Ore and Withrow Ranked No. 1

COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M duo of Junior Ore and Jackson Withrow are ranked No. 1 in the latest ITA doubles rankings, published Tuesday afternoon. The Aggies came in at No. 13 in the latest team ratings, second among the six SEC schools in the top 25.

Ore and Withrow are 5-0 this spring including wins over two top-10 duos and another over the 20th ranked team in the country. For just the third time in program history an A&M duo was ranked No. 1 overall, the first was Shuon Madden and Dumitru Caradima in 1999 followed by Austin Krajicek and Jeff Dadamo in 2011.

“Right now Junior and Jackson are playing with a lot of confidence,” head coach Steve Denton said. “Both of them are serving really well right now, but their biggest improvement has been their return game. They are putting more pressure on their opponents by consistently providing quality returns.”

Three Aggies placed in the top 40 of the singles rankings, led by sophomore Harrison Adams at No. 11 overall. Adams is the highest ranking SEC player and is coming off a career-best victory over No. 2 Guillermo Alcorta of Oklahoma. Fellow sophomore and reigning SEC player of the week, Shane Vinsant is tied for 26th and junior Jeremy Efferding comes in at 38th.

As a team the Aggies slipped from No. 8 to 13th following a 1-1 road trip through the Sooner state last weekend. The Aggies topped No. 32 Tulsa on Friday before falling to 3rd ranked Oklahoma. SEC teams in the rankings include No. 11 Tennessee, No. 14 Vanderbilt, No. 16 Mississippi State, No. 22 Florida and No. 25 Kentucky.

Joining the Ore and Withrow in the doubles rankings are Efferding and Jordan Szabo at No. 37.

The Aggies return to the friendly confines of the Mitchell Tennis Center to open SEC play with matches against No. 22 Florida and No. 33 South Carolina, on Friday and Sunday respectively. Stay tuned to AggieAthletics.com and follow @AggieMTEN on Twitter for coverage of Texas A&M men's tennis.

 

Team Top 25
Rank	School
1	Ohio State University
2	University of Southern California
3	University of Oklahoma
4	UCLA
5	University of Texas
6	University of Notre Dame
7	University of Illinois
8	Baylor University
9	California
10	University of Virginia
11	University of Tennessee
12	North Carolina
13	Texas A&M University
14	Vanderbilt University
15	Boise State University
16	Mississippi State University
17	Duke University
18	Oklahoma State University
19	Wake Forest University
20	Columbia University
21	Clemson University
22	University of Florida
23	Northwestern University
24	North Carolina State
25	University of Kentucky

Individual Top 15
Rank	Player	School
1	Clay Thompson	UCLA
2	Guillermo Alcorta	University of Oklahoma
3	Axel Alvarez Llamas	University of Oklahoma
4	Mitchell Frank	University of Virginia
5	Marcos Giron	UCLA
T-6	Ray Sarmiento	University of Southern California
T-6	Julian Lenz	Baylor University
8	Jared Hiltzik	University of Illinois
9	Peter Kobelt	Ohio State University
10	Yannick Hanfmann	University of Southern California
11	Harrison Adams	Texas A&M University
12	Winston Lin	Columbia University
13	Patrick Pradella	Baylor University
14	Tom Jomby	University of Kentucky
15	Gonzales Austin	Vanderbilt University

Doubles Top 10
Rank	Player	Player	School
1	Junior Ore	Jackson Withrow	Texas A&M University
2	Mikelis Libietis	Hunter Reese	University of Tennessee
3	Peter Kobelt	Kevin Metka	Ohio State University
4	Tim Kopinski	Ross Guignon	University of Illinois
5	Gonzales Austin	Ryan Lipman	Vanderbilt University
6	Benjamin Lock	Marco Nunez	Florida State University
7	Alex Sarkissian	Francis Alcantara	Pepperdine
8	Lloyd Glasspool	Søren Hess-Olesen	University of Texas
9	Gordon Watson	Elliott Orkin	University of Florida
10	Joe Salisbury	David O'Hare	University of Memphis