TEMPE, Ariz. – The Hawai'i Pacific University women's tennis team jumped five spots to third in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division II Women's Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point.
 
The Sharks (10-5) have a 10-1 Division II record and have a computer ranking of 63.519 for the third position behind defending national champion Barry (Fla.) (10-0) who slipped to second with a rating of 70.48. HPU is ahead of fourth ranked Central Oklahoma (6-1) with a 59.549 rating.
 
The Sharks also have three singles players ranked nationally and one doubles pair. Shaline Pipa moved up to seventh, with Marleen Tilgner joining the rankings at 16th and Elodie Busson moving down to 34th. The duo of Pipa and Tilgner moved up to 19th in the doubles rankings.
 
For the first time in school history, Nova Southeastern (Fla.) (10-1) took over the top spot with a 71.865 rating to pass Barry. Cameron (Okla.) (9-0) is fifth at 56.82. Indianapolis (6-2) is sixth at 51.943, Saint Leo (Fla.) (10-1) is seventh at 49.706, Columbus State (Ga.) (7-4) is eighth at 46.60, West Alabama (7-3) is ninth at 45.982 and Biola (13-1) is 10th at 45.019.
 
In addition to HPU and Biola, Azusa Pacific is the only other PacWest team ranked at 32nd.
 
The No. 3 Sharks return to the court on to face cross-town rival Chaminade early next week. The match has been moved to Monday with a 1 p.m. start at the Kailua Racquet Club.
   
ITA Division II Women's Rankings
March 24, 2022
 

Rank	School	Div. II Record	Ave.	Prev.
1	Nova Southeastern	10-1	71.865	3
2	Barry	10-0	70.48	1
3	Hawai'i Pacific	10-1	63.519	8
4	Central Oklahoma	6-1	59.549	2
5	Cameron University	9-0	56.82	6
6	Indianapolis	6-2	51.943	7
7	Saint Leo	10-1	49.706	5
8	Columbus State	7-4	46.6	13
9	West Alabama	7-3	45.982	14
10	Biola	13-1	45.019	10
11	Queens (N.C.)	5-0	44.16	9
12	Lynn	6-2	43.865	20
13	Lenoir-Rhyne	9-2	38.81	23
14	North Georgia	7-2	38.491	4
15	Flagler	5-4	37.197	NR
16	District of Columbia	12-0	35.74	15
17	Augustana (S.D.)	12-1	34.912	16
18	Tampa	9-2	32.982	17
19	Drury	7-1	30.943	18
20	Newberry	13-2	30.579	11
21	Midwestern State	9-1	30.314	38
22	Charleston (W.Va.)	8-3	25.955	21
23	Findlay	7-4	24.531	29
24	Grand Valley State	5-2	23.138	49
25	Nebraska-Kearney	6-4	22.8	12
26	LeMoyne	10-3	22.794	30
27	Saint Thomas Aquinas	12-2	22.065	39
28	Lincoln Memorial	9-3	22	26
29	Angelo State	8-4	21.904	34
30	West Virginia State	3-1	21.636	32
31	Franklin Pierce	6-2	20.968	28
32	Azusa Pacific	9-4	20.707	19
33	Southern New Hampshire	9-3	19.887	35
34	Rollins	5-1	19.608	NR
35	Wingate	5-5	18.941	22
36	Tiffin	8-4	18.733	31
37	West Florida	6-4	18.647	24
38	Auburn-Montgomery	8-4	17.815	44
39	Augusta	9-2	16.633	40
40	Palm Beach Atlantic	4-6	15.89	NR
41	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	5-4	15.731	37
42	Southeastern Oklahoma St.	5-3	15.683	25
43	Wilmington	9-0	15.4	36
44	Northwood (Mich.)	5-5	15.056	47
45	Dallas Baptist	7-6	14.986	41
46	Adelphi	9-4	14.853	50
47	Harding	9-4	14.795	33
48	Lander	10-4	14.769	NR
49	Mississippi College	6-1	14.566	27
50	Wayne State (Mich.)	4-3	13.171	NR

 
ITA Division II Women's Singles National Ranking

Rank	Player	School	Div. II Record	Prev.
1	Deniz Khazan	Barry	18-0	1
2	Mae Canete	Central Oklahoma	16-2	2
3	Luisa Hrda	Flagler	13-3	8
4	Eleonora Liga	Azusa Pacific	19-2	3
5	Natalie Espinal	Nova Southeastern	15-3	4
6	Christine Canete	Central Oklahoma	12-3	5
7	Shaline Pipa	Hawai'i Pacific	10-0	7
8	Julie Razafindranaly	Nova Southeastern	8-0	10
9	Itxaso Blanco Fernandez De leceta	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	9-1	14
10	Isabella Dunlap	Indianapolis	9-5	6
11	Neila Trklja	Columbus State	6-3	22
12	Haina Franco	West Alabama	9-3	38
13	Maria Garcia	Saint Mary's (Texas)	8-2	16
14	Anna Novikova	Indianapolis	11-6	17
15	Adel-Byanu Abidulina	Central Oklahoma	11-2	13
16	Marleen Tilgner	Hawai'i Pacific	10-1	NR
17	Giorgia Pigato	Lynn University	10-4	41
18	Ashley Penshorn	Saint Mary's (Texas)	7-4	12
19	Sofia Ragona	Academy Of Art	8-4	9
20	Raquel Amaro	Christian Brothers	13-3	47
21	Estefania Garcia	Auburn-Montgomery	15-2	35
22	Maeva Roquebert	Tampa	12-4	15
23	Karolin Kirchtag	Indiana (Pa.)	15-3	18
24	Marta Vicens Miquel	Saint Leo	12-3	39
25	Zulay Castaneda	Newberry	14-2	34
26	Nina Furmaniak	Saint Leo	11-5	21
27	Ana Carla Resende	Carson-Newman	16-5	25
28	Nika Kozar	Nova Southeastern	12-5	11
29	Dianela Rodriguez	Angelo State	12-3	20
30	Anda Ghinga	Midwestern State	13-5	42
31	Claudia Borbon	Augusta	13-2	27
32	Camilla Ciaccia	Wingate	11-6	26
33	Lea Cakarevic	Indianapolis	11-0	32
34	Elodie Busson	Hawai'i Pacific	5-3	19
35	Diana Cabrera	Southwest Baptist	11-3	50
36	Kamilya Shailina	Saint Leo	5-0	NR
37	Audrey Rafols	Dominican (Calif.)	8-4	31
38	Florentia Hadjigeorgiou	Augustana (S.D.)	15-1	54
39	Prinkle Singh	Charleston (W.Va.)	14-2	28
40	Jill Morse	Queens (N.C.)	7-3	43
41	Ashleigh Simes	Lee	6-3	40
42	Yun Nicole Shiau	Academy Of Art	7-2	36
43	Irene Recuenco	West Florida	8-5	56
44	Anna Markvartova	North Georgia	5-7	45
45	Lea Falentin	Fresno Pacific	8-3	24
46	Emilia Richter	Georgia College & State	11-4	58
47	Natalie Kallmunzerova	Southern New Hampshire	18-2	23
48	Jil Engelmann	Barry	7-0	30
49	Almudena Sanz	West Alabama	7-1	61
50	Natalie Kohoutkova	Valdosta State	9-6	29
51	Lea Grinberg	Arkansas Tech	11-4	46
52	Anna Greer	Anderson	11-4	NR
53	Julia Moraes	Augusta	11-0	57
54	Taylor Leslie	Dallas Baptist	9-7	48
55	Valentina Gonzalez Ramirez	Angelo State	8-6	44
56	Maissane Aik	Indianapolis	4-2	NR
57	Mulan Kamoe	Henderson State	5-4	NR
58	Valeriya Monko	Augustana (S.D.)	11-3	NR
59	Jacqueline Wagner	Lynn	4-3	NR
60	Clara Versier	Barry	3-2	75
61	Maria Khomchenko	Tampa	8-4	NR
62	Maria Popova	Northeastern State	6-8	65
63	Sara Yigin	West Florida	9-3	NR
64	Lea Manga	Cameron	5-3	62
65	Marina Vigil	Saint Mary's (Texas)	6-3	53
66	Joanna Stralka	Indiana (Pa.)	4-4	NR
67	Vasilisa Polunova	Cameron	8-4	NR
68	Alessandra Traub	Flagler	7-3	NR
69	Sofia Shing	Georgia College & State	10-6	NR
70	Grace Chadick	Central Oklahoma	9-6	63
71	Helene Scholsen	Barry	8-0	NR
72	Heather Richards	Concordia-Irvine	4-3	52
73	Mariana Ramirez	Columbus State	10-5	NR
74	Vaishali Jorge	North Georgia	6-7	59
75	Alessa Maier	Texas A&M-Kingsville	8-3	55

 
ITA Division II Women's Doubles National Ranking

Rank	Players	School	Div. II Record	Prev.
1	Daniela Farfan / Kim Moosbacher	Barry	13-4	1
2	Christine Canete / Mae Canete	Central Oklahoma	16-1	2
3	Natalie Espinal / Chantal Nosievici	Nova Southeastern	10-2	3
4	Zala Dovnik / Nika Kozar	Nova Southeastern	7-3	4
5	Madeline Bosnjak / Deniz Khazan	Barry	3-1	5
6	Karyna Bihel / Jacqueline Wagner	Lynn	9-3	14
7	Vaishali Jorge / Johanna Lippert	North Georgia	10-1	7
8	Haina Franco / Katia De La Garza	West Alabama	10-4	6
9	Isabella Dunlap / Anna Novikova	Indianapolis	7-1	7
10	Caterina Federici / Barbara Quagliardi	Adelphi	12-5	30
11	Alexandra Borg / Georgina Groth	Rollins	11-4	10
12	Heden Ly / Hardija Vidnere	West Alabama	9-0	9
13	Nastassia Chamoun / Lucy Spice	Newberry	14-7	13
14	Steffi Antao / Cristina Solorzano Valencia	Stonehill	8-3	17
15	Sofia Ragona / Yun Nicole Shiau	Academy of Art	6-2	12
16	Francesca Lilligren / Birdem Oz	LeMoyne	7-4	NR
17	Magdalena Hubickova / Natalie Kallmunzerova	Southern New Hampshire	7-3	33
18	Ivana Andric / Gaayatri Shankar	New Haven	6-2	44
19	Shaline Pipa / Marleen Tilgner	Hawai'i Pacific	8-0	28
20	Valentina Gonzalez Ramirez / Ena Ovcina	Angelo State	13-5	16
21	Casie Curry / Emilija Visic	Midwestern State	12-1	43
22	Anais Geslin / Himani Mor	Franklin Pierce	5-2	20
23	Luisa Hrda / Eden Schlagenhauf	Flagler	5-1	21
24	Marie Bertran De Balanda / Jill Morse	Queens (N.C.)	5-3	38
25	Maria Khomchenko / Anine Wilberg	Tampa	10-2	24
26	Zala Dovnik / Julie Razafindranaly	Nova Southeastern	6-2	27
27	Daniela Baez / Lea Grinberg	Arkansas Tech	9-3	31
28	Paula Ballesteros / Diana Cabrera	Southwest Baptist	8-4	41
29	Maissane Aik / Mariia Solnyshkina	Indianapolis	4-1	NR
30	Judit Gonzalez / Amy Griffiths	Newberry	12-2	23
31	Gemma Southwick / Lucy Whelan	Lenoir-Rhyne	8-2	NR
32	Nikki Boyar / Blythe Buntrock	Central Oklahoma	5-2	22
33	Liza Voloshyna / Nele Weber	Mount Olive	10-2	NR
34	Emma Bentz / Luize Valtere	Erskine	5-1	47
35	Anda Ghinga / Hannah Yip	Midwestern State	9-0	40
36	Allison Carpenter / Grace Dodd	Harding	5-2	50
37	Irina Lapustina / Eliska Petrackova	Lynn	1-0	26
38	Mulan Kamoe / Georjemah Row	Henderson State	4-4	NR
39	Liria Loria / Himani Mor	Franklin Pierce	4-1	19
40	Nathalia Mossambani / Karolina Silwanowicz	West Florida	3-0	NR
41	Caitlin Klaassen / Viktorija Veselinova	Queens (N.C.)	3-2	NR
42	Alma Abazi / Nastasia Jedrychowski	Drury	5-1	NR
43	Vanessa Cozamanis / Sara Gonzalez	Southeastern Oklahoma St.	4-1	46
44	Valentina Abrile / Mariana Ramirez	Columbus State	9-4	NR
45	Mille Elsborg / Emily Ineson	Lander	11-4	25
46	Arina Amaning / Anna Novikova	Indianapolis	2-3	35
47	Yelena Labat / Sara Ramirez	Columbus State	4-4	34
48	Laura Vetter / Mathilda Vidgren	Florida Southern	5-5	39
49	Samantha Stephenson / Morgan Waller	Ferris State	5-3	15
50	Estefania Garcia / Sofia Navarro	Auburn-Montgomery	12-3	NR