Feb. 26, 2004

WACO, Texas - The Baylor men's tennis team has moved up in the ITA national rankings going from No. 5 to No. 3. The jump in rankings is due to Baylor's superior play with a 7-0 win over Colorado, a 5-2 win over No. 29 Auburn and a 5-1 victory over No. 16 Kentucky.

In the ITA singles rankings, junior Benedikt Dorsch reclaimed his No. 1 national ranking from last year; Dorsch's previous ranking was No. 3. Benjamin Becker also made the top 10 coming in at No. 8 slipping a few places from the No. 5 spot.

In the doubles rankings Benedikt Dorsch and Ivor Lovrak came in at No. 32.

Rankings are available at www.itatennis.com