OBU Men's Tennis Ranked 4th Nationally
April 6, 2010
Ouachita Sports Information
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The national and regional tennis rankings have been released with the Ouachita Baptist University men’s team ranked fourth nationally and second in the South region.
The Tigers are one of three Gulf South Conference teams ranked inside the top 10, and one of seven South region teams in the top ten. The top spot nationally is Armstrong Atlantic, with Valdosta State second, Lynn third, Ouachita fourth, and Barry University fifth. Rounding out the final five are Hawaii Pacific, Florida Southern, Rollins, West Florida, and Columbus State.
In the South Regional Rankings, Valodsta State is first with Ouachita and Lynn (Boca Raton, FL) tied for second. Barry is fourth, followed by Florida Southern in fifth and Rollins sixth. West Florida is seventh, Eckerd (eighth), West Alabama (ninth) and Palm Beach Atlantic is 10th.
Nationally in singles ranking OBU’s place four in the top 50. Jean Charles Diame is 18, Jan Plewinski is ranked 23, Till Heilshorn follows at 35. and Pierre Tafelski ranks 50.
With eight regions in the nation the South region dominated the national rankings placing seven teams in the top ten and eleven in the top forty-five. Nation wide there are more than two hundred NCAA division II men’s tennis teams.
The Ouachita Tigers finish up their regular season on May 6 against conference opponent Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.
Division II Team National Ranking
March 30, 2010
1. Armstrong
2. Valdosta
3. Lynn
4. Ouachita Baptist
5. Barry
6. Hawaii Pacific
7. Florida Southern
8. Rollins
9. West Florida
10. Columbus state
11. Concordia
12. Lander
13. Francis Marion
14. Georgia College
15. Northwood
16. Flagler
17. Incarnate Word
18. St. Edwards
19. Augusta State
20. Drury
21. Northwest Missouri
22. Abilene Christian
23. Cameron
24. Anderson
25. Lees McRae
26. South Carolina Aiken
27. Washburn
28. Midwestern
29. BYU Hawaii
30. U.C. SanDiego
31. East Central
32. Southwest Baptist
33. Rockhurst
34. Limestone
35 Western New Mexico
36 Sonoma
37 Queens
38 Ferris State
39 Wayne State
40 Southern Indiana
41 Eckerd
42 West Alabama
43 Palm Beach Atlantic
44 Florida Tech
45 Cal Poly, Pomona
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