49ers Ranked No. 27 Nationally
Grady And Weeks Ranked No. 48 In Doubles
January 9, 2007 LONG BEACH, CA-- The Long Beach State women's tennis team is ranked No. 27 in the country in the latest FILA Collegiate Tennis Rankings administered by the ITA. The 49ers, who finished the 2006 season at 22-5 and ranked No. 26 nationally, have won three consecutive Big West Conference Championships, and four over the past five years. Last season the 49ers began the spring season ranked No. 57 in the country before concluding the campaign at No. 26.
This years schedule features 12 matches against teams which are nationally-ranked. In order of ranking, the 49ers will tangle this season with USC (3), Virginia Commonwealth (13), Pepperdine (14), Fresno State (21), Florida International (35), Iowa (36), San Diego State (39), Penn (41), UNLV (48), UC Irvine (55), Loyola Marymount (68) and Big West foe UC Santa Barbara (73).
Individually, the sophomore doubles team of Hannah Grady and Jessica Weeks are ranked No. 48. The duo began the fall season ranked No. 23 nationally and concluded the fall ranked No. 6 in the West Region. The pair compiled a 1-2 mark in the fall, with all three matches coming at the Riviera All-American Championships. All three opponents were nationally-ranked at the time, with the victory coming over the No. 37ranked duo of Schofield and Vuckovic of South Carolina.
The 49ers begin their season on January 24 when they play at No. 3 USC at 1:30 pm. The home opener will be on January 26 when they host the University of San Francisco at 2 pm at the 49er Campus Courts.
2007 Schedule
FILA Collegiate Tennis Rankings (January 9, 2007)
1. Stanford
2. Florida
3. USC
4. Notre Dame
5. Miami, Fl
6. Baylor
7. Georgia Tech
8. North Carolina
9. Northwestern
10. Duke
11. California
12. Vanderbilt
13. Virginia Commonwealth
14. Pepperdine
15. UCLA
16. TCU
17. Clemson
18. Wake Forest
19. Kentucky
20. Texas
21. Fresno State
22. Harvard
23. Arizona State
24. Georgia
25. Virginia
26. William & Mary
27. Long Beach State
28. Texas A&M
29. Michigan
30. BYU
31. Tennessee
32. North Carolina Stat
33. South Florida
34. Arizona
35. Florida International
36. Iowa
37. Maryland
38. South Carolina
39. San Diego State
40. Purdue
41. Penn
42. Oregon
43. Indiana
44. Alabama
45. New Mexico
46. Nebraska
47. Arkansas
48. UNLV
49. SMU
50. Oklahoma State
51. Mississippi
52. LSU
53. Kansas State
54. Texas Tech
55. UC Irvine
56. Colorado
57. San Diego
58. Denver
59. Kansas
60. Marshall
61. Florida State
62. South Alabama
63. Sacramento State
64. Rice
65. Boise State
66. Washington State
67. Virginia Tech
68. LMU
69. Troy
70. Louisville
71. Furman
72. Richmond
73. UCSB
74. SE Louisiana
75. Auburn |
