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Road to the NCAAs: Individual Selections
May 09, 2007 | General
ROAD TO THE NCAAs
Part 11 of 12 installments of NCAA Tennis features leading up to the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Tennis Championships to be held in Athens
This Week's Spotlight
NCAA Individual Selections
Once the team tournament has concluded, here is a look at some of the top singles players and doubles teams looking for an individual championship as well.
Once the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis team champions are crowned in Athens, competition will begin for the singles and doubles champions as well. The first round of singles will begin May 23 followed by the first round of doubles May 24. All four finals are slated for Monday, May 28 with men’s doubles at noon, women’s doubles at 1 p.m. and both singles at 7 p.m.
For the women, several individuals have remained atop the singles rankings all year long and are looking to take their regular-season success into the NCAA Tournament. Miami’s Audra Cohen has been the top-ranked player all year long and will enter the NCAA Singles Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed with a 34-2 record. LSU sophomore Megan Falcon came on strong in her debut as a Lady Tiger, currently owning a 34-2 record as well. She is the tournament’s No. 2 seed. Melanie Gloria, who handed Cohen one of her two losses, is the No. 3 seed followed by USC’s Lindsey Nelson, last year’s NCAA singles runner-up. Suzi Babos (California) the defending NCAA Singles Champion, Kristi Miller (Georgia Tech), Natalie Frazier (Georgia) and Megan Moulton-Levy (William & Mary) round on the top eight seeds.
Here are all the seeded competitors:
| Women's Top 16 Seeds | Automatic Qualifiers For Each Conference |
| 1. Audra Cohen, Miami (Florida) Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically: Fani Chifchieva, Auburn | Atlantic Coast, Audra Cohen, Miami (Florida) |
Here are the seeded doubles teams looking for a title in Athens as well:
Seeds 1-4:
1.Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic, William and Mary
2.Sara Anundson/Jenna Long, North Carolina
3.Kristi Miller/Whitney McCray, Georgia Tech
4.Ana Cetnik/Anna Sydorska, TCU
Seeds 5-8, listed alphabetically by institution:
Suzi Babos/Zsuzsanna Fodor, California
Darya Ivanov/Yvette Hyndman, Georgia
Joelle Schwenk/Kim Coventry, Kentucky
Amanda Fish/Amanda Taylor, Vanderbilt
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For the men, Georgia senior John Isner has a chance to turn his dominating season into a national team, singles and doubles title. The Georgia team is the No. 1 seed, while individually Isner also is the top seed in both the singles and doubles tournaments. Following Isner (36-4) in singles is last year’s runner-up, Somdev Devvarman (34-5) of Virginia. Florida’s Jesse Levine, who beat Isner in the regular season, is the No. 3 seed followed by UCLA’s Benjamin Kohlloeffel last year’s NCAA Singles Champion. Kevin Anderson (Illinois), Steven Moneke (Ohio State), Arnau Brugues (Tulsa) and Steven Bass (Notre Dame) round out the top eight seeds.
Here are all the seeded competitors:
| Men's Top 16 Seeds | Automatic Qualifiers For Each Conference |
| 1. John Isner, Georgia Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically: Lars Poerschke, Baylor | Atlantic Coast, Somdev Devvarman, Virginia |
Here are the seeded doubles teams looking for a title in Athens as well:
Seeds 1-4:
1.John Isner/Luis Flores, Georgia
2.Treat Huey/Somdev Devvarman, Virginia
3.Greg Ouelette/Jesse Levine, Florida
4.Colt Gaston/Danny Bryan, LSU
Seeds 5-8, listed alphabetically by school:
Joey Atas/David Goulet, Duke
Kevin Anderson/Ryan Rowe, Illinois
Josh Cohen/Luigi D’Agord, Miami (Florida)
Andreas Siljestrom/Marco Born, Middle Tennessee
This Weekend: Regionals (Rounds of 64 and 32)
| First & Second Rounds | First & Second Rounds |
| Athens, Ga. Columbus, Ohio Waco, Texas Charlottesville, Va. | Palo Alto, Calif. Athens, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Gainesville, Fla. |
Men's Full Bracket | Women's Full Bracket
The University of Georgia will host the 2007 NCAA Tennis Championships, May 17-28. For ticket and tournament information please visit the NCAA Tournament Information Center at www.georgiadogs.com.
