June 5, 2001

LAS VEGAS - UNLV's men's team earned a ranking of 51 in the final edition of the ITA WingspanBank.Com Rankings, which were released Tuesday.

The Rebels (13-11), who lost in the finals of the Mountain West Conference championship, dropped two spots to fall out of the nation's top 50 for the first time since March 20.

Senior Nenad Zivkovic (17-10), who had to pull out of the NCAA Singles Championships last month because of an injury, moved up five spots to No. 82 in the final ranking of his collegiate career.

The women's team (11-12) fell just one spot to end the season at No. 60. Lady Rebel sophomore Paulina Janus (16-8) who lost in the first round of her first NCAA tournament last month, improved one spot to No. 67.