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Commodores Jump To No. 6 In ITA Poll 1/27/2004 VU women’s tennis in top 10 as National Team Indoors approach. NASHVILLE — The Vanderbilt women’s tennis team jumped six places to No. 6 in the newest national rankings, released today by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The Commodores are a perfect 4-0 this season and have claimed all 28 team points in their first four dual matches of the year. This past weekend, the Commodores defeated No. 32 Baylor, 7-0, on Friday at the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center, then returned on Sunday to score a convincing shutout against then-No. 4 Duke, 7-0. Vanderbilt’s lineup includes four ranked singles players, led by No. 39 junior Audra Falk. Falk defeated No. 5 Amanda Johnson of Duke Sunday, 6-0, 6-3. The Commodores also boast a pair of ranked doubles teams. VU seniors Kelly Schmandt and Aleke Tsoubanos, the 2003 ITA All-American Champions, have been tabbed the No. 2 team in the nation, and are joined in the rankings by the duo of Falk and classmate Annie Menees at No. 28. Florida remains the top-ranked team in the nation, earning 600 points and receiving all eight first-place votes. The top five includes Stanford, California, Georgia and Southern California. Vanderbilt, at No. 6, is followed by Washington, Northwestern, Duke and North Carolina. UCLA, Harvard, Kentucky, William & Mary and Clemson round out the top 15. The Commodores travel to Madison, Wis., to take part in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, Feb. 5-8. The 16-team tournament will feature 12 of the nation’s top 15 teams. Vanderbilt has been invited to the tournament in eight of the last nine years and advanced to the championship match in 2002. — VU — |
