The college tennis schedule in Canada will get off to a sluggish begin, however the Rouge et Or of Université Laval in Quebec have wasted no time in asserting their dominance. Each their males’s and girls’s groups at present stand alone on the prime of the standings of their provincial league.
In the meantime, south of the border within the NCAA, a well-recognized face continues to hold the flag for Canada.
Right here is the month-to-month college tennis replace.
U Sports activities – Rouge et Or Off to a Sizzling Begin
The College League in Quebec is in full swing, having gotten underway in November 2024.
On the ladies’s facet, the Rouge et Or of the Université Laval and the Carabins of the Université de Montréal have established themselves because the powerhouses. The 2 colleges have but to satisfy this season, however they’ve dominated the remainder of the competitors. The Université Laval is undefeated at 7-0 whereas the Université de Montréal is second within the standings at 6-1, having solely simply suffered their first defeat of the season final weekend by the hands of third-place McGill.
Every conflict between colleges has seven factors up for grabs. The Rouge et Or have been dominant, grabbing 48 of 49 factors obtainable up to now.
Minnie Kim of Université Laval is the wins chief with 13 up to now this season however has one loss on her document, whereas Sofia Dankov of the Université de Montréal is an ideal 12-0, with all of her wins coming in straight units.
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It’s an identical story on the boys’s facet, with the Université Laval main the pack. The boys’s Rouge et Or squad sit atop the standings at 8-1. Pierre-Alexandre Boivin of the Université Laval boasts one of the best document up to now this season at 14-2.
NCAA – Collard Continues to Shine
Mélodie Collard was the large Canadian NCAA star on the finish of the 2024 calendar 12 months and he or she has carried that momentum into the brand new 12 months. Because the begin of 2025, she is 8-2 in doubles for the College of Virginia which has earned her and Elaine Chervinsky the DI No. 1 doubles rating within the NCAA.
In actual fact, Collard and Chervinsky are 7-0 collectively in 2025 and have received their final 20 accomplished matches collectively (certainly one of their matches was not accomplished firstly of February). Their final loss as a workforce got here on Sep. 25, 2024. They began the 12 months successful 36 of 42 video games. Each of Collard’s losses up to now in 2025 got here with completely different companions.
General, Collard’s College of Virginia is at present the No. 1 ladies’s workforce within the NCAA with 10-2 document. Annabelle Xu additionally performs for Virginia and is at present the highest-ranked Canadian lady within the singles rankings at No. 24. She is 5-3 in 2025 with two matches not accomplished.
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Defending champions Texas A&M at present sit fifth within the ladies’s rankings, with Mia Kupres as soon as once more placing up good numbers to begin the season. She is a formidable 12-1 in singles up to now in 2025.
The No. 2 males’s workforce within the NCAA rankings options some Canadian content material. Duncan Chan has a 4-3 document in singles and a 5-3 document in doubles (with 4 incomplete matches in every self-discipline).
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