The Tennis Recruiting Network's recruiting class rankings for those entering school in the fall of this year
have been released, with Stanford the near-unanimous (20 of 22 first place votes, including mine) selection for top recruiting class. With Ryan Thacher, ranked No. 1 in his class by TR.Net, and Bradley Klahn, ranked No. 3, committed to the Cardinal, coach John Whitlinger has to be pleased to have kept the top two players from California in the state.
One of the difficulties of these rankings is addressed in the comments with the mention of Texas A & M. There is no doubt that A & M's signing of the class of 2008's No. 2 Wil Spencer and No. 9 Austin Krajicek would put them right with Stanford, but because Spencer and Krajicek have enrolled this month, they are not considered in these rankings. (Spencer and Krajicek are in the Aggie lineup, with Krajicek providing the clinching win over Boise State yesterday, according to
this story at aggieathletics.com.)
Georgia frequently has mid-season recruits, and this year is no exception, with Javier Garrapiz of Spain coming in. The Bulldogs went on the road over the weekend to play Stanford and Tulsa at Tulsa, and won both matches 7-0, without Luis Flores taking the court. Stanford was ranked 43rd (new rankings are released Tuesday) and Tulsa 23rd, so it may not have been quite as difficult an opening road weekend as Virginia (who beat No. 8 Illinois 4-3 and No. 12 Notre Dame 5-2), but it is an impressive start nonetheless. (See
georgiadogs.com for details on the two wins in Tulsa). Next month's National Team Indoor should be very interesting. The information on the competition in Seattle is
here.
