Bob Larson's Tennis News | Florida Joins Virginia atop First Computerized Campbell/ITA Team Rankings

Florida Joins Virginia atop First Computerized Campbell/ITA Team Rankings
Barte, Johnson top spots in singles; Florida, Tennessee top doubles

SKILLMAN, N.J. - This is the point in the season when the Campbell/ITA Rankings switch from a poll to a computer point-per-match formula, which causes several changes throughout the rankings. The most notable change was the Florida women joining the Virginia men at No. 1, just one week after falling 4-2 to top-ranked Stanford.

The Gators can thank the strength of the ACC (that's right, the ACC not the SEC) for the swap with Stanford as UF has posted five top-12 victories, all over ACC opponents, including three wins over top-5 competition. Stanford meanwhile has picked up more top 20 wins than Florida with six but only has two wins over teams ranked in the top 12.

Meanwhile, on the men's side, top-ranked Virginia continues to tighten its grip at the top, picking up wins against No. 2 Tennessee, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Illinois en route to capturing an unprecedented fourth straight ITA Men's National Team Indoor title. They have held the top spot now since the Campbell/ITA Preseason Rankings were released in the fall.

Follow the Leader: For the men, following Virginia is (in order): Tennessee, Ohio State, Illinois, Texas, UCLA, USC, Michigan, Duke and Stanford. On the women's side, Florida is followed by: Stanford, Duke, Michigan, North Carolina, California, Baylor, Virginia, Northwestern and Vanderbilt.

Conference Count: The number of men's and women's teams from each conference that appear in the Campbell/ITA Division I Top 25 Rankings are listed numerically. Men's Top 25: SEC - 6; Pac-10 - 5; Big Ten - 4; ACC and Big 12 - 3; Big East and WCC - 2. Women's Top 25: ACC - 7; Pac-10 and SEC - 5; Big 12 - 3; Big Ten - 2 and Big East, Colonial and WCC - 1.

Up A Set: A listing of all of the upsets from both men's and women's college tennis from the previous week. All results listed are from Monday, February 21st through Sunday, February 27th.

MEN

#20 California	def.	at #5 UCLA	5-2
#23 University of Michigan	def.	at #6 Duke University	4-3
#22 Auburn University	def.	at #17 Texas Tech University	4-3
#29 North Carolina	def.	at #25 Vanderbilt University	4-3
#39 University of Miami (Florida)	def.	at #28 Florida State University	4-3
#46 University of Arizona	def.	at #37 Boise State University	4-2
#41 University of Nebraska	def.	at #40 University of Wisconsin	5-2
at #65 UC Santa Barbara	def.	#43 University of Hawaii	5-2
at University of Utah	def.	#48 University of Denver	5-2
at #57 Brigham Young University	def.	#48 University of Denver	7-0
at #75 Virginia Commonwealth	def.	#55 North Carolina State	5-2
at UNLV	def.	#58 University of Arkansas	4-2
at SMU	def.	#71 Utah State University	7-0
at University of Texas at Arlington	def.	#71 Utah State University	5-2

WOMEN

at #18 Northwestern University	def.	#3 North Carolina	4-2
#20 Florida State University	def.	at #15 Georgia Tech	5-2
at #33 University of Texas	def.	#28 Arizona State University	4-3
#46 Saint Mary's College	def.	at #42 Boise State University	5-2
University of Texas at Arlington	def.	at #56 Wichita State University	4-3
Cal State Northridge	def.	at #62 San Diego State University	4-3
at Boston College	def.	#63 Purdue University	4-3
at #68 Harvard University	def.	#63 Purdue University	5-2
#75 College of William and Mary	def.	at #67 Boston University	6-1
#75 College of William and Mary	def.	at #68 Harvard University	4-3
at University of Wisconsin, Madison	def.	#69 Marquette	6-1
University of Louisiana at Monroe	def.	at #73 Mississippi State	6-1
at UNC Greensboro	def.	#74 Samford University	4-3

Twice as Nice: The Notre Dame men join the Pepperdine and Texas women as newcomers to the top 25 this week, propelling their respective teams to be included among the 16 institutions to that have both their men's and women's programs ranked inside this the Campbell/ITA Top 25 Rankings.

TEAM	MEN	WOMEN
California	14	6
Duke	9	3
Florida	11	1
Georgia	13	13
Georgia Tech	17	21
Michigan	8	4
Notre Dame	24	14
Pepperdine	15	25
Stanford	10	2
Tennessee	2	18
Texas	5	24
UCLA	6	17
USC	7	15
Vanderbilt	22	10
Virginia	1	9
Washington	23	20

Singled Out:

Rank	Player	School	Rank	Player	School
1	Steve Johnson	USC	1	Hilary Barte	Stanford
2	Alex Domijan	Virginia	2	Maria Sanchez	USC
3	Rhyne Williams	Tennessee	3	Kristy Frilling	Notre Dame
4	Blaz Rola	Ohio State	4	Jana Juricova	California
5	Eric Quigley	Kentucky	5	Denise Muresan	Michigan
6	Alexandre Lacroix	Florida	6	Denise Dy	Washington
7	Reid Carleton	Duke	7	Allie Will	Florida
8	Bradley Klahn	Stanford	8	Marta Lesniak	SMU
9	Dennis Nevolo	Illinois	9	Reka Zsilinszka	Duke
10	Michael Shabaz	Virginia	10	Bianca Eickhorn	Miami (FL)

Double Dose:

Rank	Player	Player	School	Rank	Player	Player	School
1	Boris Conkic	J.P. Smith	Tennessee	1	Sofie Oyen	Allie Will	Florida
2	Drew Courtney	Michael Shabaz	Virginia	2	Hilary Barte	Mallory Burdette	Stanford
3	Jeff Dadamo	Austin Krajicek	Texas A&M	3	Josipa Bek	Keri Wong	Clemson
4	Jean Anderson	Ed Corrie	Texas	4	Mari Andersson	Jana Juricova	California
5	Chris Thiemann	Marcel Thiemann	Mississippi	5	Shinann Featherston	Lauren McHale	UNC

Coming Up Next: The 2011 Campbell/ITA Team Rankings continue next Tuesday, March 8th, while the next singles and doubles rankings will be posted on Tuesday, March 15, and will continue to be published every other week for the rest of the season.

Campbell/ITA Rankings	2/22/11	Campbell/ITA Rankings	2/22/11
Division I Men's Top 25	Rank	Division I Women's Top 25	Rank
1. Virginia	1	1. Florida	2
2. Tennessee	2	2. Stanford	1
3. Ohio State	3	3. Duke	4
4. Illinois	7	4. Michigan	5
5. Texas	4	5. North Carolina	3
6. UCLA	5	6. California	6
7. USC	9	7. Baylor	7
8. Michigan	23	8. Virginia	9
9. Duke	6	9. Northwestern	18
10. Stanford	8	10. Vanderbilt	14
11. Florida	10	11. Clemson	12
12. Kentucky	13	12. Miami (FL)	8
13. Georgia	12	13. Georgia	10
14. California	20	14. Notre Dame	19
15. Pepperdine	21	15. USC	17
16. Minnesota	27	16. Arkansas	16
17. Georgia Tech	16	17. UCLA	11
18. Texas A&M	14	18. Tennessee	13
19. Texas Tech	17	19. Oklahoma	22
20. Louisville	15	20. Washington	21
21. Auburn	22	21. Georgia Tech	15
22. Vanderbilt	25	22. Florida State	20
23. Washington	19	23. VCU	23
24. Notre Dame	26	24. Texas	33
25. San Diego	42	25. Pepperdine	32