Women's Tennis Holds at No. 2 in Latest ITA Team Rankings, 12 Individual Rankings
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 | Women's Tennis
The University of Florida women's tennis team remained at the No. 2 position in this week's Campbell/ITA NCAA Division I Rankings, while six Gators appeared in the singles rankings and six different doubles teams earned a spot on the national chart.
Florida (25-1) has been either the No. 1 or No. 2-ranked team all 15 weeks this season, alternating with current-No. 1 Stanford.
Individually, all six members of the team in the current singles lineup earned a spot in this week's national chart, with Allie Will (Boca Raton, Fla.) at No. 8, Lauren Embree (Marco Island, Fla.) at No. 16, Joanna Mather (Duluth, Ga.) at No. 38, Olivia Janowicz (Palm Bay, Fla.) at No. 52, Alex Cercone (Seminole, Fla.) at No. 53 and Sofie Oyen (Leopoldsburg, Belgium) at No. 88.
In doubles the Gator pair of Cercone and Will jumped to a career-high No. 3, while the team of Oyen and Will is No. 8, Caroline Hitimana (Waterloo, Belgium) and Mather is No. 38, Embree and Oyen is No. 48, Embree and Mather is No. 64 and Cercone and Janowicz is No. 84.
Florida has concluded its regular season and next awaits word on its NCAA First Round opponent. The NCAA 64-team field will be announced on Tue., May 3 at 5 p.m. ET and will be webcast on NCAA.com. The Gators won the Southeastern Conference Tournament and secured the league's automatic berth. First round matches are scheduled to be played on 16 different campus sites (also announced during the selection show) on either Fri., May 13 or Sat., May 14, with the second round played the following day.
The rankings will be updated again on May 2 and then not again until the final release on May 30 following the NCAA Team, Singles and Doubles Championships.
Campbell/ITA Women's Team Rankings - April 26, 2011
| Rank | Avg | School | Last Week |
| 1 | 87.37 | Stanford | 1 |
| 2 | 83.46 | Florida | 2 |
| 3 | 72.82 | Duke | 3 |
| 4 | 67.70 | North Carolina | 5 |
| 5 | 66.21 | Miami (Florida) | 6 |
| 6 | 65.29 | UCLA | 4 |
| 7 | 63.61 | Baylor | 7 |
| 8 | 56.37 | California | 8 |
| 9 | 55.06 | Georgia | 9 |
| 10 | 51.47 | Michigan | 10 |
| 11 | 49.10 | Florida State | 18 |
| 12 | 47.61 | Virginia | 11 |
| 13 | 47.16 | Tennessee | 14 |
| 14 | 46.60 | Arizona State | 12 |
| 15 | 44.70 | Clemson | 13 |
| 16 | 44.42 | Georgia Tech | 16 |
| 17 | 44.26 | Southern California | 15 |
| 18 | 41.95 | Vanderbilt | 19 |
| 19 | 41.22 | Northwestern | 17 |
| 20 | 37.98 | Tulsa | 22 |
| 21 | 37.48 | Arkansas | 21 |
| 22 | 36.94 | Oklahoma | 20 |
| 23 | 35.23 | Notre Dame | 24 |
| 24 | 34.33 | Alabama | 23 |
| 25 | 32.95 | Texas | 25 |
