BATON ROUGE — The Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranked the LSU men’s tennis team No. 21 in the nation in its first poll released Tuesday.
Five Tigers will open the 2007 campaign ranked in individual rankings.
Ken Skupski leads the way for the Tigers as he earned a top-10 ranking in both singles and doubles. Skupski list at No.9 in singles after posting a 9-4 mark in the fall season. Additionally, the two-time All-American claimed the consolation bracket title at the ITA National Intercollegiate Championships in November.
In doubles, Skupski and James Cluskey are listed at No. 3. Such a high ranking is well deserved as the duo had a fantastic fall campaign that was highlighted by two ITA semifinal appearances.
Senior Danny Bryan entered the single rankings at No. 68. The New Orleans native notched a team-high 11 wins during the fall season.
Kevin Dessauer and Eric DeRoche appeared in the double rankings as well, as they came in tied at No. 44.
The Tigers will be back action next weekend as they travel to New Orleans for the SEC Coaches Indoor Championships. Skupski has won the Indoor title the past two seasons.
ITA NCAA Division I Rankings (Jan. 9, 2007)
Rank, School, Votes
1, Georgia (33), 3196
2, Baylor, 3143
3, Ohio State, 3133
4, UCLA (1), 3106
5, Illinois, 3002
6, Mississippi, 2969
7, Duke, 2935
8, Virginia, 2912
9, Stanford, 2908
10, Pepperdine, 2875
11, Miami, 2829
12, Texas, 2827
13, Notre Dame, 2817
14, VCU, 2798
15, Florida State, 2748
16, Oklahoma State, 2737
17, Florida, 2628
18, Washington, 2612
19, California, 2593
20, Texas A&M, 2580
21, LSU, 2577
22, North Carolina, 2502
23, Clemson, 2479
24, Wake Forest, 2459
25, Boise State, 2416
26, Georgia Tech, 2406
27, Tulsa, 2400
28, Rice, 2352
29, Louisville, 2264
30, Arkansas – Fayetteville, 2194
31, Middle Tennessee, 2184
32, Michigan, 2164
33, Kentucky, 2151
34, Minnesota, 2138
35, Alabama, 2112
36, TCU, 2024
37, North Carolina State, 1995
38, South Carolina, 1994
39, SMU, 1984
40, Auburn, 1956
41, Tennessee, 1928
42, San Diego, 1890
43, Southern California, 1880
44, Texas Tech, 1816
45, Fresno State, 1788
46, South Alabama, 1758
47, Lousiana – Lafayette, 1732
48, Arizona, 1725
49, San Diego State, 1710
50, Penn State, 1683
51, Penn, 1665
52, Virginia Tech, 1661
53, Mississippi State, 1655
54, Old Dominion, 1603
55, Western Michigan, 1474
56, Northwestern, 1414
57, Arizona State, 1395
58, Indiana, 1376
59, Brown, 1346
60, Oklahoma, 1277
61, Nebraska, 1241
62, Denver, 1240
63, Vanderbilt, 1215
64, UNLV, 1126
65, Utah, 1101
66, East Tennessee, 1096
67, Texas Corpus-Christi, 1095
68, Hawaii, 1050
69, Ball State, 976
70, UC Santa Barbara, 836
71, Furman, 726
72, Pacific, 722
73, BYU, 718
74, UAB, 595
75, Harvard, 594
Singles
Rank, Avg, Player, School, Year, HomeTown
1, 53.08, Steven Moneke, Ohio State University, Freshman, Alten-Buseck
2, 51.75, John Isner, University of Georgia, Senior, Greensboro, NC
3, 50.94, Ivan Puchkarov, Oklahoma State University,
4, 42.42, Todd Paul, Wake Forest University, Junior, Stamford, CT
5, 42.04, Benjamin Kohlloeffel, UCLA, Junior, Herne
6, 41.67, Arnau Brugues, Univ. of Tulsa, Junior,
7, 36.3, Harel Srugo, Old Dominion University, Junior, Kibutz Gazit
8, 35.81, Somdev Devvarman, University of Virginia, Junior, Chennia, India
9, 35.8, Ken Skupski, LSU, Junior, Liverpool
10, 35.62, Treat Huey, University of Virginia, Junior, Alexandria, Va.
11, 33.98, Ryan Rowe, University of Illinois, Junior, Moline, Ill.
12, 31.84, Bojan Szumanski, Texas Tech University, Junior, Opole
13, 31.82, Luis Flores, University of Georgia, Junior, Xalapa
14, 30.98, Stephen Bass, Univ. of Notre Dame, Senior, Bronxville, NY
15, 30.81, Luke Shields, Boise State University, Junior, Grand Junction, Colo.
16, 30.72, Greg Ouellette, University of Florida, Sophomore, Ormond Beach, Fla.
17, 28.73, Michal Kokta, Baylor University, Senior, Prague
18, 25.54, Henrique Cancado, Old Dominion University, Senior, Belo Horizonte
19, 25, Pierre Mouillon, California, Junior, Le Perreux
20, 24.51, Marek Sramek, University of South Alabama,
21, 24.46, Adam Holmstrom, Univ. of Denver, Junior, Eskilstuna
22, 22.7, Travis Helgeson, University of Georgia, Junior, Overland Park, Kan.
23, 22.55, Kevin Anderson, University of Illinois, Junior, Johannesburg
24, 21.95, Bobby Cameron, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Junior, Lenoir City
25, 19.42, Benjamin Carlotti, North Carolina, Sophomore, Paris
26, 19.32, Jakub Cech, Fresno State, Junior, Prague
27, 18.55, Chris Surapol, UCLA, Junior, Whittier, CA
28, 18.46, Christian Groh, San Diego State University, Senior, Crailsheim
29, 17.92, Andrey Kumantsov, Texas A&M Corpus-Christi, Sophomore, Tula
30, 17.8, Sheeva Parbhu, Univ. of Notre Dame, Junior, Omaha, NE
31, 17.71, Philippe Frayssinoux, Mississippi State University, Junior, Plaisir, France
32, 17.01, Ivan Bjelica, Mississippi State University, Senior, Belgrade, Serbia
33, 15.53, Andre Begemann, Pepperdine, Junior,
34, 15.03, Will Gray, Univ. of Tulsa, Junior, Tulsa, OK
35, 14.59, Kaden Hensel, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Junior, Mudgeeraba
36, 14.34, David North, Georgia Tech, Junior, Durban, South Africa
37, 13.73, Andreas Weber, Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa, Freshman, Huenfeld
38, 13.56, Martin Sayer, Radford University, Sophomore, Hong Kong
39, 13.46, Roy Sichel, Charlotte, Junior, Ramat Hisharon
40, 13.42, Erling Tveit, Univ. of Mississippi, Junior, Oslo
41, 13.3, Andreas Siljestrom, Middle Tennessee State University, Senior, Stockholm
42, 13, Devin Mullings, Ohio State University, Sophomore, Freeport
43, 12.94, Joseph Jung, University of Alabama, Senior, Dearfield Beach, Florida
44, 12.69, Matko Maravic, University of Michigan, Junior, Zagreb
45, 12.52, Zach Ganger, University of Utah, Junior, Jacksonville, Fla.
46, 12.34, Chris Klingemann, Ohio State University, Sophomore, Bradenton, Fla.
46 T, 12.34, Clement Reix, Clemson University, Freshman, Amiens,
48, 12.19, David Bubenicek, Indiana University-Bloomington, Junior, Kromeriz
49, 12.17, Alexandru Cojanu, College of William and Mary, Junior, Hallandale, FL
50, 11.43, Ben Harknett, Rice University, Junior, Reading, England
51, 11.25, Nick Rinks, Michigan State University, Junior, Kalamazoo
52, 11.14, Brady Crosby, Western Michigan University, Senior, Livonia, Mich.
53, 11.03, Dominik Mueller, Baylor University, Freshman, Frankfurt, Germany
54, 10.7, Kiril Dimitrov, Duke University, Freshman, Sofia
55, 10.34, Ryan Preston, Vanderbilt University, Sophomore, Northbrook, IL
56, 10.25, Lars Poerschke, Baylor University, Junior, Buseck
57, 10.24, Blake Strode, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Sophomore, St. Louis, Mo.
58, 9.76, Raoul Schwark, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Sophomore,
59, 9.6, Brian Hung, University of Michigan, Senior, Hong Kong
60, 9.33, Nestor Briceno, University of Florida, Sophomore, Pembroke Pines, Fla.
61, 9.3, Marcus Echtler, Stetson University, Junior, Venice, Florida
62, 9.14, Bryan Koniecko, Ohio State University,
63, 8.95, Olivier Sajous, Florida Atlantic University,
64, 8.94, Drew Eberly, Ohio State University, Freshman, Lake Forest, Ill.
65, 8.82, Matic Omerzel, University of Georgia, Senior, Kranj
66, 8.5, Denes Lukacs, Baylor University, Freshman,
67, 8.47, Arvid Puranen, Virginia Tech, Junior, Lulea
68, 8.44, Danny Bryan, LSU, Senior, New Orleans, La.
69, 8.43, Justin Kronauge, Ohio State University, Freshman, Dayton, Ohio
70, 8.39, Albert Larregola, Virginia Tech, Sophomore, Lleida
71, 8.38, Slavko Radman, Univ. of Louisville, Junior, Kastel Stari
72, 8.37, Irving Morales, Troy University,
73, 8.24, Max Jones, Univ. of New Mexico, Junior, Chichester, West Sussex
74, 8.21, Marek Velicka, Univ. of Oklahoma, Senior,
75, 7.98, Jakob Klaeson, Univ. of Mississippi, Junior, Lidkoping
76, 7.95, Maciek Sykut, Florida State University, Sophomore, Marathon, Fla
77, 7.91, Andres Osorio, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Junior, Quito
78, 7.87, Adrian Szatmary, Univ. of Nebraska, Junior, Budapest
79, 7.86, Robbye Poole, Univ. of Mississippi, Junior, Summerville, S.C.
80, 7.76, Peter Rodrigues, Duke University, Junior, Esturol
81, 7.72, Brandon Wai, Yale University, Senior, San Diego
82, 7.71, Dan Hanegby, Brown University, Senior, Herlyiza
83, 7.43, Marc Spicijaric, University of Illinois, Sophomore, Wesley Chapel, Fla.
84, 7.2, Dylan Arnould, Duke University, Freshman, Northampton, MA
85, 7.15, Jason Pinsky, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Junior, Potomac, Md.
86, 7.12, Claudio Christen, Univ. of Arizona, Junior, Lucerne
87, 7.09, Nicolas Delgado, Virginia Tech, Freshman, Madrid
88, 6.67, Goran Vujaklija, Wichita State University, Senior, Zagred
89, 6.51, Bruno Agostinelli, Univ. of Kentucky, Sophomore, Niagara Falls
90, 6.28, Ricardo Soriano, Univ. of Tulsa, Junior, Mercia
91, 6.22, Jason McNaughton, Univ. of Southern California, Freshman, San Diego, CA
92, 6.16, Sinisa Markovic, Texas Tech University, Sophomore, Banja Luka, Bosnia
93, 6.13, Chris Clayton, Harvard University, Sophomore, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
94, 6.1, Clancy Shields, Boise State University, Sophomore, Grand Junction, Colo.
95, 5.93, Brendan Lynch, Penn State University, Sophomore,
96, 5.88, Milan Mihailovic, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Junior, Nis, Serbia
97, 5.8, Evan Dufaux, Vanderbilt University, Junior, Tampa, Fla.
98, 5.71, Alex Slovic, University of Washington, Senior, Pancevo
99, 5.66, Nick Cavaday, North Carolina State, Junior, London, England
100, 5.6, Joey Atas, Duke University, Senior, Baltimore, Maryland
100, 5.6, Peter Capkovic, Princeton University, Sophomore, Bratislava
100, 5.6, Ashwin Kumar, Harvard University, Junior, Saint Joesph, MI
100, 5.6, Jay Weinacker, North Carolina State, Sophomore, Birmingham, Ala.
100, 5.6, Rook Schellenberg, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Freshman, Dallas, TX
100, 5.6, Eric Molnar, Georgia Tech, Senior, Guelph, CA
Insufficient Data (top 100 in Fall; not enough results for a national ranking)
Listed by Fall Ranking:
3. Luigi D’Agord (Univ. of Miami (Florida)), 10. Matt Bruch (Stanford University), 38. Adrian Prpic (Texas Tech University), 47. James Wan (Stanford University), 51. Jack Baker (University of South Alabama), 53. Alex Schweizer (Auburn University), 58. GD Jones (University of Illinois), 62. Tyler Browne (California), 80. Jeremy Sonkin (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison), 86. Colt Gaston (LSU), 112. Jose Muguruza (Georgia Tech)
Doubles
Rank, Avg, Player, Player, School
1, 61.25, John Isner, Luis Flores, University of Georgia
2, 48.84, Brian Hung, Matko Maravic, University of Michigan
3, 38.14, Ken Skupski, James Cluskey, LSU
4, 37.88, Joey Atas, David Goulet, Duke University
5, 34.29, Bobby Cameron, Kaden Hensel, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
6, 34.03, Henrique Cancado, Harel Srugo, Old Dominion University
7, 30.24, Treat Huey, Somdev Devvarman, University of Virginia
8, 30.22, Diego Camacho, Ross Cunningham, Univ. of Tulsa
9, 29.13, Markus Dickhardt, Christian Groh, San Diego State University
10, 28.29, Jakob Klaeson, Chris Rea, Univ. of Mississippi
11, 28.22, Ryan Keckley, Sheeva Parbhu, Univ. of Notre Dame
12, 27.7, Federico Soriano, Arnau Brugues, Univ. of Tulsa
13, 26.5, Bryan Wooten, Mike Beatty, Texas A&M University
14, 26.17, Goran Vujaklija, Boris Gubic, Wichita State University
15, 24.15, Eric Thomas, Basudev Ratnam, Brown University
16, 24.12, Andreas Siljestrom, Marco Born, Middle Tennessee State University
17, 23, Bobby Cameron, Adam Hubble, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
18, 21.2, Mathieu Dehaine, Jeremy Drean, UCLA
19, 19.25, Kevin Anderson, Marc Spicijaric, University of Illinois
20, 18.93, James Eason, Daniel Dossetor, The Citadel
21, 18.33, Brady Crosby, Tim Bradshaw, Western Michigan University
22, 18.23, Devin Mullings, Chris Klingemann, Ohio State University
23, 18.1, Michael James, Adam Slagter, Penn State University
24, 18, Damar Johnson, Slavko Radman, Univ. of Louisville
25, 17.93, Dan Hanegby, Chris Lee, Brown University
26, 17.2, Nolan Greenberg, Sam Barrer, Univ. of Delaware
27, 16.85, Willy Lock, Matt Christian, Northwestern University
28, 16.83, Pjotrs Necajevs, Artem Kuznetsov, Mississippi State University
29, 16.7, Adam Monich, Nick Rinks, Michigan State University
30, 16.56, Colin O’Brien, Alexandru Cojanu, College of William and Mary
31, 16.5, Brett Binkley, Mark Rutherford, Marquette
32, 16.2, Blake Muller, Paul Morrissey, Stanford University
33, 15.95, Dias Doskarayev, R.J. Nagel, University of South Alabama
34, 15.5, Ben Rogers, Adam Hubble, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
35, 15.2, Michael Ricks, Patrik Fischer, University of Washington
36, 14.36, Ytai Abougzir, Maciek Sykut, Florida State University
37, 14.2, Bram ten Berge, Chris Rea, Univ. of Mississippi
38, 13.97, David Waslen, Daniel Freeman, Dartmouth College
39, 13.7, Marty Moore, Paul Ratchford, Columbia University
40, 13.63, Andrey Kumantsov, Mikhail Pavlov, Texas A&M Corpus-Christi
41, 13.56, Nicholas Brunner, Joshua Raff, Cornell University
42, 13, Kevin Anderson, Ryan Rowe, University of Illinois
43, 12.33, Lucques Maasdorp, Ricardo Soriano, Univ. of Tulsa
44, 12, Joseph Jung, Saketh Myneni, University of Alabama
T44, 12, Scott Elwell, Reinoud Haal, Univ. of Iowa
T44, 12, Chris Surapol, Benjamin Kohlloeffel, UCLA
T44, 12, Tongle Yu, Jonathan Fife, Cornell University
T44, 12, Edson Abrao, Rain Roigas, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock
T44, 12, Matt Bain, Conor Pollock, Texas A&M University
T44, 12, Michael Ortega, Ryan Weisband, Duquesne University
T44, 12, Zach Ganger, Jason Smits, University of Utah
T44, 12, Dan Nguyen, Michael Hayes, Harvard University
T44, 12, Kevin Dessauer, Eric DeRoche, LSU
T44, 12, Jayce Fitch, Daniel Elefant, UC Davis
T44, 12, Kalle Rosen, Timo Kienle, Univ. of Denver
T44, 12, Charles Irie, Tejesvi Veerepalli, Fresno State
T44, 12, Antonio Farias, Jonathan Luce, St. Bonaventure University
T44, 12, David Galic, Matt Brown, Baylor University