March 22, 2005

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's team improved five spots as the national rankings were released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association on Tuesday.

Under the new computer formula, the men's squad jumped five spots to No. 42, which is the highest the program has been ranked since 2001.

UNLV (11-4) takes on No. 71 Arkansas today at 1:30 in what is the final home match for Henner Nehles and Aviram Salomon.

No Rebels were ranked individually this week after Joel Kielbowicz (91st in singles) and Nehles and Salomon (17th in doubles) appeared in the last edition on March 8.