Feb. 15, 2003

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV women's team dropped five spots but managed to stay in the top 20 in the season's fourth edition of the Omni Hotels Intercollegiate Tennis Rankings, which were released by the national governing body this week.

The No. 20 Lady Rebels (2-1) were 15th last week before suffering a 6-1 loss at then-No. 23 Fresno State. The surging Bulldogs moved up to No. 17 in this week's poll.

The nation's new No. 1, Duke, will visit UNLV for the first time ever on March 12.

The Lady Rebels are off until hosting UC Riverside on February 21. The Rebel men's team was not ranked. The next edition of the singles and doubles rankings will not be released until February 26.

2003 OMNI HOTELS ITA WOMEN'S TENNIS RANKINGS
PL  SCHOOL (NO. 1 VOTES)
1.  Duke (8)2.  Florida3.  Southern Cal4.  California5.  Stanford6.  Georgia7.  North Carolina8.  Arizona State9.  UCLA10. Vanderbilt11. Northwestern12. Tennessee13. William & Mary14. Miami15. Texas16. Arizona17. Fresno State18. South Carolina19. South Alabama20. UNLV