Friday, March 9, 2007

TUSCULUM MEN'S TENNIS STAYS AT NO. 39 IN THE COUNTRY

SKILLMAN, N.J. --- The first spring poll of the FILA/NCAA Division II Men's Tennis rankings has been released and Tusculum College remains No. 39 in the nation announced College officials Friday.

The Pioneers (5-1) are one of two South Atlantic Conference teams listed in this week's poll. Tusculum's only loss this season was a 6-3 setback to Francis Marion, who is No. 27 in this week's rankings. Three other Tusculum opponents are ranked including No. 24 Anderson, No. 25 Presbyterian and No. 36 Limestone.

The Pioneers also remain seventh in the latest NCAA II Southeast Regional ranking.

Tusculum returns to action next Friday when they host Lincoln Memorial at the Nichols Tennis Complex. It will be the first of three straight home matches for Tusculum in as many days. TC will host No. 36 Limestone next Saturday, followed by Sunday's tilt with Milligan.

- TC -

FILA/NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Rankings
Rk.	Team	Prv.
1	West Florida	4
2	Armstrong Atlantic State	7
3	Valdosta State	1
4	Drury	3
5	Ouachita Baptist	5
6	Barry	6
7	Florida Southern	12
8	Lynn	2
9	Northwood	8
10	St. Edward's	9
11	Lander	10
12	USC Upstate	11
13	Florida Gulf Coast	13
14	UC San Diego	16
15	BYU-Hawaii	15
16	Rollins	17
17	Cameron	18
18	Midwestern State	19
19	Georgia College	21
20	Abilene Christian	22
21	Columbus State	24
22	Delta State	25
23	USC Aiken	26
24	Anderson	23
25	Presbyterian	20
26	Augusta State	30
27	Francis Marion	14
28	Barton	29
29	Incarnate Word	27
30	North Alabama	28
31	Ferris State	31
32	Concordia (N.Y.)	32
33	Hawaii Pacific	33
34	Mercy	NR
35	Southwest Baptist	NR
36	Limestone	NR
37	Washburn	NR
38	Mount Olive	38
39	TUSCULUM	39
40	Northwest Missouri State	40
	Queens (N.Y.)	34
NCAA II Southeast Regional Rankings
Rk.	Team	Prv.
1	Barry	2
2	Florida Southern	3
3	Lynn	1
4	Florida Gulf Coast	4
5	Rollins	5
6	Presbyterian	6
7	TUSCULUM	7
8	Saint Leo	NR
9	Catawba	10
10	Florida Tech	8
2006-07 Tusculum Opponents in Italics