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Tech Women's Tennis Ranked No. 3 in Nation

Jan. 31, 2006

ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech women’s tennis team moved up one spot to No. 3 in the nation in the Fila Collegiate Tennis Rankings Tuesday, which marks the highest ranking ever achieved by a Georgia Tech women’s team in school history.

The Jackets moved up from the No. 4 spot in the polls after winning 25-of-34 matches in the Michigan Invitational, passing Texas, who fell to No. 15. Tech reached the No. 4 position once in the 2005 season, tying the Georgia Tech volleyball team for highest ranking by a women’s team, but the Yellow Jacket tennis team finished the season ranked No. 6 in the nation.

Joining Georgia Tech in the top-10 are ACC members Miami, who moved up one spot to No. 9 this week, and No. 10 North Carolina. Rounding out the top-25 for the conference are No. 13 Duke, No. 17 Clemson and No. 25 Wake Forest. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference are tied for the most schools ranked in the top-25 this week, with six apiece.

The Jackets will begin the dual-match portion of their season this weekend at the National Team Indoor Championships, and will face Texas in the first round on Thursday at 10 a.m. EST. Tech, Miami, Duke and UNC will all be participating in the premier indoor tournament this weekend.

FILA Collegiate Tennis Rankings –As of January 31, 2006–

        LW      School (1st)    Votes1       1       Stanford (10)   7502       2       Florida                 7403       4       Georgia Tech    7304       6       Northwestern    7145       5       So. California  7126       7       Georgia         6997       8       Vanderbilt      6878       9       Baylor Univ.    6779       10      Miami (Fla.)    67110      11      No. Carolina    65211      12      UCLA            64512      13      Kentucky                63013      T14     Duke Univ.      62914      26      Arizona State   61815      3       U. of Texas     61516      T14     TCU             61317      16      Clemson                 60018      17      California      59219      18      Harvard                 57020      20      William & Mary      56021      19      Tennessee       55322      21      BYU             53623      23      Notre Dame      52724      22      So. Carolina    52525      24      Wake Forest     510

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