Sharks Women Back To 10th in ITA Division II Rankings

Posted permission, article and pictures, courtesy of Hawaii Pacific University

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Hawai’i Pacific women’s tennis team rebounded to 10th in this week’s Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division II Women’s Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point.

The Sharks (15-8) have a 14-4 Division II record and a computer ranking of 44.653 to rank 10th, just ahead of Flagler (N.C.) (13-6) in 11th at 44.635, but behind Cameron (Okla.) (16-2) in ninth at 48.365.

The Sharks have three singles players ranked nationally and a doubles pair. Shaline Pipa remained seventh, while Marleen Tilgner moved back up to 20th and Elodie Busson rejoined the rankings at 34th. The duo of Pipa and Tilgner moved up to ninth in the doubles rankings.

Defending national champion Barry (Fla.) (18-0) remains in the top spot with a 94.944 rating as the top six spots hold from last week. Nova Southeastern (Fla.) (17-3) second with 79.702 points, Saint Leo (Fla.) (18-3) third at 69.591, Central Oklahoma (16-1) fourth at 58.462, Lynn (Fla.) (11-5) fifth at 55.505, and Columbus State (Ga.) (15-5) sixth at 55.010. Queens Charlotte (N.C.) (15-1) moved up to seventh at 54.298, with North Georgia (13-3) dropping to eighth at 52.406.

In addition to HPU, the PacWest is represented by Azusa Pacific at 15th, Biola at 28th, Point Loma at 31st, and Fresno Pacific at 37th. In the expanded list to 75 teams, Academy of Art is 55th.

The No. 10 Sharks are idle until the NCAA Division II Championship bracket is announced on Tuesday, May 3. The West Regional match will be played on Friday, May 6. This is the last weekly ITA ranking until after the NCAA Tournament.
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ITA Division II Women’s Rankings
April 28, 2022

Rank	School	Div. II Record	Ave.	Prev.
1	Barry	18-0	94.944	1
2	Nova Southeastern	17-3	79.702	2
3	Saint Leo	18-3	69.591	3
4	Central Oklahoma	16-1	58.462	4
5	Lynn	11-5	55.505	5
6	Columbus State	15-5	55.01	6
7	Queens Charlotte	15-1	54.298	9
8	North Georgia	13-3	52.406	7
9	Cameron	16-2	48.365	8
10	Hawai’i Pacific	14-4	44.653	13
11	Flagler	13-6	44.635	11
12	Indianapolis	12-2	41.574	10
13	Wingate	16-7	41.515	14
14	West Alabama	14-3	41.021	12
15	Azusa Pacific	18-4	34.631	18
16	Tampa	12-6	33.847	15
17	Carson-Newman	15-4	31.049	16
18	Auburn-Montgomery	15-6	30.991	19
19	Newberry College	17-4	29.381	17
20	St. Mary’s (Texas)	10-3	28.357	23
21	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	9-8	27.522	21
22	Angelo State	16-6	27.025	24
23	West Florida	12-9	26.366	20
24	Rollins	8-7	23.922	25
25	Midwestern State	15-5	23.703	29
26	Augustana (S.D.)	20-1	23.389	26
27	Drury	14-2	23.181	27
28	Biola	18-6	22.492	22
29	Harding	16-4	22.339	28
30	Florida Southern	10-8	21.459	30
31	Point Loma	14-5	20.487	39
32	Grand Valley State	12-3	18.404	35
33	District of Columbia	14-2	17.953	31
34	Tiffin	13-4	17.879	47
35	Queens (N.Y.)	11-3	17.514	55
36	Charleston	16-5	17.317	34
37	Fresno Pacific	13-7	17.315	48
38	Indiana (Pa.)	11-4	16.514	56
39	Southwest Baptist	12-6	16.309	38
40	Georgia College	13-5	16.298	54
41	Saint Thomas Aquinas	18-2	16.132	33
42	Augusta	15-4	15.764	32
43	Northwood (Mich.)	12-6	15.5	49
44	Tusculum	12-6	15.491	41
45	Wilmington	14-2	15.123	36
46	Northwest Missouri St.	15-8	15.045	42
47	Lenoir-Rhyne	12-9	14.964	46
48	Southeastern Oklahoma St.	12-6	14.881	44
49	Findlay	13-6	14.307	45
50	Nebraska-Kearney	11-8	14.259	43

ITA Division II Women’s Singles National Ranking

Rank	Player	School	Div. II Record	Prev.
1	Deniz Khazan	Barry	23-0	1
2	Natalie Espinal	Nova Southeastern	24-3	2
3	Mae Canete	Central Oklahoma	25-2	3
4	Julie Razafindranaly	Nova Southeastern	14-2	6
5	Luisa Hrda	Flagler	22-4	5
6	Eleonora Liga	Azusa Pacific	26-4	4
7	Shaline Pipa	Hawai’i Pacific	14-1	7
8	Christine Canete	Central Oklahoma	19-3	9
9	Neila Trklja	Columbus State	13-5	8
10	Almudena Sanz	West Alabama	14-1	17
11	Marta Vicens Miquel	Saint Leo	19-6	19
12	Itxaso Blanco Fernandez De leceta	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	13-3	11
13	Dianela Rodriguez	Angelo State	21-4	10
14	Nina Furmaniak	Saint Leo	18-7	16
15	Claudia Borbon	Augusta	21-2	18
16	Haina Franco	West Alabama	15-3	12
17	Isabella Dunlap	Indianapolis	14-5	14
18	Zulay Castaneda	Newberry	19-2	15
19	Nika Kozar	Nova Southeastern	16-7	22
20	Marleen Tilgner	Hawai’i Pacific	13-1	23
21	Raquel Amaro	Christian Brothers	17-4	13
22	Ana Carla Resende	Carson-Newman	25-7	37
23	Irene Recuenco	West Florida	16-7	20
24	Colbeyshae Emery	Biola	20-6	26
25	Estefania Garcia	Auburn-Montgomery	20-6	24
26	Jil Engelmann	Barry	10-1	25
27	Adel-Byanu Abidulina	Central Oklahoma	20-2	27
28	Kim Moosbacher	Barry	11-2	36
29	Georgina Groth	Rollins	12-6	34
30	Magda Tuells Bonet	Valdosta State	13-11	62
31	Anna Novikova	Indianapolis	17-6	21
32	Katia De La Garza	West Alabama	14-2	30
33	Maeva Roquebert	Tampa	13-10	33
34	Elodie Busson	Hawai’i Pacific	9-5	NR
35	Camilla Ciaccia	Wingate	19-10	28
36	Xiyao Wang	Barry	8-2	45
37	Giorgia Pigato	Lynn	17-4	31
38	Emilia Richter	Georgia College	16-5	43
39	Johanna Lippert	North Georgia	17-2	44
40	Ashley Penshorn	St. Mary’s (Texas)	15-5	29
41	Vasilisa Polunova	Cameron	14-7	32
42	Maria Garcia	St. Mary’s (Texas)	11-4	41
43	Ashleigh Simes	Lee	9-6	35
44	Karolina Snita	Nova Southeastern	14-0	49
45	Maria Borodi	Fresno Pacific	14-10	63
46	Jill Morse	Queens Charlotte	16-3	39
47	Julia Moraes	Augusta	18-1	50
48	Natalie Kallmunzerova	Southern New Hampshire	21-2	40
49	Lea Manga	Cameron	10-6	42
50	Kamilya Shailina	Saint Leo	12-2	48
51	Karolin Kirchtag	Indiana (Pa.)	24-3	69
52	Mariana Ramirez	Columbus State	16-8	55
53	Lea Cakarevic	Indianapolis	14-0	51
54	Jacqueline Wagner	Lynn	6-7	46
55	Sofia Navarro	Auburn-Montgomery	17-11	52
56	Clara Versier	Barry	4-2	61
57	Sofia Ragona	Academy of Art	10-8	38
58	Anastasia Uspenskaia	Cameron	16-2	NR
59	Elena Gunfaus	Wingate	19-9	NR
60	Anna Markvartova	North Georgia	10-9	NR
61	Valentina Abrile	Columbus State	15-7	47
62	Arianna Audelo	Point Loma	13-8	NR
63	Alessa Maier	Texas A&M-Kingsville	15-4	56
64	Mariia Skyba	Barry	6-0	68
65	Prinkle Singh	Charleston	23-3	65
66	Leony Deutschmann	Texas-Tyler	16-9	54
67	Taylor Leslie	Dallas Baptist	9-7	58
68	Madison Kane	Azusa Pacific	14-5	53
69	Olivia Bryant	Florida Southern	14-4	72
70	Nastassia Chamoun	Newberry	17-4	70
71	Mathilda Vidgren	Florida Southern	10-9	75
72	Catherine Blouin	Anderson	15-9	60
73	Anamaria Kiszner	Limestone	16-2	66
74	Viktorija Veselinova	Queens Charlotte	14-9	NR
75	Vaishali Jorge	North Georgia	10-10	74

ITA Division II Women’s Doubles National Ranking

Rank	Players	School	Div. II Record	Prev.
1	Christine Canete / Mae Canete	Central Oklahoma	23-1	1
2	Natalie Espinal / Chantal Nosievici	Nova Southeastern	17-3	3
3	madeline Bosnjak / Deniz Khazan	Barry	6-1	4
4	Daniela Farfan / Kim Moosbacher	Barry	18-5	2
5	Camilla Ciaccia / Suzuka Sambyakugari	Wingate	14-4	13
6	Karyna Bihel / Jacqueline Wagner	Lynn	13-5	12
7	Caterina Federici / Barbara Quagliardi	Adelphi	14-6	6
8	Luisa Hrda / Eden Schlagenhauf	Flagler	13-3	8
9	Shaline Pipa / Marleen Tilgner	Hawai’i Pacific	12-0	10
10	Anastasia Uspenskaia / Magda Wawrowska	Cameron	15-3	5
11	Haina Franco / Katia De La Garza	West Alabama	15-5	7
12	Valentina Abrile / Mariana Ramirez	Columbus State	16-5	18
13	Alexandra Borg / Georgina Groth	Rollins	16-7	9
14	Vaishali Jorge / Johanna Lippert	North Georgia	11-1	15
15	Steffi Antao / Cristina Solorzano Valencia	Stonehill	8-3	11
16	Marie Bertran De Balanda / Jill Morse	Queens Charlotte	11-5	16
17	Estefania Garcia / Sofia Navarro	Auburn-Montgomery	19-5	23
18	Alina Fedulova / Nina Furmaniak	Saint Leo	10-8	20
19	Magdalena Hubickova / Natalie Kallmunzerova	Southern New Hampshire	9-3	14
20	Francesca Lilligren / Birdem Oz	Le Moyne	9-5	17
21	Zala Dovnik / Nika Kozar	Nova Southeastern	7-3	19
22	Valentina Ascarrunz / Julia Valls Lopes	Lincoln Memorial	15-4	25
23	Anais Geslin / Himani Mor	Franklin Pierce	5-2	21
24	Isabella Martensson / Lara Schmid	Washburn	13-6	26
25	Paula Ballesteros / Diana Cabrera	Southwest Baptist	14-7	31
26	Anda Ghinga / Hannah Yip	Midwestern State	17-2	24
27	Ivana Andric / Gaayatri Shankar	New Haven	6-2	22
28	Daniela Baez / Lea Grinberg	Arkansas Tech	11-4	32
29	Florentia Hadjigeorgiou / Valeriya Monko	Augustana (S.D.)	11-2	30
30	Nastassia Chamoun / Lucy Spice	Newberry	14-7	35
31	Adel-Byanu Abidulina / Tizia Brocks	Central Oklahoma	15-1	NR
32	Casie Curry / Emilija Visic	Midwestern State	20-2	38
33	Melisa Becerra / Jazmin Zamorano	Nebraska-Kearney	8-3	48
34	Judit Gonzalez / Amy Griffiths	Newberry College	12-2	28
35	Vaishali Jorge / Claudelle Labonte-Frey	North Georgia	7-6	NR
36	Jessica Purdy / Neus Ramos Moreno	Wilmington	8-2	29
37	Liria Loria / Himani Mor	Franklin Pierce	4-1	27
38	Gemma Southwick / Lucy Whelan	Lenoir-Rhyne	15-4	33
39	Kseniia Eremina / Ewa Samberger	Drury	8-3	43
40	Maria Khomchenko / Anine Wilberg	Tampa	10-3	39
41	Alexandra Dodashev Enbert / Carolina Lima de Oliveira	Northwest Missouri State	8-8	36
42	Valentina Gonzalez Ramirez / Ena Ovcina	Angelo State	16-5	45
43	Katie Akimenko / Liza Akimenko	UVA Wise	9-2	42
44	Ebba Rosberg / Samanta Villegas Robles	Saint Thomas Aquinas	8-1	37
45	Tristen Bryant-Otake / Avery Stilwell	Minnesota State Mankato	11-2	NR
46	Emma Fleming / Emilia Richter	Georgia College	15-7	46
47	Zala Dovnik / Julie Razafindranaly	Nova Southeastern	6-2	40
48	Julia Chappelle / Cara McCormack	Assumption College	3-2	34
49	Sofia Ragona / Yun Nicole Shiau	Academy of Art	10-4	41
50	Leony Deutschmann / Delara Zamani	Texas-Tyler	3-6	NR