SKILLMAN, N.J. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its national rankings today, Feb. 16, and the Elon women’s tennis doubles team of Jordan Johnston and Frida Jansaker earned a national ranking of 43rd. The national ranking is a program first for Elon.
“Jordan and Frida are very hard workers who are well deserving of this honor and I am very happy for them,” said Elon head coach Elizabeth Anderson. “Any individual recognition is also recognition for the team as they all push each other on a daily basis in striving to reach their full potentials.”
Johnston and Jansaker began the spring in impressive fashion, posting an upset victory at fourth-ranked North Carolina. The duo claimed an 8-6 victory over Zoe De Bruycker and Laura Slater of UNC, who were ranked 43rd in the country at the time.
Since then, Johnston and Jansaker have reeled off five straight victories, including wins at Virginia Tech and East Carolina.
Johnston and Jansaker are the only doubles team in the Southern Conference with a national ranking.
The Elon women’s tennis team returns to action on Feb. 21 for its home opener against Charlotte at 2 p.m.
Women’s National Doubles Rankings
1. Mallory Burdette/Nicole Gibbs-Stanford
2. Brynn Boren/Sarah Toti-University of Tennessee
3. Kristy Frilling/Shannon Mathews-University of Notre Dame
4. Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria-University of Southern California
5. Kristi Boxx/Abby Guthrie-University of Mississippi
6. Linda Abu Mushrefova/Nida Hamilton-Northwestern University
7. Sofie Oyen/Allie Will-University of Florida
8. Keri Wong/Josipa Bek-Clemson University
9. Jillian O’Neill/Alex Anghelescu-Georgia Tech
10. Beatrice Capra/Ester Goldfeld-Duke University
11. Chelsey Gullickson/Nadja Gilchrist-University of Georgia
12. Robin Anderson/Skylar Morton-UCLA
13. Alexa Guarachi/Mary Anne Macfarlane-University of Alabama
14. Alex Kelleher/Olga Khmylev-Boston College
15. Natalie Pluskota/Kata Szekely-University of Tennessee
16. Pamela Montez/Courtney Dolehide-UCLA
17. Jithmie Jayawickrema/Alina Shazhko-Stephen F. Austin State University
18. Beatrice Capra/Rachel Kahan-Duke University
19. Brooke Bolender/Emina Bektas-University of Michigan
20. Ana Belzunce/Welma Luus-University of Maryland, College Park
21. Natalie Pluskota/Caitlyn Williams-University of Tennessee
22. Madeleine Geibert/Stefanie Weinstein-University of Nebraska
23. Hideko Tachibana/Kristin Norton-Harvard University
24. Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale-North Carolina
25. Jackie Wu/Lauren Mira-Vanderbilt University
26. Lindsey Hardenbergh/Erin Vierra-University of Virginia
27. Hanna Yu/Victoria Brook-Yale University
28. Crystal Leung/Nicole Bartnik-Columbia University
29. Lauren Embree/Joanna Mather-University of Florida
30. Marie-Pier Huet/Whitney Ritchie-University of Oklahoma
31. Alyssa Hibberd/Tiffany Welcher-Univ. of Memphis
32. Jana Juricova/Zsofi Susanyi-California
33. Li Xi/Emily Fraser-University of Virginia
34. Elisha Hande/Tatiana Illova-North Carolina State
35.Hilary Bartlett/Lindsay Graff-Princeton University
36. Jessica Stiles/Khristina Blajkevitch-University of Kentucky
37. Ashleigh Antal/Marie Casares-Vanderbilt University
38. Beatrice Gumulya/Keri Wong-Clemson University
39. Alexa Guarachi/Courtney McLane-University of Alabama
40. Jessica Wacnik/Erina Kikuchi-Boston College
41. Blair Seideman/Stephanie Kent-Yale University
42. Ana (Nicoleta) Bara/Alex Bara-Virginia Commonwealth University
43. Jordan Johnston/Frida Jansaker-Elon University
44. Kathryn Talbert/Kayla Duncan-Wake Forest University
45.Zoe Scandalis/Valeria Pulido-University of Southern California
46. Olivia Smith/Millie Nichols-TCU
47. Dominique Harmath/Natalie Beazant-Rice University
48. Caroline Lilley/Jasmine Minor-Georgia Tech
49. Alex Leatu/Jackie Wu-Vanderbilt University
49. Katie Goepel/Rachel Saiontz-Princeton University
51. Dominika Zaprazna/Maria Voscekova-Marshall University
52. Kanyapat Narattana/Malika Rose-Oklahoma State University
53. Amber Li/Elizabeth Epstein-Yale University
54. Lynn Blau/Elizabeth Kilborn-Georgia Tech
55. Winde Janssens/Carla Manzi Tenorio-University of Colorado
56. Ashleigh Antal/Chelsea Preeg- Vanderbilt University
57. Kenna Kilgo/Samantha Adams Texas- Tech University
58. Simona Synkova/Veronica Popovici-Univ. of Wyoming
59. Michelle Sulahian/Mimi Nguyen-University of Michigan
60. Liudmila Vasilieva/Elizaveta Luzina-Washington State University