San Francisco becomes the only school in Northern California to have two region natives earn national rankings in the past ten years
March 4, 2009
(San Francisco,CA) - Tommy Tu, of the USF Men's Tennis team, gained strong recognition Tuesday as the senior entered the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division I men's tennis singles rankings. Tu is currently nationally ranked for the first time in his USF career and is listed as 95th out of the 125 athletes ranked.
The ranking is a milestone for San Francisco, as Tu becomes the second Don from Northern California to earn a singles ranking in the past 10 years. The other lone USF Northern California representative to earn a national ranking is former San Francisco standout and current USF assistant coach, Pablo Pires de Almeida. With the two selections, San Francisco becomes the only school in the Northern California region to have two region natives earn national rankings in the past ten years.
In addition, with the ranking, Tu is now just the second junior, and native, of Northern California to earn a national rank in the last five years.
Tu, who has sailed through his last three matches, and the Dons travel to Hawaii this weekend, looking to extend their current three-match win streak. San Francisco (3-5) will face Hawaii-Pacific Friday at 3 p.m. before closing out the weekend with a 1 p.m. match at Hawaii Saturday.
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