Josie Kuhlman and the Gators are ranked No. 3 in the preseason national team rankings.
Gators No. 3 in Preseason Rankings
Wednesday, January 3, 2018 | Women's Tennis
Stanford and Vanderbilt sit above Florida in the preseason national team ranking.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 2017 NCAA Champion Florida opens the 2017-18 season ranked No. 3 in the Oracle/ITA Division I Preseason Rankings that was released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) on Wednesday.
Seniors Anna Danilina and Josie Kuhlman are the Gators' top two returners from last year's national championship squad that featured three graduating seniors in Belinda Woolcock, Kourtney Keegan and Spencer Liang, as well as freshman Ingrid Neel, who turned pro following the season.
Florida's first action of the 2018 spring season is an individual event, January 12-15, when a number of players will compete in the UNLV Invitational in Las Vegas.
Focus then turns squarely on dual match competition, which gets underway at home on January 27, when Florida plays host to the two-day ITA Kick-Off Weekend. Louisiana-Monroe, Marshall and Cal State Fullerton travel to Gainesville to compete for the right to advance to the ITA Division I National Women's Team Indoor Championship, hosted by Wisconsin, Feb. 9-12.
Oracle/ITA Division I Rankings
Women's Preseason National Team
Administered by the ITA
January 3, 2018
Rank Team Final Rank 2017
1 Stanford 2
2 Vanderbilt 4
3 Florida 1
4 Georgia 6
5 North Carolina 5
6 Pepperdine 8
7 Georgia Tech 9
8 Texas Tech 7
9 Duke 12
10 Michigan 11
11 California 13
12 Texas 22
13 Ohio State 3
14 Auburn 14
15 South Carolina 15
16 Oklahoma State 10
17 UCLA 23
18 Arkansas 19
19 Miami (FL.) 25
20 Baylor 17
21 Kentucky 18
22 LSU 21
23 Ole Miss 32
24 Arizona State 34
25 TCU 28
Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee, North Carolina State, Florida State, Mississippi State, Southern California, Northwestern, Texas A&M
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Seniors Anna Danilina and Josie Kuhlman are the Gators' top two returners from last year's national championship squad that featured three graduating seniors in Belinda Woolcock, Kourtney Keegan and Spencer Liang, as well as freshman Ingrid Neel, who turned pro following the season.
Florida's first action of the 2018 spring season is an individual event, January 12-15, when a number of players will compete in the UNLV Invitational in Las Vegas.
Focus then turns squarely on dual match competition, which gets underway at home on January 27, when Florida plays host to the two-day ITA Kick-Off Weekend. Louisiana-Monroe, Marshall and Cal State Fullerton travel to Gainesville to compete for the right to advance to the ITA Division I National Women's Team Indoor Championship, hosted by Wisconsin, Feb. 9-12.
Oracle/ITA Division I Rankings
Women's Preseason National Team
Administered by the ITA
January 3, 2018
Rank Team Final Rank 2017
1 Stanford 2
2 Vanderbilt 4
3 Florida 1
4 Georgia 6
5 North Carolina 5
6 Pepperdine 8
7 Georgia Tech 9
8 Texas Tech 7
9 Duke 12
10 Michigan 11
11 California 13
12 Texas 22
13 Ohio State 3
14 Auburn 14
15 South Carolina 15
16 Oklahoma State 10
17 UCLA 23
18 Arkansas 19
19 Miami (FL.) 25
20 Baylor 17
21 Kentucky 18
22 LSU 21
23 Ole Miss 32
24 Arizona State 34
25 TCU 28
Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee, North Carolina State, Florida State, Mississippi State, Southern California, Northwestern, Texas A&M
Gator Pronunciations
- Anna Danilina: ON-nah don-uh-LEE-nah
- Josie Kuhlman: COOL-mun
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