
Gators Check in at No. 5 in Latest ITA Poll
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 | Women's Tennis
SKILLMAN, N.J. – The competition is heating up in Division I women's tennis, and the Florida Gators enjoy their 10th-consecutive week in the Top 5 at the No. 5 spot in the latest ITA rankings.
The Gators have been ranked in the Top 5 since the first ranking of the season on Jan. 6.
All six primary singles players for the Gators remain ranked in individual action. For the first time this season, all three regular doubles teams for UF are ranked, as Spencer Liang and Belinda Woolcock earned their first career ranking as a tandem at No. 54.
After a mid-week stop at Texas A&M, the Gators return home to host No. 26 South Carolina on Saturday, March 28 at 1 p.m.
ITA Division I Women's Top 25: 1 – USC, 2 – UNC, 3 – California, 4 – UCLA, 5 – FLORIDA, 6 – Georgia, 7 – Baylor, 8 – Virginia, 9 – Alabama, 10 – Vanderbilt, 11 – Oklahoma State, 12 – Michigan, 13 – Stanford, 14 – Pepperdine, 15 – Texas A&M, 16 – Miami, 17 – Duke, 18 – Kentucky, 19 – Clemson, 20 – TCU, 21 – Ole Miss, 22 – Ohio State, 23 – Texas Tech, 24 – Arizona State, 25 – Wichita State
*SEC teams in italics
Gators in ITA Division I National Women's Rankings – SINGLES
Name | Year | Rank | Career-High Ranking |
Brooke Austin | Freshman | 5 | 5 |
Josie Kuhlman | Freshman | 7 | 3 |
Brianna Morgan | Junior | 24 | 11 |
Kourtney Keegan | Sophomore | 37 | 26 |
Belinda Woolcock | Sophomore | 41 | 26 |
Peggy Porter | Freshman | 112 | 40 |
Gators in ITA Division I National Women's Rankings – DOUBLES
Name | Rank | Career-High Ranking |
Austin/Keegan | 8 | 4 |
Porter/Kuhlman | 31 | 9 |
Liang/Woolcock | 54 | 54 |
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