by Bobby Knight | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog
The latest Oracle/ITA women’s singles and doubles rankings came out on Tuesday and I’ve got your full breakdown down below. Ohio State sophomore Francesca Di Lorenzo remains at the top spot in the singles rankings while North Carolina senior Hayley Carter and UCLA freshman Ena Shibahara swapped spots at No. 2 and No. 3 with Carter at No. 2. North Carolina freshman Sara Daavettila and Vanderbilt junior Astra Sharma remain at No. 4 to No. 5. There is a new doubles No. 1 with North Carolina’s Hayley Carter and Jessie Aney rising two spots from No. 3 to No. 1 while Michigan’s Kate Fahey and Alex Najarian...
by Bobby Knight | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
As I mentioned yesterday in my men’s recap this set of rankings is the first set of computerized team rankings after having a ranking committee make all the selections up until now. The computer ranks teams based off their four best wins with all losses also included in the equation. The teams that racked up a lot of wins with very few losses were rewarded while the ones that haven’t played much were penalized. If you team is lower than expected be patient; if your team is higher than expected don’t become overly confident. With each passing week more best wins are added to the equation so as that number increases the rankings...
by Bobby Knight | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog
The first official women’s team rankings were released late Wednesday afternoon with Florida coming in at No. 1 after finishing last year at No. 3. The Gators return five of six singles starters from a squad that won the SEC last year before stumbling in the NCAA Round of 16 to eventual champion Stanford. Speaking of Stanford they come in at No. 4 with four singles starters returning after the depatures of Carol Zhao (turned pro after junior year) and Krista Hardebeck (graduated). North Carolina checks in at No. 2 despite losing half of their starting lineup however the Tar Heels did add highly touted freshmen Sara Daavettila, Alexa Graham, and Makenna...
by Bobby Knight | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog
Yesterday I gave you the men’s preseason rankings and today here are the women’s preseason individual rankings. These preseason rankings are simply last year’s final rankings with all the graduating seniors removed along with those that turned pro or are taking the fall off to play pro events. There are no freshmen included in these initial singles rankings although there is a list of the top 10 newcomers. North Carolina’s Hayley Carter, who finished last year ranked No. 2, is the top ranked singles player followed by Pepperdine sophomore Luisa Stefani, Ohio State sophomore Francesca Di Lorenzo, Georgia junior Ellen Perez, and...
by Bobby Knight | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog
The final singles rankings were released on Wednesday with NCAA singles champion Danielle Collins finishing the year at No. 1.Cal, Florida, and Ohio State each had five ranked singles players while NCAA Champion Stanford was one of six teams that had four ranked players. There were ten teams that had three ranked players including national runner-up Oklahoma State.There were more juniors ranked in the top 125 than any other class. It was interesting to see 22 freshmen in the top 125 while the guys only had 13 freshmen ranked.I’ll do a comparison of the ITA rankings versus Universal Tennis Ratings in the coming days.Teams with at least 4 ranked...
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