SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released their initial spring season rankings on Wednesday as the Santa Clara men's tennis doubles team of Luca Bluett and John Kim came in at No. 17. 
 
The high ranking comes off the heels of two wins over top-12 nationally ranked doubles teams this spring as well as playing at the NCAA Individual Championships last fall, becoming the first Bronco men's players to qualify for the NCAAs. 
 
In January at the ITA Kickoff Weekend tournament in Starkville, Mississippi, Bluett and Kim beat then-No. 2 Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez from Mississippi State and downed then-No.12 Jacob Olar and Andrii Zimnokh from Alabama.  For their efforts, the West Coast Conference recognized Bluett and Kim with the league Doubles Team of the Week honors. 
 
Last November, they were one of the 32 doubles teams that competed at the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Singles and Doubles Championship becoming just the second time the Santa Clara tennis program, men or women, had a qualifier at the NCAA Individual Championships.  Women's player Katie Le played in three consecutive singles championships from 2012-14.  
 
To qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships, Bluett and Kim won three straight matches at the ITA Sectional Championships.
 
The national rankings include the top 125 men's and women's singles rankings and the top 90 men's and women's doubles rankings.
 
The Broncos next play UC Santa Barbara on Saturday followed by a doubleheader against Portland State and Menlo College on Sunday.  All three matches are at the Degheri Tennis Center. 

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