At the ITF J300 in Salinas EcuadorQualifier Kathryn Cragg defeated top seed Sofia Meabe of Argentina 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals. The 14-year-old Cragg also qualified for the J300 in Colombia last week and also played as the top seed in the second round, but lost to Welles Newman 6-3, 6-0.
Cragg is one of five American girls in the quarterfinals, with No. 7 seed Sarah Ye, No. 3 seed Janae Preston, who plays Lani Chang, and No. 6 seed Yael Saffar, against No. 2 seed Pietra Rivoli of Brazil. Rivoli defeated last week’s Colombian J300 champion Olivia Traynor 6-3, 7-6(3) in the first round.
Unseeded Navneet Raghuram defeated No. 4 seed Dan Brand 6-1, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals. Top seed Michael Antonius’ score in the second round has not been announced.
The ITA singles and doubles rankings in the first Division I since last November were released today, and there’s a new man at the top: SMU’s Trevor Svajda takes over the top spot from Columbia’s Michael Zheng. Zheng, of course, is a two-time NCAA singles champion and defeated Svajda in the November finals, but Zheng hasn’t played much collegiately before or since that title, so Svajda advanced.
There’s also a new No. 1 in the men’s team rankings, with Virginia taking over from Wake Forest in the top spot after the Demon Deacons’ loss to Ohio State last weekend. The Buckeyes move up to second, receiving five first-place votes to Virginia’s seven. Click on the headings to see the complete lists.
Survey of Men’s Division I team coaches February 4, 2026
(first place votes in brackets, last week’s rankings in brackets)
1.Virginia[7] (2)
2. Ohio State[5] (6)
3. Wakebos[1] (1)
4.Stanford (3)
5. TCU (4)
6. Mississippi State (7)
7.Texas (5)
8. Texas A&M (8)
9. Central Florida (9)
10.28 Oklahoma (13)
1. Trevor Svajda, SMU
2. Dylan Dietrich, Virginia
3. Michael Zheng, Colombia
4. Jay Friend, Arizona
5. Duncan Chan, TCU
6. Petar Jovanovic, Mississippi State
7. Paul Inchauspe, Princeton
8. Max Dahlin, Michigan
9. Matthew Forbes, Michigan State
10. Sebastian Gorzny, Texas
1. Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin, Ohio State
2. Mans Dahlberg and Dylan Dietrich, Virginia
3. DK Suresh and Andrew Delgado, Wake Forest
4. Manfredi Graziani and Aaron Sandler, Penn
5. Max Dahlin and Bjorn Swenson, Michigan
While both men’s No. 1 spots went to NCAA finalists, with the champions at No. 2, North Carolina’s Reese Brantmeier bucked that trend in women’s singles by holding on to her No. 1 ranking. NCAA women’s doubles champions Tori Osuigwe and Gabby Broadfoot of NC State are ranked No. 2 behind NCAA semifinalists Roisin Gilheany and Gloriana Nahum of Oklahoma.
1. Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina
2. Carmen Herea, Texas
3. Luciana Perry, Ohio State
4. Aysegul Mert, Georgia
5. Valerie Glozman, Stanford
6. Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Appalachia
7. Ange Oby Kajuru, North Carolina
8. Emily Welker, Ole Miss
9. Piper Charney, Michigan
10. Berta Passola Folch, Cal
1. Gilheany and Gloriaa Rishin, Oklahoma
2. Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria osuigwe, NC State
3. Sophia Webster and Celia-Belle Mohr, Vanderbilt
4. Melody Collard and Vivian Yang, Virginia
5. Ange Oby Kajuru and Susanna Maltby, North Carolina
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