SAN ANTONIO —The success of the men's and women's tennis programs continues to flare as both moved up in the ITA national rankings, released today.
The women's team bumped up an impressive 20 spots from its last ranking and are now the No. 28th team in the country. Headlining the women's rankings is Armstrong Atlantic followed by Barry.
The Lady Rattlers are sitting with a 12-4 overall record and a 3-0 record against Heartland Conference teams, and recently took three points off the No. 5 team in nation, Abilene Christian, falling 6-3.
Star and four-time Heartland Conference Player of the Week
Mariana Rong (So., Jinan, China) is still in the national pool. However, despite boasting an undefeated 14-0 record, she actually dropped one spot to No. 29 in the latest poll.
The men's tennis team is exuding the same national prestige, moving up four spots in the national ranks to No. 44. Armstrong Atlantic and Barry are also headlining the men's rankings, holding the No. 1 and No. 2 rank, respectively. The Rattlers are also striding through the conference as impressively as the women, holding an undefeated 4-0 record against league teams to go along with a 9-6 overall record.
St. Mary's University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men's basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men's golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men's golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary's also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary's student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.rattlerathletics.com.
