March 29, 2000
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Stanford men's tennis team remained at No. 3 for the second straight week in the WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis Rankings administered and released today by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).
Stanford (13-0 overall, 3-0 Pac-10) has 43.17 ranking points, which is just behind No. 1 UCLA (14-2, 45.78) and No. 2 Florida (15-2, 44.22). The Cardinal joins fourth-ranked Pepperdine (17-0) as the only two undefeated teams in Division I men's tennis. Stanford is in the midst of a nine-match, 22-day homestand. The Cardinal is currently 4-0 in the stretch, with home matches still remaining against #48 Arizona (Mar. 31), #56 Arizona State (Apr. 1), #1 UCLA (Apr. 7), #19 USC (Apr. 8) and unranked Utah (Apr. 12).
In the ITA Singles Rankings released Wednesday, Stanford has two players in the top 10 and three in the top 100. Junior Alex Kim (Potomac, MD/Winston Churchill HS), who has won eight straight and 11 of his last 12, dropped one spot to No. 3 after spending three ranking periods at No. 2. Kim is 28-3 this season, including a 12-1 record in dual matches. Senior Geoff Abrams (Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor HS), who has also won eight in a row, jumped six spots to land back in the top 10 at No. 9. Abrams (28-6, 11-2), who owns an impressive career singles record of 135-28 (.828), has recorded 25 of his 28 wins in straight sets. Joining Abrams and Kim in the top 100 is junior Scotty Scott (Belvedere, CA/Pinewood HS), who dropped 20 spots to No. 97. Scott is 11-4 overall this season and 9-3 in duals.
In the doubles rankings, Kim and Abrams (26-3 overall, 11-1 duals) continued their domination of the No. 1 spot. The duo, which has won titles at the All-American Championships and National Collegiate Tennis Classic this season, has been ranked No. 1 since December. In the last eight days alone, Abrams and Kim have recorded four victories over ITA Top 30 teams.This ninth weekly ranking of the season is the third ranking where the ITA's point-per-match computer formula was used. For this ranking period (and the remaining seven), a team's average (and ranking) is determined by figuring in its best wins and all losses. The WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis Rankings are released every Wednesday and include the Top 75 men's and women's teams in the nation. Singles and doubles rankings are released on a bi-weekly basis.
MEN'S TENNIS (March 29, does not include matches of 3/27 or 3/28)
WingspanBank.com Division I Top 25 rankings:
W-L Avg. LW
1. UCLA 14-2 45.78 1
2. Florida 15-2 44.22 2
3. Stanford 12-0 43.17 3
4. Pepperdine 17-0 43.10 4
5. Duke 11-4 42.15 5
6. Illinois 11-3 38.13 6
7. Baylor 13-3 36.48 8
8. SMU 16-3 28.67 7
9. LSU 13-2 25.00 12
10. Texas 14-2 24.68 9
11. Texas A&M 7-5 23.89 13
12. Tennessee 12-4 22.65 11
13. Fresno State 19-3 21.51 14
14. Mississippi 11-3 20.00 10
15. TCU 11-3 19.84 16
16. Va. Commonwealth 16-3 17.12 15
17. UAB 14-4 16.49 --
18. Miami (Fla.) 13-3 16.27 20
19. Southern California 12-5 15.71 19
20. Michigan 7-2 15.56 18
21. Boise State 19-5 15.00 25
22. Washington 11-5 14.25 --
23. Minnesota 14-4 13.69 17
24. Mississippi State 6-4 13.05 21
25. North Carolina 10-2 12.77 --
Men's Singles - Top 101. Daniel Andersson, Virginia Commonwealth, 33.33 average, 2. Shuon Madden, Texas A&M, 27.02, 3. Alex Kim, Stanford, 25.32, 4. Brian Vahaly, Virginia, 23.83, 5. Jeff Morrison, Florida, 23.82, 6. Eduardo Gordilho, Louisiana-Lafayette, 22.00, 7. Marco Baron, Mississippi State, 21.15, 8. Esteban Carril, TCU, 23.15, 9. Geoff Abrams, Stanford, 20.25, 10. Cary Franklin, Illinois, 19.76.