College Tennis

SKILLMAN, N.J. -- The UCLA women and USC men remain in the top spots of this week's Campbell/ITA College Tennis Team Rankings. Each team only played one match last week, picking up a top-five win. The Bruins survived a thrilling 4-3 match against the USC Women of Troy, as freshman Chanelle Van Nguyen defeated Gabriella DeSimone, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, in the deciding match to keep UCLA undefeated. Meanwhile, USC's men's team handled the UCLA Bruins, 6-1, to improve to 14-0 on the season.

 

Follow the Leader: For the men, following USC is (in order): Ohio State, Virginia, UCLA, Duke, Georgia, Kentucky, California, Florida and Stanford. On the women's side, UCLA is followed by: Florida, Duke, USC, Stanford, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and California.

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 - 7; Pac-12 - 5; Big Ten - 4; ACC and Big 12 - 3; Conference USA, WAC and WCC - 1. The Pac-12 leads the way in terms of teams in the top 10 with an impressive four. Women's Top 25: SEC and Pac-12 - 6; ACC - 5; Big 12 - 4; Big Ten - 2; Big East and Ivy League - 1. The Pac-12 has also placed four women's teams in the top 10, more than any other conference.

  

Double Dip: A total of 14 schools have placed both their men's and women's teams in this week's Campbell/ITA Rankings top 25. California, Duke, Florida, Georgia, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Virginia find both their men's and women's teams in the top 10 this week.

 

 

Coming Up Next: The 2012 Campbell/ITA Team Rankings continue next Tuesday, March 13, while the next singles and doubles rankings will also be posted on Tuesday, March 13, and will continue to be published every other week through the month of March. Beginning April 10, singles and doubles rankings will be published every week.

  

 

Campbell/ITA College Tennis rankings can be found at www.itatennis.com.