Cal's Manasse rises to No. 1 in nation

   Maegan Manasse of the Cal women jumped to No. 1, and Piedmont resident Mackenzie McDonald of the UCLA men rose to No. 2 in the latest national collegiate rankings released today.
   Manasse (28-3), a sophomore from Redondo Beach in the Los Angeles area, had been ranked No. 5. She became Cal's first top-ranked singles player since Zsofi Susanyi tied for No. 1 on Feb. 12, 2013, according to calbears.com. The Bears' Jana Juricova, the 2011 NCAA singles champion, also reached No. 1.
   All of Cal's six singles players are ranked. In addition to Manasse, Susanyi, a senior, is 20th; junior Lynn Chi, last year's NCAA runner-up to Virginia's Danielle Collins, is 26th; freshman Karla Popovic is 28th; junior Klara Fabikova is 34th; and sophomore Denise Starr is 59th.
   Cal remained fifth in the team rankings after advancing to the semifinals of the ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship in Charlottesville, Va.
   McDonald (19-3), a sophomore, had been ranked No. 7. Virginia's Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, a sophomore from Charlotte, N.C., improved from No. 4 to No. 1.

COLLEGE RANKINGS

(Top 10 and Northern California; previous ranking in parentheses)

Women's team

1. North Carolina (3)

2. Florida (2)
3. Georgia (9)
4. UCLA (1)
5. Cal (5)
6. Baylor (6)
7. Virginia (10)
8. Alabama (8)
9. Miami (12)
10. Stanford (8)

42. Saint Mary's (44)

Women's singles

1. Maegan Manasse, Cal

2. Julia Elbaba, Virginia
3. Josie Kuhlman, Florida

4. Robin Anderson, UCLA
5. Jamie Loeb, North Carolina

6. Brooke Austin, Florida

7. Julia Jones, Mississippi

8. Stephanie Wagner, Miami

9. Chanelle Van Nguyen, UCLA
10. Carol Zhao, Stanford
14. Taylor Davidson, Stanford
16. Caroline Doyle, Stanford
20. Zsofi Susanyi, Cal

22. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident), USC

26. Lynn Chi, Cal
28. Karla Popovic, Cal

34. Klara Fabikova, Cal

43. Sophie Watts, Fresno State
48. Danielle Flores, Saint Mary's
51. Andrea Ka, USF
59. Denise Starr, Cal
92. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford
112. Jana McCord, Saint Mary's

114. Marina Nikolic, USF

122. Iveta Masarova, Pacific

Women's doubles

1. Beatrice Gumulya and Jessy Rompies, Clemson
2. Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips, UCLA
3. Viktoriya Lushkova and Kelsey Laurente, Oklahoma State
4. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan, Florida
5. Carol Zhao and Taylor Davidson, Stanford
6. Erin Routliffe and Maya Jansen, Alabama
7. Emily Flickinger and Pleun Burgmans, Auburn
8. Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr, Cal
9. Peggy Porter and Josie Kuhlman, Florida

10. Lina Lileikite and Stephanie Wagner, Miami
12. Caroline Doyle and Ellen Tsay, Stanford
15. Giuliana Olmos (Fremont resident) and Zoe Scandalis, USC
16. Klara Fabikova and Zsofi Susanyi, Cal
31. Lynn Chi and Zsofi Susanyi, Cal

Men's team

(No rankings this week because of this weekend's

  ITA National Team Indoor Championship in Chicago)

1. USC
2. Oklahoma
3. Virginia
4. Georgia
5. Illinois
6. Duke
7. North Carolina
8. Ohio State
9. Texas
10. UCLA
10. Baylor
13. Cal
39. Stanford
65. Santa Clara
72. UC Davis

Men's singles

1. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, Virginia
2. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont resident), UCLA
3. Sebastian Stiefelmeyer, Louisville
4. Ryan Shane, Virginia
5. Dominik Koepfer, Tulane
6. Brayden Schnur, North Carolina
7. Yannick Hanfmann, USC
8. Gonzales Austin, Vanderbilt
9. Nicolas Alvarez, Duke
10. Julian Lenz, Baylor
28. Tom Fawcett, Stanford
42. Andre Goransson, Cal
114. Filip Bergevi, Cal

Men's doubles

1. Roberto Quiroz and Yannick Hanfmann, USC
2. Gonzales Austin and Rhys Johnson, Vanderbilt
3. Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese, Tennessee
4. Alex Lawson and Billy Pecor, Notre Dame
5. Axel Alvarez Llamas and Dane Webb, Oklahoma
6. Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont resident) and Martin Redlicki, UCLA
7. Kevin Metka and Ralf Steinback, Ohio State
8. Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M
9. Roberto Cid and Sasha Gozun, South Florida
10. Arjun Kadhe and Jakob Sude, Oklahoma State
30. Gregory Bayane and Chase Melton, Cal
31. Bernardo Saraiva and Nils Skajaa, USF
32. Andre Goransson and Oskar Wikberg, Cal