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RE: US College Signings 2015


Added Madeleine B and Max D



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www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp


Good, interesting interview with Blaz Rola about going to college in the US for tennis.

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Added Henry P.  Probably not going to be any more now until the spring signing window, which I think is April.



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Added Chloe L, Ben W and Elliot H



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The latest college rankings have been released 

women

24 - Natalie Beazant

46 - Danieka Borthwick

47 - Sophie Watts

67 - Tiffany William

106 - Hayley Marshall

Men

23 Andrew Watson

24 - Cameron Norrie

30 - Ben Lott

55 - Chris Simpson

72- Jack Findel-Hawkins

79 - Connor Glennon

These rankings are based on results of college matches only, and some of the best players are allowed to miss some of their college matches in the  Autumn and play US pro events instead.



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I presume that's why Faris has dropped out of sight. Very good start for our male freshman. Can't but help think that if they are top 20 by the end of the freshman year and the summer goes well on the ITF they are best served by going pro. Cameron must be our best junior to ever choose US college tennis, would that be a fair comment?

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The Div 1 conferences (leagues) are divided into 12 regions which each issue regional rankings (down to 20).  Obviously there's some of the same names as in the national rankings, but they're a good indication of the freshmen (and others) who are starting to make their mark.  I think these rankings are arrived at by regional committee additionally taking into account tennis outside of college matches (hence Farris appears here but not in the national rankings).

Women

Carolina

13 - Rebecca Smaller - Duke (Fr)

20 - Brigit Folland - South Carolina

Central

7 - Abbi Melrose - Oklahoma

Midwest

4 - Alicia Barnett - Northwestern

Northwest

9 - Sophie Watts - Fresno State

Ohio Valley

7 - Tiffany William - Middle State Tennessee

18 - Elle Stokes - Louisville

Southeast

10 - Daneika Borthwick - Florida State

Southern

19 - Jennifer Brown - Mississippi State (Fr)

20 - Ella Taylor - Louisiana State

Men

Central

4 - Ben Lott - Drake

Midwest

1 - Farris Gosea - Illinois

Mountain

3- Alex Gasson - Denver

6 - Francis Sergeant - Brigham Young

Northeast

13 - Tom Colautti - Princeton

Northwest

16 - Euan McIntosh - Fresno State

Ohio Valley

3 - Andrew Watson - Memphis (Fr)

7 - Connor Glennon - Memphis

15 - Ben Davis - Middle State Tennessee

18 - Ryan Peniston - Memphis (Fr)

South-East

11 - Jack Findel-Hawkings - North Florida

20 - Simon Pritchard - Kennesaw State

Southern

3 - Chris Simpson - Louisianna State

16 - Oliver Plaskett - Auburn

Southwest

17 - Jordan Angus - San Diego

Texas

3 - Cameron Norrie - TCU (Fr)

15 - Lloyd Glasspool - Texas

 



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Has Sellyn picked up an injury? She's still on Vanderbilt's roster but not on any of the rankings, which is odd as she played #1.

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PaulM wrote:

Has Sellyn picked up an injury? She's still on Vanderbilt's roster but not on any of the rankings, which is odd as she played #1.


 Not really sure, but I've been back and checked that I didn't just miss her out.  As far as I can tell, she hasn't played any matches (college or otherwise) since May 2014 (the end of the last term).



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Georgina Sellyn has started playing for her uni again over the weekend just gone, winning 2 out of 3 matches.

Also added Alex Jones and Ella Monsey to the list.



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New college rankings issued.  Brits are:

Men

18 - Cameron Norrie - Texas Christian

32 - Ben Lott - Drake

40 - Andrew Watson - Memphis

41 - Farris Gosea - Illinois

70 - Jack Findell-Hawkins - North Florida

101 - Chris Simpson - Louisiana State

102 - Connor Glennon

Women

32 - Natalie Beazant - Rice

43 - Sophie Watts - Fresno

81 - Daneika Borthwick - Florida State



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Any idea why Pippa Horn hasn't been ranked? Given some of her domestic results before she went off to college I would have had her down as a better prospect than either Watts or Beazant.

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It may be to do with team positioning.  All wins count towards a player's ranking but wins over ranked players count for more, and wins over highly ranked players for a lot more.  Ranked players on a team have to be fielded in rankings order, so those playing at the top of the order are more likely to play ranked / highly ranked players and thus get more ranking points than those playing towards the bottom of the team.  Daneika B and Sophie W both play at 1 for their teams, Pippa usually plays at 5.  It may be that the Longhorns have a stack of brilliant players further up, in which case there is no room for Pippa to play higher or it may be that at present she is not strong enough to move up the order.  Last year her win / loss record was 16 / 13.



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And so far this year, Pippa's record is 4 / 4



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I also thought Brigit Folland and Pippa Horn were more talented players than the likes of Sophie Watts, but are ranked lower on the college rankings.

I wouldn't read too much into the rankings yet.

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