March 8, 2005
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State women's tennis team moved into the top 25 in the March 8 edition of the weekly Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division I Rankings thanks to an undefeated week. The 25th-ranked Aztecs have been ranked in every poll this season, and have been as high as No. 65.
The 43-spot jump represents the biggest of any ranked team and is a direct result of three wins last week. After defeating unranked Loyola Marymount, 5-2, on March 1, SDSU upset two ranked teams in Michigan and Washington.
Michigan, ranked No. 28 at the time, played San Diego State tough throughout the day. The Aztecs claimed the doubles point, but the Wolverines came back to tie the contest at 3-3. The outcome was decided at number four when SDSU's Eliska Krausova defeated Michigan's Leanne Rutherford, 6-4, 6-7, 6-4, to help the Aztecs pull off the 4-3 upset.
Two days later versus eighth-ranked Washington, SDSU jumped out to an early 1-0 lead by earning the doubles point. From that point forward, the Aztecs controlled the match as they went on to win four of the six singles matches to record a 5-2 victory and its second upset of the week.
San Diego State's 43-place leap is the largest since 2002 when it climbed 14 spots, from No. 53 to No. 39, after a win over 41st-ranked Kansas State.
The Aztecs' No. 25 ranking is their highest since being ranked 23rd-nationally during the 2003 Mountain West Conference Championships. As the 23rd-best team in America, SDSU went on to defeat its three opponents by a combined score of 12-2, took the conference crown and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.