April 30, 2002

WACO, Texas - Baylor's men's tennis team moved up two spots, to No. 4 in this week's Omni Hotels Collegiate Tennis Rankings. This marks the highest ranking for the men this season and is one spot shy of the team's highest ranking ever. The Bears were ranked third in the nation on March 23, 1999.

Baylor, currently 25-1 on the season, had moved up one spot last week after clinching the Big 12 Championship with a win at Texas A&M. The Bears won three matches en route to the Big 12 Tournament championship this past week against Oklahoma, Texas Tech and then defeated Texas A&M in the finals.

The Bears are riding a school record 16-game win streak going into the NCAA Championships.

Top 25 Team Rankings for Division I Men:Rank    Avg.    School1   123.66  Univ. of Georgia2   117.27  UCLA3   111.0   Univ. of Illinois at Urbania-Champaign4   104.84  Baylor University5   104.54  Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville6   104.00  Stanford University7   103.33  Univ. of Mississippi8   100.10  Pepperdine9   98.97   Univ. of Kentucky10  92.61   California11  92.28   University of Southern California12  90.20   Univ. of Florida13  87.30   Auburn University14  83.12   University of Notre Dame15  77.01   University of Texas at Austin16  75.91   Texas A&M University17  73.77   Duke University18  68.86   Univ. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa19  65.69   University of South Carolina20  59.70   Ohio State University21  57.54   Virginia Commonwealth University22  52.59   University of Minnesota, Twin Cities23  48.62   UNC Chapel Hill24  47.30   University of Arkansas, Fayetteville25  46.79   Univ. of South Florida