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1/4 Oracle/ITA Women’s Rankings Released

by | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog

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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 Jones with those three ranked No. 3, 44, and 45 in the singles rankings. Pepperdine is ranked No. 3 with the Waves starting four returning plus they added freshman Ashley Lahey and Fresno State transfer Mayar Sherif Ahmed who are ranked No. 21 and 22 respectively.  

If comparing these to last season’s final rankings the biggest risers were Pepperdine (+6) and Georgia Tech (+5) while Virginia (-10) and Cal (-6) dropped the most. 

 

Rank School Final ’16 Rank
1 Florida 3
2 North Carolina 4
3 Pepperdine 9
4 Stanford 1
5 Oklahoma State 8
6 Georgia 7
7 Ohio State 6
8 California 2
9 Vanderbilt 5
10 Duke 14
11 Georgia Tech 16
12 Miami 10
13 Texas Tech 15
14 Michigan 11
15 Auburn 12
16 South Carolina 17
17 Texas 20
18 USC 21
19 LSU 18
20 Kentucky 24
21 Texas A&M 19
22 Arizona State 22
23 Virginia 13
24 Mississippi State 23
25 UCLA 25

Others Receiving Votes: (Northwestern , Mississippi , Kansas , Wake Forest)

 

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Ohio State sophomore Francesca Di Lorenzo moves up to No. 1 after dominating the fall with titles at the All Americans and National Indoor Intercollegiates while Vanderbilt junior Astra Sharma moves up from No. 19 to No. 2 after making the semifinals at the AAs and NIICs. The No. 3 and No. 4 spots are occupied by freshmen with North Carolina’s Sara Daavettila at No. 3 and UCLA’s Ena Shibahara at No. 4.

Georgia’s Ellen Perez (pro events) and Florida’s Brooke Austin (injury) weren’t ranked due to them not playing any fall collegiate events. 

The table below has the top 125 broken down by school, conference, class, and by Universal Tennis Rating.

Top 125 by class
47 – Senior
33 – Junior
24 – Sophomore
22 – Freshmen
 
Top UTRs
12.56 – Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State)
12.24 – Ena Shibahara (UCLA)
12.05 – Luisa Stefani (Pepperdine), Ashley Lahey (Pepperdine)
12.04 – Sara Daavettila (North Carolina)
12.02 – Meible Chi (Duke)
 
Teams with the multiple ranked players in the top 125
6 – South Carolina
5 – Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma State
4 – Michigan, Ohio State
3 – Duke, Georgia, Miami FL, Pepperdine, USC, Vanderbilt
2 – Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, Baylor, Cal, Clemson, Dartmouth, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Marshall, Nevada, Rice, Stanford, Syracuse, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UNC Wilmington, Virginia, Wake Forest

 

Singles Rankings (click to view in separate window)

  
 
 
Kentucky’s Aldila Sutjiadi and Mami Adachi remain at No. 1 in the doubles rankings after winning the National Indoor Intercollegiates. North Carolina’s Hayley Carter and Jessie Aney are No. 2 after winning the All-Americans while Pepperdine’s Christine Maddox and Mayar Sherif Ahmed are No. 3 after making the quarterfinals at the AAs and NIICs while also winning the ITA Southwest Regional. 
 
Doubles Rankings (click to view in separate window)
 
 
Here was the ITA’s release which had some good facts.