April 7, 1998

LAS VEGAS - Junior Asaf Tishler improved five spots to a career-high of No. 35 in the men's Rolex Collegiate Tennis Rankings released by the ITA Tuesday. Tishler, from Tel Aviv, Israel, is 20-9 on the year and has won eight of his last nine singles matches. He also is 17-4 in doubles this season.

In doubles play, the freshman pair of Gregor Skorin and Nenad Zivkovic (9-5) dropped two spots to No. 40.

The UNLV men's team fell eight spots to No. 40 nationally. The Rebels (10-7) take on No. 9 USC Tuesday and No. 10 Pepperdine Thursday.

On the women's side, UNLV climbed back into the top-50 after winning four straight matches. The Lady Rebels (7-8) improved 30 spots to No. 42. UNLV travels to No. 7 BYU on Friday and No. 55 Utah on Saturday.