Latest Lady Vols’ tennis ITA rankings

A look at the latest ITA rankings for the Lady Vols’ tennis team and players.

Tennessee (8-5) will next play No. 12 Texas A&M (20-1) Friday at noon EDT from Barksdale Stadium.

The Lady Vols will host No. 61 LSU (4-7) Sunday at noon EDT.

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released its latest women’s rankings Wednesday.

The ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point rank the top 75 schools, the top 125 national singles players and the top 80 national doubles teams each week.

Ahead of the Lady Vols’ matches against Texas A&M and LSU, three Tennessee players are ranked in the top 88 in singles competition and two doubles teams are ranked in the top 59.

Below are Tennessee’s rankings the ITA released on Wednesday.

  • Tennessee team ranking: No. 31
  • Tenika McGiffin singles ranking: No. 37
  • Rebeka Mertena singles ranking: No. 44
  • Elza Tomase singles ranking: No. 88
  • Daria Kuczer/Tenika McGiffin doubles ranking: No. 13
  • Esther Adeshina/Elza Tomase doubles ranking: No. 59
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