Northwestern University Athletics
Wildcats Up to No. 2
3/22/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 22, 2005
EVANSTON, Ill. - After starting the season ranked fifth in the country, the Northwestern women's tennis team continued its steady climb up the national rankings to No. 2 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll released Tuesday, March 22. The No. 2 nod is the highest ranking in the Wildcats' 30-year history.
Coming in at No. 5 back on January 11, the Wildcats (11-1) held the No. 4 spot from February 2 through March 15, moved up to No. 3 last week, and now only the undefeated Stanford Cardinal (12-0) rank ahead of them.
Tuesday's poll is the ITA's first computer-based rankings of the season, and uses a formula that takes a team's entire body of work into consideration. While a voter asks 'what has this team done recently?' the computer ranking determines what a team has done up to that point in the entire season.
Top 10 Teams
1. Stanford - 84.4
2. Northwestern - 82.16
3. Kentucky - 65.74
4. Georgia - 65.09
5. USC - 64.12
6. Georgia Tech - 59.44
7. Duke - 58.52
8. Vanderbilt - 57.46
9. Texas - 52.59
10. North Carolina - 52.46
The Wildcats have won their last eight matches, six of which came against teams in the current top-25. They hold a 6-1 record over the top-25 teams, with their only loss coming to No. 4 Georgia February 2 at the National Team Indoor Championship by a score of 5-2.
The ITA also released the latest singles and doubles rankings Tuesday.
Singles
No. 3 - Audra Cohen
No. 13 - Cristelle Grier
No. 64 - Alexis Prousis
Doubles
No. 1 - Cohen and Grier
T-No. 29 - Kristi Roemer and Prousis
