Sharks Women Seventh In ITA Division II Rankings

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

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Hawai’i Pacific women’s tennis team ended the season seventh in Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division II Women’s Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point.

The Sharks (17-9) recorded a 16-5 Division II record, finishing the season in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. They posted a computer ranking of 53.144 for seventh, just ahead of NCAA quarterfinalist Flagler (Fla.) (18-8) in eighth at 52.991, but behind NCAA semifinalist Indianapolis (16-2) in sixth at 61.99.

The Sharks have three singles players and a doubles pair ranked nationally in this ranking. Shaline Pipa is ninth, while Marleen Tilgner dipped to 22nd and Elodie Busson moved up to 33rd. The duo of Pipa and Tilgner is 10th in the doubles rankings.

Barry (Fla.) (23-0), who won the National Championship for the fifth consecutive time, is at the top of the ranking. Nova Southeastern (Fla.) (21-4), a national semifinalist who beat HPU in the quarters, is second with 81.21 points, and NCAA Division II Runner-Up Central Oklahoma (23-2) is third with 65.127 points. National quarterfinalist Columbus State (Ga.) (19-6) is fourth with 64.918 points, while Saint Leo (Fla.) (19-4), who didn’t reach the round of 16, is fifth with 64.779 points. North Georgia (14-5) is ninth at 51.509 and Lynn (Fla.) is 10th at 50.519.

In addition to HPU, the PacWest is represented by Azusa Pacific at 14th, Biola at 20th, Point Loma at 27th, and Fresno Pacific at 33rd. In the expanded list to 75 teams, Academy of Art is 53rd.

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ITA Division II Women’s Rankings
May 26, 2022

Rank	School	Div. II Record	Ave.	Prev.
1	Barry	23-0	Auto No. 1	1
2	Nova Southeastern	21-4	81.21	2
3	Central Oklahoma	23-2	65.127	4
4	Columbus State	19-6	64.918	6
5	Saint Leo	19-4	64.779	3
6	Indianapolis	18-3	61.99	12
7	Hawai’i Pacific	16-5	53.144	10
8	Flagler	18-8	52.991	11
9	North Georgia	14-5	51.509	8
10	Lynn	11-6	50.519	5
11	Cameron	19-4	48.418	9
12	West Alabama	18-4	48.067	14
13	Queens Charlotte	15-1	47.817	7
14	Azusa Pacific	20-5	45.386	15
15	St. Mary’s (Texas)	14-4	38.09	20
16	Wingate	16-8	36.421	13
17	Tampa	12-6	32.78	16
18	Auburn-Montgomery	17-8	32.374	18
19	Newberry	18-5	25.857	19
20	Biola	18-6	25.746	28
21	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	9-8	25.312	21
22	Carson-Newman	15-4	24.544	17
23	West Florida	13-10	24.218	23
24	Angelo State	16-7	23.523	22
25	Drury	15-3	22.879	27
26	Harding	17-6	21.862	29
27	Point Loma	14-6	21.641	31
28	Rollins	8-7	21.478	24
29	Southwest Baptist	16-8	21.043	39
30	Midwestern State	15-7	20.826	25
31	Augustana (S.D.)	20-2	20.655	26
32	Florida Southern	10-8	20.293	30
33	Fresno Pacific	13-8	19.763	37
34	Indiana (Pa.)	14-5	19.306	38
35	Missouri Western State	16-6	18.453	51
36	Charleston	19-6	18.056	36
37	Augusta	16-5	17.737	42
38	Wayne State (Mich.)	13-5	17.723	52
39	Washburn	15-12	16.949	54
40	District of Columbia	14-2	15.908	33
41	Tiffin	13-5	15.866	34
42	Northwest Missouri St.	16-9	15.714	46
43	Southeastern Oklahoma St.	16-8	15.608	48
44	Georgia College	13-6	15.587	40
45	West Virginia State	13-8	15.451	53
46	Wilmington	15-3	15.186	45
47	Northwood	13-7	14.409	43
48	Grand Valley State	13-5	14.408	32
49	Lenoir-Rhyne	12-9	13.721	47
50	Saint Thomas Aquinas	18-3	13.532	41

ITA Division II Women’s Singles National Ranking

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

ITA Division II Women’s Doubles National Ranking

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