March 26, 2003

The UNLV women's tennis team returned to the nation's top 25 this week with a nine-spot jump in the season's ninth edition of the Omni Hotels Intercollegiate Tennis Rankings, which were released by the national governing body Wednesday.

UNLV (11-3), which went 3-0 over the weekend, moved to No. 24 after tumbling to 33rd last week. The men's program and no singles or doubles players were ranked this week.

The Lady Rebels are preparing for Friday's league showdown with No. 32 San Diego State (13-3), which is tied with UNLV for first place in the Mountain West Conference at 2-0. The match begins at 2 p.m. at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

OMNI HOTELS INTERCOLLEGIATE WOMEN'S TENNIS RANKINGS
1. Duke2. Stanford3. USC4. Cal5. Florida6. Georgia7. Tennessee8. Arizona State9. William & Mary10. Washington11. North Carolina12. UCLA13. Vanderbilt14. Virginia Commonwealth15. Kentucky16. South Alabama17. Illinois18. Harvard19. Miami20. Alabama21. Georgia Tech22. Virginia23. Fresno State24. UNLV25. Clemson