Florida and North Carolina each bumped up one spot into the number two and three rankings, respectively. Number five Georgia lost 4-3 on the road to 15th-ranked Baylor, causing Georgia to slip to number 10 while Baylor climbed six spots to number nine. Virginia slides up a spot into the number five spot in the wake of Georgia's loss, and number 11 Texas A&M was nudged out of the Top 10 by Baylor and Georgia.

For the men, USC is followed by (in order): Oklahoma, Virginia, UCLA, Ohio State, Baylor, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Texas A&M. On the women's side, UCLA is followed by Florida, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia, California, Alabama, Stanford, Baylor and Georgia.

How the men's and women's Top 25 team rankings are divided up by conference:

►Men's Top 25: SEC – 7; ACC – 6; Big 12 – 4; Pac-12 – 3; Big Ten & AAC – 2; Ivy League – 1
Women's Top 25: ACC – 7; SEC – 7; Pac-12 – 4; Big 12 – 4; Big Ten – 2; C-USA – 1

This week, 16 schools have both their men's and women's programs ranked inside the Top 25:

The ITA Kick-Off Weekend features 15 men's and 15 women's host sites with four teams at each site vying to advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. The 15 women's teams to win both matches during ITA Kick-Off Weekend will advance to the 2015 ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship, hosted by the University of Virginia at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, VA from February 6-9. The 15 men's teams to win both matches will advance to the 2015 ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship, hosted by the University of Illinois at Midtown Athletic Club in Chicago, Illinois on Feb. 13-16.  

Four new teams cracked the Top 75 this week. For the men, the University of Denver is ranked T-66, and Rice University is now ranked No. 75. On the women's side, the University of Hawai'i at Manoa moved into the rankings at T-54, while Dartmouth enters the rankings at No. 63.  

The Jan. 20 rankings mark the beginning of the weekly 2015 ITA Division I National Team Rankings (with the exception of the weeks during the ITA Division I National Team Indoor Championships). Singles and doubles rankings are published every other week starting Feb. 10. 

 

 


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