December 8, 1998
PRINCETON, N.J. The Notre Dame mens tennis team has been ranked 24th in the country
heading into the 1999 dual-match season, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis
Association which released the rankings on Tuesday. The Irish, who finished 20-10 a year
ago, will play 12 matches against ranked teams and will welcome seven ranked teams to
Notre Dame, including fifth-ranked Illinois, seventh-ranked Texas and 10th-ranked Duke.
Notre Dame opens the season by playing host to DePaul, Miami (Ohio) and William & Mary in
the adidas Quad Meet on Sat., Jan. 23.
Individually for 12th-year head coach Bob Bayliss and his mens team, junior Ryan Sachire
is ranked third in the country in mens singles, the highest ranking for a Notre Dame
tennis player since David DiLucia finished the 1992 regular season as the top-ranked
player in the country. Entering the fall ranked eighth, Sachire went 12-3 and advanced to
the final of the ITA All-American championship, the second leg of the ITA collegiate grand
slam.
Five of Sachires 12 wins came against players now in the top 50 and two in the top 10.
All three losses came to players currently ranked in the top 13, including a loss to
top-ranked James Blake of Harvard in the ITA All-American championship match.
Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings - Men's Team
(As determined by the ITA National Ranking Committee)
Release: Dec. 8, 1998 (Fall)
This Last School Total
Rank Year
1. 1. Stanford (9) 600
2. 3. Georgia 588
3. 4. Mississippi State (1) 576
4. 6. Mississippi 566
T5. 10. Illinois * 563
T5. 7. UCLA 563
7. 5. Texas * 562
8. 9. Pepperdine 535
9. 15. South Carolina 534
T10. 21. SMU 523
T10. 14. Duke * 523
12. 19. Tennessee 509
13. 16. Florida 507
14. 13. Texas A&M 491
15. 8. USC 490
16. 18. Harvard 477
17. 27. Arizona State 463
18. 17. Washington 460
T19. 28. Baylor 452
T19. 2. LSU 452
21. 22. Alabama 439
22. 30. Fresno State 432
23. 33. Minnesota * 428
24. 26. Notre Dame 416
25. 11. California 415
* indicates Notre Dame opponents
Other Notre Dame opponents
26. 25. Kentucky 400
33. 51. Purdue 341
37. 32. Northwestern 311
43. 20. Boise State 260
53. 31. Miami (Fla.) 175
54. 68. Michigan State 161
59. 55. Michigan 132
63. 59. Wisconsin 110
Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings - Men's Singles
(As determined by the ITA National Ranking Committee)
Release: Dec. 8, 1998 (Fall)
This Last Name School Yr. Hometown Avg.
Rank Rank
1. 4. James Blake Harvard So. Fairfield, Conn. 12.50
2. 15. Brian Vahaly Virginia So. Atlanta, Ga. 12.11
3. 8. Ryan Sachire Notre Dame Jr. Canfield, Ohio 11.48
4. 65. Mark Loughrin Wisconsin Sr. Greendale, Wis. 10.20
5. 6. Ryan Wolters Stanford Sr. San Jose, Calif. 10.10
6. 17. Esteban Carril TCU So. Gijon, Spain 10.08
7. 62. Jack Brasington Texas Sr. Miami, Fla. 10.00
8. 21. Robert Kendrick Washington So. Fresno, Calif. 9.87
9. NR Luis Uribe Kansas Sr. Queretaro, Mexico 9.82
10. 97. Peter Handoyo Tennessee Fr. Surabaya, Indonesia 9.66
11. 7. Hisham Hemeda Georgia Sr. Cairo, Egypt 9.11
12. 20. Guillaume Legat South Carolina So. Saint Lo, France 8.97
13. 37. Oliver Freelove Illinois Sr. Bromley, England 8.82
14. 22. Tom Chicoine Minnesota Sr. Neenah, Wis. 8.46
15. 68 Efe Ustundag Rice Sr. Istanbul, Turkey 8.14
16. 5. Francisco Rodriguez Alabama Jr. Asuncion, Paraguay 7.72
T17. 29. Ignacio Hirigoyen SMU Sr. Bahla Bianca, Argentina 7.67
T17. 95. KJ Hippensteel Stanford Fr. Roanoke, Va. 7.67
19. 30. Alex Kim Stanford So. Potomac, Md. 7.61
20. 72. Marco Baron Mississippi St. So. Nanetes, France 7.22
T21. NR Kelly Gullet Pepperdine Sr. Whittier, Calif. 7.00
T21. 51. Alex Waske San Diego State Jr. Frankfurt, Germany 7.00
23. 80. Adam Marchetti Virginia Tech So. Williamsburg, W.V. 6.94
24. 49. Myles Clouston Wake Forest Sr. Durban, South Africa 6.92
25. 3. Daniel Andersson VCU Jr. Stockholm, Sweden 6.85
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