Altamirano injured, Donaldson surgery, college rankings

Sacramento's Collin Altamirano, playing in the
$100,000 Fairfield (Calif.) Challenger last October,
retired from his second-round match in the $54,160
Savannah (Ga.) Challenger with a twisted ankle.
Photo by Paul Bauman 

   Collin Altamirano was heading toward his fourth career Challenger quarterfinal.
   Then misfortune struck.
   The Sacramento native and resident twisted his left ankle and retired after losing the first set to Aleksandar Vukic of Australia 7-6 (3) today on green clay in the $54,160 Savannah (Ga.) Challenger.
   Altamirano led 5-2 with two service breaks, but Vukic fought back to 4-5 in the first meeting between the 23-year-old, 6-foot-2 (1.88-meter) right-handers. With Altamirano serving for the set at deuce, he hurt his ankle running up to retrieve a sharply angled inside-out forehand.
   Altamirano hopped on his right leg to his chair and took the first of three medical timeouts. On the next point, he slugged an inside-out forehand wide for 5-5.
   Both players then held serve, despite Altamirano delivering at half-speed, to send the set to a tiebreaker, in which Vukic won the last four points.
   Altamirano broke through in the $75,000 Winnetka (Ill.) Challenger last July, reaching the semifinals as a qualifier. He advanced to the quarters in his next tournament, retiring at 2-3 in the third set against Joris De Loore of Belgium in the $75,000 Lexington (Ky.) Challenger, and in the $162,480 Newport Beach (Calif.) Challenger in January.
   Donaldson surgery -- Jared Donaldson, the runner-up in the 2015 Sacramento Challenger, underwent right knee surgery at Stanford University Medical Center on Tuesday.
   Donaldson, 22, reached the third round of the 2016 U.S. Open as a qualifier, stunning then-No. 14 David Goffin of Belgium in the first round, and attained a career-high ranking of No. 48 in March 2018.

   INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California; previous ranking in parentheses)

Women's team

1. North Carolina (1)
2. Georgia (2)
3. Stanford (5)
4. South Carolina (3)
5. Duke (4)
6. Pepperdine (6)
7. UCLA (9)
8. Vanderbilt (7)
9. Texas (8)
10. Washington (11)
17. Cal (16)

Women's singles

1. Estela Perez-Somarriba, Miami (2)
2. Katarina Jokic, Georgia (1)
3. Kate Fahey, Michigan (3)
4. Ingid Gamarra Martins, South Carolina (4)
5. Makenna Jones, North Carolina (5)
6. Fernanda Contreras, Vanderbilt (6)
7. Alex Graham, North Carolina (7)
8. Sophie Whittle, Gonzaga (10)
9. Kenya Jones, Georgia Tech (8)
10. Anna Rogers, North Carolina State (9)
17. Paige Cline (Kentfield), South Carolina (16)
22. Felicity Maltby (Sunnyvale), Texas Tech (23)
24. Michaela Gordon (Saratoga), Stanford (24)
29. Melissa Lord, Stanford (32)
41. Julia Rosenqvist, Cal (41)
44. Emily Arbuthnott, Stanford (46)
48. Olivia Hauger, Cal (47)
66. Caroline Lampl, Stanford (68)
79. Anna Bright, Cal (74)
107. Emma Higuchi, Stanford (88)
108. Janice Shin, Stanford (106)
111. Mariiya Kozyreva, Saint Mary's (113)
116. Maddie Pothoff, Santa Clara (120)
119. Sara Choy (Palo Alto), Stanford (119)

Women's doubles

1. Angela Kulikov and Rianna Valdes, USC (2)
2. Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham, North Carolina (5)
3. Mia Horvit and Ingrid Gamarra Martins, South Carolina (7)
4. Lauryn John-Baptiste and Ilze Hattingh, Arizona State (1)
5. Gabby Andrews and Ayan Broomfield, UCLA (4)
6. Janet Koch and Nina Khmelnitckaia, Kansas (3)
7. Alana Smith and Anna Rogers, North Carolina State (8)
8. Ashley Lahey and Evgeniya Levashova, Pepperdine (6)
9. Kaitlin Staines and Sadie Hammond, Tennessee (9)
10. Fernanda Navarro and Marie Leduc, Clemson (10)
19. Kimberly Yee and Caroline Lampl, Stanford (14)
20. Hana Mraz and Julia Rosenqvist, Cal (17)
29. Emily Arbuthnott and Michaela Gordon (Saratoga), Stanford (22)
32. Hind Abdelouahid and Mariiya Kozyreva, Saint Mary's (28)
45. Kimberly Yee and Niluka Madurawe (Sunnyvale), Stanford (43)
54. Anna Bright and Jasie Dunk, Cal (40)
57. Melissa Lord and Niluka Madurawe (Sunnyvale), Stanford (51)
59. Abi Altick and Alaina Miller (Saratoga), UCLA (48)
62. Katerina Stloukalova and Hana Mraz, Cal (63)
88. Olivia Hauger and Katerina Stloukalova, Cal (88)

Men's team

1. Ohio State (1)
2. Texas (2)
3. Wake Forest (3)
4. Florida (4)
5. Virginia (5)
6. Baylor (6)
7. Mississippi State (7)
8. USC (8)
9. Texas Christian (9)
10. North Carolina (10)
12. Stanford (14)
24. Cal (33)

Men's singles

1. Nuno Borges, Mississippi State (2)
2. JJ Wolf, Ohio State (1)
3. Carl Soderlund, Virginia (3)
4. Alex Rybakov, Texas Christian (5)
5. Paul Jubb, South Carolina (4)
6. Brandon Holt, USC (10)
7. Christian Sigsgaard, Texas (8)
8. Petros Chrysochos, Wake Forest (6)
9. Oliver Crawford, Florida (7)
10. Aleksandar Kovacevic, Illinois (9)
13. Axel Geller, Stanford (12)
37. Victor Pham (Saratoga), Columbia (33)
54. Sam Riffice (Roseville), Florida (63)
63. Alexandre Rotsaert, Stanford (55)
88. Cameron Klinger (San Jose), Vanderbilt (87)
91. William Genesen, Stanford (NR)

Men's doubles

1. Sven Lah and Jimmy Bendeck, Baylor (1)
2. Maxime Cressy and Keegan Smith, UCLA (4)
3. Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic, Mississippi State (3)
4. Henry Patten and Oli Nolan, North Carolina-Ashville (2)
5. Christian Sigsgaard and Harrison Scott, Texas (5)
6. Timo Stodder and Preston Touliatos, Tennessee (6)
7. Cameron Klinger (San Jose) and Billy Rowe, Vanderbilt (8)
8. Juan Carlos Aguilar and Barnaby Smith, Texas A&M (7)
9. Parker Wynn and Bjorn Thomson, Texas Tech (10)
10. Brandon Holt and Riley Smith USC (11)
21. Axel Geller and Alexandre Rotsaert, Stanford (21)
28. Yuta Kikuchi and Jacob Brumm, Cal (31)
69T. Sam Riffice (Roseville) and Andy Andrade, Florida (60)
75. Logan Weber and Andy Zhou (Palo Alto), Harvard (61)
83. David Goulak and Ivan Thamma, UC Davis (70)

Stanford's Geller rises to No. 8; Gibbs falls in qualies

Stanford's Axel Geller, playing in the $100,000 Fairfield (Calif.)
Challenger last October, improved five spots to No. 8 in the Inter-
collegiate Tennis Association rankings. Photo by Paul Bauman

   Despite not beating a ranked player, Stanford's Axel Geller jumped five spots to No. 8 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released today.
   Since the last singles rankings on Feb. 20, the sophomore from Argentina sat out of singles in Stanford's 4-0 victory over UC Davis on Feb. 22 and crushed Cal's Jacob Brumm 6-1, 6-0 on Court 1 in the Cardinal's 4-2 win over Cal on Feb. 24. Both dual matches were at Stanford.
   Geller ended 2017 as the No. 1 junior in the world.
   The Cardinal (9-2) remained No. 7, and Cal (2-5), previously No. 40, dropped out of the 50-team rankings.
   In the women's team rankings, Stanford (6-1) stayed No. 4, and Cal (5-3) fell four notches to No. 20.
   BNP Paribas Open -- No. 10 seed Zarina Diyas, a Kazakh who reached a career-high No. 31 in 2015, defeated Nicole Gibbs (Stanford, 2011-13) 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the second (final) round of qualifying in Indian Wells.
   Gibbs, who turned 26 on Sunday, has not won a main-draw match in Indian Wells since reaching the fourth round as a qualifier in 2016.

INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION RANKINGS

(Top 10 plus Northern California; previous ranking in parentheses)

Men's team

1. Ohio State (1)
2. Wake Forest (2)
3. Texas (3)
4. Virginia (4)
5. Baylor (7)
6. North Carolina (6)
7. Stanford (5)
8. Columbia (9)
9. Florida (10)
10. Mississippi State (8)

Men's singles

1. JJ Wolf, Ohio State (1)
2. Petros Chrysochos, Wake Forest (2)
3. Nuno Borges, Mississippi State (3)
4. Christian Sigsgaard, Texas (8)
5. Thomas Laurent, Oregon (7)
6. Daniel Cukierman, USC (11)
7. Alex Rybakov, TCU (6)
8. Axel Geller, Stanford (13)
9. Yuya Ito, Texas (12)
10. Jan Zielinski, Georgia (5)
31. Victor Pham (Saratoga), Columbia (65)
32. Alexandre Rotsaert, Stanford (39)
35. Sameer Kumar, Stanford (31)
48. Sam Riffice (Roseville), Florida (46)
56. William Genesen, Stanford (60)
105. Zdenek Derkas, Fresno State (NR)

Men's doubles

1. Henry Patten and Oli Nolan, UNC Ashville (1)
2. Sven Lah and Jimmy Bendeck, Baylor (2)
3. Niclas Braun and Giovanni Oradini, Mississippi State (6)
4. Constant De La Bassetiere and Gabriel Nemeth, Penn State (7)
5. Fabian Fallert and Finn Reynolds, Mississippi (4)
6. Parker Wynn and Bjorn Thomson, Texas Tech (8)
7. Nuno Borges and Strahinja Rakic, Mississippi State (11)
8. Kyle Seelig and Alex Kobelt, Ohio State (3)
9. Johannes Ingildsen and Brian Berdusco, Florida (14)
10. Jack Lin and William Matheson, Columbia (5)
11. Yuta Kikuchi and Jacob Brumm, Cal (13)
27. Sam Riffice (Roseville) and Andy Andrade, Florida (16)
33. Paul Barretto (Tiburon) and Can Kaya, Cal (31)
70. Axel Geller and Alexandre Rotsaert, Stanford (NR)

Women's team

1. North Carolina (1)
2. Georgia (2)
3. Duke (3)
4. Stanford (4)
5. Vanderbilt (6)
6. UCLA (5)
7. Washington (22)
8. Oklahoma State (8)
9. South Carolina (10)
10. Ohio State (14)
20. Cal (16)

Women's singles

1. Katarina Jokic, Georgia (1)
2. Estela Perez-Somarriba, Miami (Fla.) (7)
3. Fernanda Contreras, Vanderbilt 3)
4. Kate Fahey, Michigan (8)
5. Makenna Jones, North Carolina (2)
6. Alexa Graham, North Carolina (5)
7. Sophie Whittle, Gonzaga (4)
8. Christina Rosca, Vanderbilt (9)
9. Ingrid Gamarra Martins, South Carolina (10)
10. Elysia Bolton, UCLA (11)
17. Emily Arbuthnott, Stanford (19)
22. Michaela Gordon, Stanford (16)
24. Olivia Hauger, Cal (20)
25. Julia Rosenqvist, Cal (45)
41. Melissa Lord, Stanford (49)
49. Paige Cline (Kentfield), South Carolina (38)
51. Caroline Lampl, Stanford (59)
55. Janice Shin, Stanford (58)
63. Emma Higuchi, Stanford (63)
74. Anna Bright, Cal (69)
94. Sara Choy (Palo Alto), Stanford (76)
106. Niluka Madurawe (Sunnyvale), Stanford (78)
107. Mariia Kozyreva, Saint Mary's (93)
115. Katerina Stloukalova, Cal (NR)

Women's doubles

1. Ashley Lahey and Evgeniya Levashova, Pepperdine (5)
2. Janet Koch and Nina Khmelnitckaia, Kansas (3)
3. Jessica Golovin and Eden Richardson, LSU (11)
4. Fernanda Navarro and Marie Leduc, Clemson (1)
5. Cameron Morra and Makenna Jones, North Carolina (4)
6. Lauryn John-Baptiste and Ilze Hattingh, Arizona State (6)
7. Mia Horvit and Ingrid Gamarra Martins, South Carolina (2)
8. Kaitlin Staines and Sadie Hammond, Tennessee (9)
9. Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham, North Carolina (16)
10. Gabby Andrews and Ayan Broomfield, UCLA (8)
11. Kimberly Yee and Caroline Lampl, Stanford (12)
20. Emily Arbuthnott and Michaela Gordon, Stanford (15)
23. Anna Bright and Jasie Dunk, Cal (23)
26. Hana Mraz and Julia Rosenqvist, Cal (28)
27. Kimberly Yee and Niluka Madurawe (Sunnyvale), Stanford (29)
36. Melissa Lord and Niluka Madurawe (Sunnyvale), Stanford (40)
48. Abi Altick and Alaina Miller (Saratoga), UCLA (38)
50. Katerina Stloukalova and Hana Mraz, Cal (NR)

Altamirano ousts top seed; his Cavaliers ranked No. 1

Collin Altamirano played in an exhibition in
Antelope, near Sacramento, in early October.
Photo by Paul Bauman

   Qualifier Collin Altamirano of Sacramento stunned No. 1 seed Tommy Paul of Boca Raton, Fla., 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 on Wednesday in the first round of the $25,000 Los Angeles Futures at USC.
   Paul, the 2015 French Open boys champion, is ranked No. 282 at 19 years old. He turned pro out of high school.
   Altamirano, a Virginia junior, has helped the Cavaliers win the past two NCAA team titles. He is scheduled to play qualifier Karue Sell of Brazil today, but rain is forecast.
   Sell, a former UCLA standout, dispatched yet another qualifier, Timur Khabibulin of Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-2.
   If Altamirano beats Sell, he will play a Virginia teammate, either freshman Carl Soderlund of Sweden or senior Thai-Son Kwiatkowski of Charlotte, N.C., in the quarterfinals. Soderlund is seeded eighth.
   No. 5 seed Mackenzie McDonald, who grew up in Piedmont in the San Francisco Bay Area, defeated wild card Thibault Forget (pronounced For-ZHAY), a USC junior from France, 6-3, 6-2.
   Forget's father, Guy (pronounced Ghee), reached No. 4 in the world in singles in 1991 and No. 3 in doubles in 1986. He played on two Davis Cup championship teams for France and captained (coached) the team from 1999 to 2012.
   College rankings -- The Virginia men top the first rankings of the spring season. Cal is tied for fifth, and Stanford is 18th.
   Stanford's Tom Fawcett ranks eighth in singles. Cal's Florian Lakat and Andre Goransson are 12th and 15th, respectively. Cal's Filip Bergevi and Lakat are second in doubles.
   The defending champion Stanford women rank fourth, and Cal is eighth. The Bears' Karla Popovic is 17th in singles.

Florida women replace Cal at No. 1 in national rankings

Brooke Austin, a semifinalist in the $50,000 FSP Gold River
Women's Challenger in the Sacramento area last July as a wild
card, leads top-ranked Florida. Photo by Paul Bauman 

   The Florida women, who won the Southeastern Conference title on Sunday for their 16th consecutive victory, today replaced Cal as the top-ranked team in the country.

   The Gators (18-2), who had been No. 3, are led by third-ranked Brooke Austin. The sophomore from Indianapolis reached the semifinals of the $50,000 FSP Gold River Women's Challenger in the Sacramento area last July as a wild card.

   Cal (19-1), which had been No. 1 since March 11, dropped to No. 2. Bears junior Maegan Manasse won the singles title in last week's Pacific-12 Conference Championships in Ojai, Calif., to improve from No. 11 nationally to No. 7. The Pac-12 does not have a women's team tournament.
   Stanford rose one spot to No. 12. 

   The Virginia men (24-4), with sophomore Collin Altamirano of Sacramento, remained No. 1 despite losing to then-No. 7 Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship final on Sunday in Cary, N.C. The Cavaliers, who will defend their NCAA team title next month, had won nine straight ACC Championship titles.
   Altamirano (23-4), who won at No. 2 singles against Wake Forest, rose seven spots to No. 33.
   Cal jumped four places to No. 12 after reaching the Pac-12 men's team final in Ojai, and Stanford improved five notches to No. 27.
   UCLA's Mackenzie McDonald, a junior from Piedmont in the San Francisco Bay Area, soared from No. 10 to No. 5 after leading the Bruins over the Bears in the Pac-12 final.
   The brackets for the NCAA Men's and Women's Team Championships, which begin May 13 at campus sites, will be announced May 3.

Cal women remain No. 1 despite loss to Stanford

   The Cal women remained No. 1 in this week's college rankings despite suffering their first loss of the season.
   The Bears fell to archrival Stanford 4-3 on Saturday at Stanford to drop to 19-1 overall and 7-1 in the Pacific-12 Conference. The Cardinal (13-5, 8-1) rose from No. 17 to No. 13 with the upset.
   Stanford's Caroline Lampl won the clinching match against Cal, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 over 114th-ranked Olivia Hauger on Court 5 in a battle of freshmen. Lampl leads the Cardinal with five clinching wins this season.
   No. 87 Caroline Doyle, a junior from San Francisco, had saved five match points in a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) victory over No. 68 Lynn Chi, the 2014 NCAA runner-up, on Court 3 that gave Stanford a 3-2 lead.
   Stanford will meet USC on Wednesday in Ojai, Calif., for the Pac-12 title. The Pac-12 Championships also begin Wednesday in Ojai.
   The Virginia men (22-3, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), featuring sophomore Collin Altamirano of Sacramento, remained No. 1. The Cavaliers will defend their NCAA title next month in Tulsa, Okla.
   UCLA (20-2, 7-0), with junior Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont in the San Francisco Bay Area, improved two places to No. 2.
   Cal (15-5, 5-2) stayed at No. 16, and Stanford (13-9, 4-3) dropped three spots to No. 32.

Altamirano helps Virginia men regain No. 1 ranking

Collin Altamirano of Sacramento improved to 20-2 in singles
for top-ranked Virginia. 2014 photo by Paul Bauman 

   The Virginia men, with sophomore Collin Altamirano of Sacramento, Calif., returned to No. 1 in this week's college rankings.
   The Cavaliers (20-3, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), the defending NCAA champions, had been No. 3. They won 5-2 at then-No. 31 Georgia Tech on Friday and 7-0 at Clemson on Sunday to regain the top spot for the first time since March 15.
   North Carolina (22-4, 7-3 ACC) plunged from No. 1 to No. 5 after losing 5-2 at then-No. 55 Notre Dame on Friday.
   The Tar Heels defeated Virginia 4-2 to win the ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va., in February. The Cavaliers had won 140 consecutive dual matches against ACC opponents, the longest winning streak in conference history in any sport.
   Altamirano, the 2013 USTA boys 18 national champion, is ranked 39th in singles with a 20-2 record (1-1 at No. 1, 11-0 at No. 2 and 8-1 at No. 3) and unranked in doubles at 11-5 (1-1 at No. 2 and 10-4 at No. 3).
   In two years at Virginia, Altamirano is 40-5 in singles and 29-9 in doubles.
   The Cal women (19-0, 7-0 Pacific-12 Conference) remained No. 1 for the sixth straight week.
   This is the last week of the regular season. Conference tournaments are scheduled for next week, and the NCAA Tournament begins May 13.

COLLEGE RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California; previous ranking in parentheses)

Men's team

1. Virginia, with sophomore Collin Altamirano of Sacramento, Calif. (3)
2. Texas Christian (2)
3. Ohio State (5)
4. UCLA, with junior Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont, Calif. (4)
5. North Carolina (1)
6. Georgia (7)
7. Wake Forest, with sophomore Keivon Tabrizi of Fresno, Calif. (6)
8. Oklahoma (9)
9. USC, with freshman Jake DeVine of Los Altos Hills, Calif. (8)
10. Texas Tech (11)
16. Cal (19)
29. Stanford (42)
69. UC Davis (67)
71. Pacific (66)

Men's singles

1. Dominik Koepfer, Tulane (1)
2. Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State (2)
3. Roberto Cid, South Florida (5)
4. Aleks Vukic, Illinois (4)
5. Cameron Norrie, Texas Christian (3)
6. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia (6)
7. Christopher Eubanks, Georgia Tech (12)
8. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont, Calif.), UCLA (9)
9. Ryan Shane, Virginia (7)
10. Tom Fawcett, Stanford (8)
27. Andre Goransson, Cal (23)
30. Florian Lakat, Cal (30)
39. Collin Altamirano (Sacramento, Calif.), Virginia (38)
68. Billy Griffith (Fresno, Calif.), Cal (56)
72. David Wilczynski, Stanford (69)
97. Cameron Klinger (San Jose, Calif.), Vanderbilt (116)
103. Oskar Wikberg, Cal (76)
106. Jake DeVine (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), USC (105)

Men's doubles

1. Gordon Watson and Diego Hidalgo, Florida (3)
2. Brett Clark and Robert Kelly, North Carolina (1)
3. Luca Corinteli and Ryan Shane, Virginia (2)
4. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont, Calif.) and Martin Redlicki, UCLA (5)
5. Arjun Kadhe and Julian Cash, Oklahoma State (7)
6. Korey Lovett and Mazen Osama, Alabama (6)
7. Ben Wagland and Austin Smith, Georgia (4)
8. Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares, Texas Tech (8)
9. Jordan Daigle and Boris Arias, LSU (11)
10. Mac Styslinger and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia (9)
11. Filip Bergevi and Florian Lakat, Cal (14)
15. Cameron Klinger (San Jose, Calif.) and Rhys Johnson, Vanderbilt (16)
20. Shawn Hadavi and Richard Pham (Saratoga, Calif.), Columbia (21)
41. Maciek Romanowicz and Tom Fawcett, Stanford (39)
58. Maciek Romanowicz and Nolan Paige, Stanford (53)
90. Sem Verbeek and Jose Chamba, Pacific (83)

Women's team

1. Cal (1)
2. North Carolina (2)
3. Georgia (4)
4. Florida (6)
5. Ohio State (3)
6. Vanderbilt (5)
7. Miami (Fla.) (7)
8. Duke (8)
9. Michigan (11)
10. Pepperdine (9)
17. Stanford (19)
21. USC, with seniors Giuliana Olmos of Fremont, Calif., and Paige Keating of Menlo Park, Calif., and sophomore Meredith Xepoleas, a native of Sacramento, Calif. (24)
37. Fresno State (39)

Women's singles

1. Hayley Carter, North Carolina (1)
2. Danielle Collins, Virginia (3)
3. Francesca Di Lorenzo, Ohio State (4)
4. Ellen Perez, Georgia (6)
5. Luisa Stefani, Pepperdine (2)
6. Stephanie Wagner, Miami (Fla.) (5)
7. Brooke Austin, Florida (8)
8. Sinead Lohan, Miami (Fla.) (7)
9. Belinda Woolcock, Florida (9)
10. Maegan Manasse, Cal (10)
12. Klara Fabikova, Cal (12)
24. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont, Calif.), USC (22)
33. Taylor Davidson, Stanford (28)
52. Mayar Sherif Ahmed, Fresno State (52)
68. Lynn Chi, Cal (58)
73. Denise Starr, Cal (75)
84. Paige Cline (Kentfield, Calif.), South Carolina (none)
87. Caroline Doyle (San Francisco), Stanford (78)
102. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford (97)
112. Kassidy Jump (Granite Bay, Calif.), Arizona State (84)
114. Olivia Hauger, Cal (105)

Women's doubles

1. Whitney Kay and Hayley Carter, North Carolina (1)
2. Aldila Sutjiadi and Mami Adachi, Kentucky (2)
3. Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr, Cal (6)
4. Taylor Davidson and Caroline Doyle (San Francisco), Stanford (4)
5. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, Florida (7)
6. Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips, UCLA (5)
7. Anna Sanford and Miho Kowase, Ohio State (3)
8. Stephanie Wagner and Wendy Zhang, Miami (Fla.) (9)
9. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont, Calif.) and Gabby Smith, USC (8)
10. Blair Shankle and Kiah Generette, Baylor (12)
24. Mayar Sherif Ahmed and Rana Sherif Ahmed, Fresno State (21)
25. Hadley Berg (Greenbrae, Calif.) and Paige Cline (Kentfield, Calif.) (24)
62. Caroline Lampl and Krista Hardebeck, Stanford (49)
74. Sammi Hampton and Kassidy Jump (Granite Bay, Calif.) (65)
77. Gaelle Rey and Marie Klocker, San Jose State (86)

Cal women remain No. 1 in nation

   The Cal women, who were idle last week, remained No. 1 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released today.

   The Bears (6-0), led by fifth-ranked Klara Fabikova, will visit No. 11 USC (3-2) on Friday and No. 22 UCLA (5-1) on Saturday.
   The Stanford women (3-2), who improved one spot to No. 13, will host No. 28 Fresno State (5-3) on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
   Meanwhile, the Cal men jumped six places to No. 18 after stunning then-No. 2 Texas Christian in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 7. The Bears (4-1) will play at No. 22 Stanford (5-3) on Saturday at 1 p.m.
   North Carolina vaulted from No. 7 to No. 1 after upsetting Virginia, the reigning NCAA champion, on Monday to win the ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va.
   Virginia, with sophomore Collin Altamirano of Sacramento, slipped to No. 2.

COLLEGE RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California; previous ranking in parentheses)
Women's team

   1. Cal (1)
   2. North Carolina (2)
   3. Florida (3)

   4. Georgia (4)

   5. Ohio State (6)

   6. Vanderbilt (5)  

   7. Duke (7)

   8. Michigan (8)

   9. Virginia (9)

   10. Texas Tech (10)

   13. Stanford (14)

   28. Fresno State (28)

   44. Saint Mary's (T45)

Men's team

   1. North Carolina (7)
   2. Virginia, with sophomore Collin Altamirano of Sacramento (1)
   3. Texas Christian (2)
   4. UCLA, with junior Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont (9)
   5. Wake Forest, with sophomore Keivon Tabrizi of Fresno (10)
   6. Ohio State (8)
   8. Oklahoma
   9. USC, with freshman Jake DeVine of Los Altos Hills (6)
   10. Texas Tech (14)
   18. Cal (24)
   22. Stanford (18)
   58. UC Davis (57)
   68. Pacific (73)
   73. Fresno State (75)

Cal women rise to No. 1; Bears men stun No. 2 TCU

Cal's Klara Fabikova, playing in the 2012 Redding
Challenger, jumped five places to No. 5 in the
college rankings. Photo by Paul Bauman

   It was a big week for Cal and Stanford tennis.
   The Bears won the ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship in Madison, Wis., on Monday to vault from No. 6 to No. 1 in the country.
   Both the national title and top ranking were firsts for the Cal women, who had never won an NCAA or ITA team championship.
   Meanwhile, the No. 24 Cal men overcame a 2-0 deficit to stun No. 2 Texas Christian 4-2 on Sunday in Austin, Texas. J.T. Nishimura, a sophomore from San Jose, clinched the victory with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) win over Reese Stalder on Court 6.
   Cal (4-1) will improve significantly when the next men's team rankings are released on Wednesday.
   Stanford's Tom Fawcett (11-2) rose from No. 9 to No. 3 in men's singles. The 6-foot-6 (1.98-meter) sophomore from Winnetka, Ill., defeated then-No. 4 Cameron Norrie 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 18 Cardinal's 4-2 loss to Texas Christian on Saturday in Austin.
   Cal's Andre Goransson, a junior from Sweden, dropped one spot to No. 4.
   Cal's Klara Fabikova (19-4), a senior from the Czech Republic, jumped five places to No. 5 in women's singles. Juniors Maegan Manasse, from Redondo Beach in the Los Angeles area, and Denise Starr, from Brooklyn, N.Y., improved one notch to No. 2 in doubles.
   The Stanford women (2-2) tumbled from six places to No. 14, but juniors Taylor Davidson, from Statesville, N.C., and Caroline Doyle, from San Francisco, rose five spots to No. 5 in doubles.

COLLEGE RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California; previous ranking in parentheses)

Men's team

   1. Virginia (with sophomore Collin Altamirano of Sacramento)
   2. Texas Christian
   3. Texas A&M
   4. Baylor
   5. Oklahoma
   6. USC (with freshman Jake DeVine of Los Altos Hills)
   7. North Carolina
   8. Ohio State
   9. UCLA (with junior Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont)
   10. Wake Forest (with sophomore Keivon Tabrizi of Fresno)
   18. Stanford
   24. Cal
   57. UC Davis
   72. USF
   73. Pacific
   75. Fresno State

Men's singles

   1. Dominik Koepfer, Tulane (1)

   2. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia (2)
   3. Tom Fawcett, Stanford (9)
   4. Andre Goransson, Cal (3)
   5. Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State (7)
   6. Cameron Norrie, Texas Christian (4)
   7. Roberto Cid, South Florida (17)
   8. Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M (5)
   9. Christopher Eubanks, Georgia Tech (6)
   10. Jared Hiltzik, Illinois (21)
   32. Billy Griffith (Fresno), Cal (39)
   T34. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont), UCLA (NR)
   36. Florian Lakat, Cal (30) 
   55. Sem Verbeek, Pacific (NR)
   63. Oskar Wikberg, Cal (54)
   81. Alec Adamson, UC Davis (38)
   86. Filip Bergevi, Cal
   90. David Wilczynski, Stanford (57)
   104. Jake DeVine (Los Altos Hills), USC (83)
   106. Maciek Romanowicz, Stanford (89)
   108. Victor Pham (Saratoga), Columbia
   113. Sameer Kumar, Stanford (NR)
   116. J.T. Nishimura (San Jose), Cal (NR)
   119. Michael Genender, Stanfod (61)

Men's doubles

   1. Gordon Watson and Diego Hidalgo, Florida (3)
   2. Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares, Texas Tech (2)
   3. Brett Clark and Robert Kelly, North Carolina (1)
   4. Mac Styslinger and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia (5)
   5. Arjun Kadhe and Julian Cash, Oklahoma State (9)
   6. Alex Lawson and Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame (6)
   7. Dominik Koepfer and Chi-Shan Jao, Tulane (17)
   8. Jack Findel-Hawkins and Yannick Zuern, North Florida (4)
   9. Hayden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen, New Mexico (8)
   10. Matic Spec and Felix Corwin, Minnesota (20)
   12. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont) and Martin Redlicki, UCLA (NR)
   15. Shawn Hadavi and Richard Pham (Saratoga), Columbia (50)
   21. Maciek Romanowicz and Nolan Paige, Stanford (42)
   41. Sem Verbeek and Jose Chamba, Pacific (NR)
   46. Andre Goransson and Florian Lakat, Cal (59)

   59. Tom Fawcett and Sameer Kumar, Stanford (NR)

Women's team

   1. Cal (6)
   2. North Carolina (5)
   3. Florida (3)
   4. Georgia
   5. Vanderbilt (1)
   6. Ohio State (16)
   7. Duke (14)
   8. Michigan (12)
   9. Virginia (7)
   10. Texas Tech (17)
   14. Stanford (8)
   28. Fresno State (30)
   T45. Saint Mary's (47)
   73. San Jose State (73)

Women's singles

   1. Francesca Di Lorenzo, Ohio State (2)
   2. Danielle Collins, Virginia (4)
   3. Hayley Carter, North Carolina (6)
   4. Belinda Woolcock, Florida (3)
   5. Klara Fabikova, Cal (10)
   6. Luisa Stefani, Pepperdine (14)
   7. Sinead Lohan, Miami (7)
   8. Breaunna Addison, Texas (16)
   9. Jasmine Lee, Mississippi State (13)
   10. Stephanie Wagner, Miami (9)
   13. Maegan Manasse, Cal (5)
   26. Maiar Sherif Ahmed, Fresno State (26)
   30. Taylor Davidson, Stanford (20)
   60. Caroline Doyle, Stanford (39)
   38. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont), USC (42)
   50. Paige Cline (Kentfield), South Carolina (43)
   66. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford (NR)
   82. Marie Klocker, San Jose State (90)
   98. Kassidy Jump (Granite Bay), Arizona State (NR)
   102. Olivia Hauger, Cal (81)
   104. Andrea Ka, USF (101)
   121. Denise Starr, Cal (NR)

Women's doubles

   1. Whitney Kay and Hayley Carter, North Carolina (2)
   2. Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr, Cal (3)
   3. Matea Cutura and Christine Maddox, Pepperdine (18)
   4. Aldila Sutjiadi and Mami Adachi, Kentucky (1)
   5. Taylor Davidson and Caroline Doyle, Stanford (10)
   6. Courtney Colton and Sydney Campbell, Vanderbilt (11)
   7. Taylor Ng and Kristina Mathis, Dartmouth (34)
   8. Anna Sanford and Miho Kowase, Ohio State (6)
   9. Maddie Lipp and Alex Chatt, Northwestern (7)
   10. Palina Dubavets and Stefani Stojic, UC Santa Barbara (21)
   11. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont) and Gabby Smith, USC (4)
   18. Maiar Sherif Ahmed and Rana Sherif Ahmed, Fresno State (NR)

Virginia, with Altamirano, earns top men's ranking

Collin Altamirano of Sacramento helped
Virginia win the NCAA team title last May
as a freshman. 2014 photo by Paul Bauman

   Defending champion Virginia, with sophomore Collin Altamirano of Sacramento, opens 2016 as the No. 1 men's collegiate team in the country.
   The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released the rankings today.
   Altamirano was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team at No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles last spring. He finished the season 20-3 in singles and 18-4 in doubles and was selected to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team.
   Altamirano won the singles title in the 2013 USTA Boys 18 National Championships and was the runner-up in 2014. He reached the U.S. Open junior quarterfinals in 2013.
   The Stanford and Cal men are ranked 20th and 21st, respectively. The schools each placed one player in the singles top 10. The Bears' Andre Goransson, a junior from Sweden, is ranked third, and the Cardinal's Tom Fawcett, a 6-foot-5 (1.96-meter) sophomore from Winnetka, Ill., is ninth.
   On the women's side, Cal is ranked sixth and Stanford eighth.
   The Bears have two women in the singles top 10: No. 5 Maegan Manasse, a junior from Redondo Beach, and No. 10 Klara Fabikova, a senior from the Czech Republic.
   Stanford's highest-ranked woman in singles is No. 20 Taylor Davidson, a junior from Statesville, N.C.
   Cal's Manasse and Denise Starr, a junior from Brooklyn, N.Y., are ranked third in doubles.
   Stars Carol Zhao, a Stanford junior from Canada, and Mackenzie McDonald, a junior on the UCLA men's team from Piedmont, are unranked because they played pro rather than college tournaments last fall. They finished last season ranked second and third in college, respectively.  
   Both McDonald ($100,000 Tiburon) and Zhao ($50,000 Toronto) advanced to the semifinals of pro tournaments in their home regions last October.

   Zhao reached the NCAA singles final last May, losing to Jamie Loeb of North Carolina. Loeb, a sophomore, then turned pro.

COLLEGE RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California)

Men's team

   1. Virginia
   2. Oklahoma
   3. Texas Christian
   4. Baylor
   5. Texas A&M
   6. Illinois
   7. Georgia
   8. USC
   9. North Carolina
   10. Ohio State
   20. Stanford
   21. Cal
   55. USF
   57. UC Davis
   67. Fresno State

Men's singles

   1. Dominik Koepfer, Tulane
   2. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia
   3. Andre Goransson, Cal
   4. Cameron Norrie, Texas Christian
   5. Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M
   6. Christopher Eubanks, Georgia Tech
   7. Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State
   8. Felipe Soares, Texas Tech
   9. Tom Fawcett, Stanford
   10. Hugo Di Feo, Ohio State
   30. Florian Lakat, Cal
   38. Alec Adamson, UC Davis
   39. Billy Griffith, Cal
   54. Oskar Wikberg, Cal
   57. David Wilczynski, Stanford
   61. Michael Genender, Stanford
   76. Connor Farren (Hillsborough), USC
   86. Filip Bergevi, Cal
   89. Maciek Romanowicz, Stanford
   98. Logan Staggs (Tracy), UCLA

Men's doubles

   1. Brett Clark and Robert Kelly, North Carolina
   2. Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares, Texas Tech
   3. Gordon Watson and Diego Hidalgo, Florida
   4. Jack Findel-Hawkins and Yannick Zuern, North Florida
   5. Mac Styslinger and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia
   6. Alex Lawson and Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
   7. Filip Vittek and Jordan Angus, San Diego
   8. Hayden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen, New Mexico
   9. Arjun Kadhe and Julian Cash, Oklahoma State
   10. Ben Wagland and Austin Smith, Georgia
   30. Mikus Losbergs and Kasparas Zemaitelis, Sacramento State
   38. Florian Lakat and Oskar Wikberg, Cal
   42. Maciek Romanowicz and Nolan Paige, Stanford
   59. Andre Goransson and Florian Lakat, Cal

Women's team

   1. Vanderbilt
   2. USC
   3. Florida
   T4. North Carolina
   T4. Georgia
   6. Cal
   7. Virginia
   8. Stanford
   9. UCLA
   10. Texas A&M
   45. Saint Mary's
   54. Fresno State
   72. San Jose State

Women's singles

   1. Joana Eidukonyte, Clemson
   2. Francesca Di Lorenzo, Ohio State
   3. Belinda Woolcock, Florida
   4. Danielle Collins, Virginia
   5. Maegan Manasse, Cal
   6. Hayley Carter, North Carolina
   7. Sinead Lohan, Miami
   8. Julia Elbaba, Virginia
   9. Stephanie Wagner, Miami
   10. Klara Fabikova, Cal
   20. Taylor Davidson, Stanford
   26. Maiar Sherif Ahmed, Fresno State
   39. Caroline Doyle, Stanford
   42. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont), USC
   43. Paige Cline (Kentfield), South Carolina
   81. Olivia Hauger, Cal
   90. Marie Klocker, San Jose State
   101. Andrea Ka, USF
   103. Jamie Pawid, Saint Mary's

Women's doubles

   1. Aldila Sutjiadi and Mami Adachi, Kentucky
   2. Whitney Kay and Hayley Carter, North Carolina
   3. Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr, Cal
   4. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont) and Gabby Smith, USC
   5. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, Florida
   6. Anna Sanford and Miho Kowase, Ohio State
   7. Maddie Lipp and Alex Chatt, Northwestern
   8. Luisa Stefani and Apichaya Runglerdkriangkrai, Pepperdine
   9. Kelsey Laurente and Maria Alvarez, Oklahoma State
   10. Taylor Davidson and Caroline Doyle, Stanford
   42. Sammi Hampton and Kassidy Jump (Granite Bay), Arizona State
   43. Klara Fabikova and Oliva Hauger, Cal
   T54. Giuliana Olmos and Rianna Valdes, USC
   58. Sophie Watts and Anneka Watts, Fresno State

Stanford's Zhao ranked No. 1 in preseason

Stanford's Carol Zhao reached the NCAA singles final in May.
2014 photo by Tri Nguyen/TriNguyenPhotography.com

   Stanford's Carol Zhao earned the top spot in the NCAA Division I preseason rankings, announced last week.
   Zhao, a 5-foot-5 (1.65-meter) junior from Canada, reached the NCAA singles final in May in Waco, Texas. She lost to North Carolina sophomore Jamie Loeb, who then turned pro.
   Cal's Maegan Manasse, a junior from Redondo Beach in the Los Angeles region, is ranked fourth, and USC's Giuliana Olmos, a senior from Fremont in the San Francisco Bay Area, is 10th.
   Manasse and Denise Starr, a junior from Brooklyn, N.Y., are rated third in doubles.
   On the men's side, UCLA junior Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont in the Bay Area, is ranked third in singles and sixth in doubles with Martin Redlicki.
   Collin Altamirano, a sophomore at NCAA champion Virginia from Sacramento, is 27th in singles. 
   The next NCAA rankings will be released on Jan. 5.
   The inaugural ITA/Oracle Masters in Malibu, Calif., highlighted the opening of the fall season last weekend.
   The Masters men's and women's singles titles went to Cameron Norrie of Texas Christian and Danielle Collins of Virginia, respectively. Zhao did not play in the tournament.
   USC's Giuliana Olmos, a senior from Fremont in the Bay Area, and Gabby Smith captured the Masters women's doubles title, and Virginia's Luca Corinteli and Ryan Shane took the men's doubles crown.
   The next big tournament is the All-American Championships. The women's event is scheduled for Oct. 8-11 in Pacific Palisades, Calif., and the men's is set for Oct. 8-12 in Tulsa, Okla.

COLLEGE PRESEASON RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California)

Women's singles

1. Carol Zhao, Stanford
2. Brooke Austin, Florida
3. Julia Elbaba, Virginia
4. Maegan Manasse, Cal
5. Josie Kuhlman, Florida
6. Stephanie Wagner, Miami
7. Sydney Campbell, Vanderbilt
8. Danielle Collins, Virginia
9. Hayley Carter, North Carolina
10. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident), USC
15. Taylor Davidson, Stanford
16. Klara Fabikova, Cal
17. Caroline Doyle, Stanford
33. Denise Starr, Cal
39. Lynn Chi, Cal
54. Sophie Watts, Fresno State
61. Meredith Xepoleas (Sacramento native), USC
64. Karla Popovic, Cal
68. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford
91. Andrea Ka, USF
104. Maiar Sherif Ahmed, Fresno State

Women's doubles

1. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, Florida
2. Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips, UCLA
3. Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr, Cal
4. Sydney Campbell and Courtney Colton, Vanderbilt
5. Eva Paalma and Rachel Pierson, Texas A&M
6. Desirae Krawczyk and Stephanie Vlad, Arizona State
7. Kendal Woodard and Paige Hourigan, Georgia Tech
8. Matea Cutura and Christine Maddox, Pepperdine
9. Mami Adachi and Aldila Sutjiadi, Kentucky
10. Quinn Gleason and Monica Robinson, Notre Dame
12. Caroline Dailey and Hadley Berg (Greenbrae resident), South Carolina
19. Taylor Davidson and Caroline Lampl, Stanford
24. Klara Fabikova and Karla Popovic, Cal
25. Caroline Doyle and Melissa Lord, Stanford
T31. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident) and Rianna Valdes, USC
38. Maiar Sherif Ahmed and Rana Sherif Ahmed, Fresno State
47. Lynn Chi and Olivia Hauger, Cal

Men's singles

1. Axel Alvarez Llamas, Oklahoma
2. Ryan Shane, Virginia
3. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont resident), UCLA
4. Julian Lenz, Baylor
5. Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
6. Andrew Harris, Oklahoma
7. Nicolas Alvarez, Duke
8. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia
9. Brayden Schnur, North Carolina
10. Dominik Koepfer, Tulane
20. Tom Fawcett, Stanford
22. Andre Goransson, Cal
27. Collin Altamirano (Sacramento resident), Virginia
36. Florian Lakat, Cal
64. Filip Bergevi, Cal
T96. David Hsu (San Jose resident), Stanford
117. Nicholas Hu (Palo Alto resident), Harvard
125. Miguel Diaz, Pacific

Men's doubles

1. Austin Smith and Ben Wagland, Georgia
2. Luca Corinteli and Ryan Shane, Virginia
3. Felipe Soares and Hugo Dojas, Texas Tech
4. Boris Arias and Jordan Daigle, LSU
5. Christian Seraphim and Skander Mansouri, Wake Forest
6. Mackenzie McDonald and Martin Redlicki, UCLA
7. Benjamin Lock and Marco Nunez, Florida State
8. Cameron Norrie and Trevor Johnson, Texas Christian
9. Korey Lovett and Becker O'Shaughnessey, Alabama
10. Eddy Covalschi and Josh Hagar, Notre Dame
25. Andre Goransson and Florian Lakat, Cal
33. Tom Fawcett and Maciek Romanowicz, Stanford
T37. Brian Yeung and Nicholas Hu (Palo Alto resident), Harvard
T56. Oskar Wikberg and Filip Bergevi, Cal
58. Nils Skajaa and Vasco Valverde, USF

Zhao second, McDonald third in final college rankings

   Carol Zhao of Stanford finished second and Piedmont's Mackenzie McDonald of UCLA placed third in the season's final women's and men's collegiate singles rankings, respectively, released today.
   Zhao, a sophomore from Canada, was the runner-up to Jamie Loeb of North Carolina in last month's NCAA Individual Championships in Waco, Texas.
   McDonald, also a sophomore, was stunned in the first round in Waco after reaching the quarterfinals as a freshman.
   Cal's Maegan Manasse finished sixth among women. The sophomore from Redondo Beach in the Los Angeles area lost in the round of 16 in the NCAAs.
   The final doubles rankings also were announced today, and four of the top 10 women's teams were from Stanford or Cal.
   Zhao and sophomore Taylor Davidson placed second, and Cardinal teammates Caroline Doyle, a sophomore from San Francisco, and Ellen Tsay, a senior from Pleasanton, rose to eighth after reaching the NCAA semifinals.
   Cal's Klara Fabikova, a junior, and Zsofi Susanyi, a senior, jumped to seventh thanks to their appearance in the NCAA final, and Manasse and sophomore Denise Starr finished ninth.
   The season's final men's and women's team rankings were released last week.

   (Top 10 and Northern California only)

Women's singles

1. Robin Anderson, UCLA

2. Carol Zhao, Stanford 

3. Jamie Loeb, North Carolina

4. Brooke Austin, Florida

5. Julia Elbaba, Virginia
6. Maegan Manasse, Cal
7. Lauren Herring,Georgia

8. Josie Kuhlman, Florida
9. Stephanie Wagner, Miami
10. Sydney Campbell, Vanderbilt
15. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident), USC 

22. Taylor Davidson, Stanford

23. Klara Fabikova, Cal
27. Zsofi Susanyi, Cal

29. Caroline Doyle, Stanford
50. Denise Starr, Cal

58. Lynn Chi, Cal
75. Sophie Watts, Fresno State

85. Meredith Xepoleas (Sacramento native), USC
88. Karla Popovic, Cal

93. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford
117. Ellen Tsay, Stanford

Women's doubles

1. Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe, Alabama
2. Taylor Davidson and Carol Zhao, Stanford

3. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, Florida
4. Beatrice Gumulya and Jessy Rompies, Clemson

5. Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips, UCLA
6. Lauren Herring and Ellen Perez, Georgia

7. Klara Fabikova and Zsofi Susanyi, Cal

8. Caroline Doyle and Ellen Tsay, Stanford
9. Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr, Cal
10. Pleun Burgmans and Emily Flickinger, Auburn

20. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident) and Zoe Scandalis, USC

33. Hadley Berg (Greenbrae resident) and Caroline Dailey, South Carolina
51. Joanna Smith and Kassidy Jump (Granite Bay resident), Arizona State
57. Lynn Chi and Denise Starr, Cal
59. Parminder Kaur and Jana McCord, Saint Mary's
85. Maiar Sherif Ahmed and Rana Sherif Ahmed, Fresno State

Men's singles

1. Alex Alvarez Llamas, Oklahoma
2. Ryan Shane, Virginia
3. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont resident), UCLA
4. Julian Lenz, Baylor
5. Noah Rubin, Wake Forest
6. Soren Hess-Olesen, Texas
7. Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
8. Andrew Harris, Oklahoma
9. Sebastian Stiefelmeyer, Louisville
10. Gonzales Austin, Vanderbilt
35. Tom Fawcett, Stanford
41. Andre Goransson, Cal
50. Collin Altamirano (Sacramento resident), Virginia
70. John Morrissey, Stanford
105. Filip Bergevi, Cal
T122. Bernardo Saraiva, USF

Men's doubles

1. Diego Galeano and Julian Lenz, Baylor
2. Austin Smith and Ben Wagland, Georgia

3. Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese, Tennessee

4. Yannick Hanfmann and Roberto Quiroz, USC

5. Luca Corinteli and Ryan Shane, Virginia
6. Lloyd Glasspool and Soren Hess-Olesen, Texas
7. Kevin Metka and Ralf Steinback, Ohio State

8. Axel Alvarez Llamas and Dane Webb, Oklahoma
9. Gonzales Austin and Rhys Johnson, Vanderbilt
10. Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M
13. John Morrissey and Robert Stineman, Stanford
19. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont resident) and Martin Redlicki, UCLA
50. Gregory Bayane and Chase Melton, Cal
72. Tom Fawcett and Maciek Romanowicz, Stanford
82. Bernardo Saraiva and Nils Skajaa, USF
83. Andre Goransson and Oskar Wikberg, Cal

Stanford women finish out of top 10

   Despite reaching the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships in Waco, Texas, the Stanford women finished outside the top 10 in the national rankings for the first time since at least 1987.
   The Cardinal (18-6) rose three places to No. 11 in the final rankings, released today. The Cal women (22-4) dropped four notches to No. 7 after losing to Stanford in the NCAA round of 16.
   Both Stanford and Cal return their top three singles players next season and five of their top six. The Cardinal loses No. 5 Ellen Tsay of Pleasanton, and the Bears lose No. 4 Zsofi Susanyi of Hungary.
   Susanyi reached the singles round of 16 and doubles final (with Klara Fabikova) in the NCAAs. Tsay advanced to the doubles semifinals with Caroline Doyle of San Francisco.
   On the men's side, Stanford (18-7) finished No. 20, and Cal (19-9) was No. 26.
   The final singles and doubles rankings will be released on June 3.

FINAL TEAM RANKINGS

Top 10 and Northern California only

(Previous ranking in parentheses)

Women

1. Vanderbilt (4)
2. USC (1)
3. UCLA (6)
4. North Carolina (2)
5. Georgia (7)
6. Florida (5)
7. Cal (3)
8. Baylor (9)
9. Virginia (8)
10. Texas A&M (10)
11. Stanford (14)
44. Saint Mary's (40)
58. Fresno State (55)
73. San Jose State (68)

Men

1. Virginia (3)
2. Oklahoma (1)
3. Baylor (2)
4. Texas Christian (6)
5. Texas A&M (5)
6. Illinois (4)
7. USC (8)
8. Georgia (7)
9. Texas (9)
10. Duke (10)
20. Stanford (23)
26. Cal (26)
51. USF (53)
58. UC Davis (58)
65. Fresno State (66)

Cal women rise to No. 3 in national rankings

   The Cal women rose one spot in this week's national rankings to No. 3 after beating rival Stanford 5-2 in Berkeley on Saturday.
   The Bears (20-3, 9-1) will take an eight-match winning streak into the Pac-12 Championships, Thursday through Sunday in Ojai.
   Cal is led by third-ranked Maegan Manasse, a sophomore from Redondo Beach in the Los Angeles area.
   Stanford (15-5, 7-3) fell two notches to No. 13.
   The next rankings will be released on May 1.

COLLEGE RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California; previous ranking in parentheses)

Women's team

1. North Carolina (1)

2. USC (2)
3. Cal (4)
4. Vanderbilt (9)
5. Florida (3)
6. UCLA (5)

7. Georgia (6)
8. Baylor (8)

9. Texas A&M (7)
10. Virginia (12)

13. Stanford (11)

37. Saint Mary's (45)

49. Fresno State (43)

62. San Jose State (62)

64. USF (58)

Women's singles

1. Robin Anderson, UCLA

2. Carol Zhao, Stanford 

3. Maegan Manasse, Cal

4. Brooke Austin, Florida

5. Julia Elbaba, Virginia
6. Lauren Herring,Georgia

7. Jamie Loeb, North Carolina
8. Sydney Campbell, Vanderbilt

9. Julia Jones, Mississippi
10. Stephanie Wagner, Miami
14. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident), USC 

17. Taylor Davidson, Stanford

25. Klara Fabikova, Cal
27. Caroline Doyle, Stanford
41. Zsofi Susanyi, Cal

42. Denise Starr, Cal

49. Lynn Chi, Cal
75. Sophie Watts, Fresno State

92. Karla Popovic, Cal

100. Ellen Tsay, Stanford
109. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford

Women's doubles

1. Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe, Alabama
2. Taylor Davidson and Carol Zhao, Stanford

3. Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips, UCLA

4. Beatrice Gumulya and Jessy Rompies, Clemson
5. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, Florida

6. Klara Fabikova and Zsofi Susanyi, Cal

7. Pleun Burgmans and Emily Flickinger, Auburn

8. Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr, Cal

9. Robin Anderson and Jennifer Brady, UCLA
10. Viktoriya Lushkova and Kelsey Laurente, Oklahoma State

18. Caroline Doyle and Ellen Tsay, Stanford
20. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident) and Zoe Scandalis, USC
41. Hadley Berg (Greenbrae resident) and Caroline Dailey, South Carolina
45. Lynn Chi and Denise Starr, Cal
49. Joanna Smith and Kassidy Jump (Granite Bay resident), Arizona State
59. Parminder Kaur and Jana McCord, Saint Mary's

Men's team

1. Oklahoma (1)
2. Baylor (2)
3. Texas A&M (6)
4. Illinois (3)
5. Virginia (4)
6. TCU (7)
7. Georgia (5)
8. USC (9)
9. Duke (8)
10. Texas (10)
25. Cal (28)
26. Stanford (24)
52. USF (55)   
57. UC Davis (53)
69. Fresno State (--)

Men's singles

1. Julian Lenz, Baylor
2. Alex Alvarez Llamas, Oklahoma
3. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont resident), UCLA
4. Soren Hess-Olesen, Texas
5. Andrew Harris, Oklahoma
6. Sebastian Stiefelmeyer, Louisville
7. Ryan Shane, Virginia
8. Gonzales Austin, Vanderbilt
9. Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
10. Dominik Koepfer, Tulane
29. Andre Goransson, Cal
30. Tom Fawcett, Stanford
69. John Morrissey, Stanford
93. Collin Altamirano (Sacramento resident), Virginia
99. Filip Bergevi, Cal
116. Bernardo Saraiva, USF

Men's doubles

1. Austin Smith and Ben Wagland, Georgia

2. Luca Corinteli and Ryan Shane, Virginia

3. Roberto Quiroz and Yannick Hanfmann, USC

4. Kevin Metka and Ralf Steinback, Ohio State
5. Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese, Tennessee
6. Gonzales Austin and Rhys Johnson, Vanderbilt
7. Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M
8. Julian Cash and Florian Lakat, Mississippi State
9. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont resident) and Martin Redlicki, UCLA
10. Axel Alvarez Llamas and Dane Webb, Oklahoma
13. John Morrissey and Robert Stineman, Stanford
49. Gregory Bayane and Chase Melton, Cal
83. Maciek Romanowicz and Tom Fawcett, Stanford
86. Andre Goransson and Oskar Wikberg, Cal
89. Bernardo Saraiva and Nils Skajaa, USF