The University of Mississippi Athletics
Women's Tennis Holds onto No. 8 Ranking
6/21/1999 | Women's Tennis
April 20, 1999
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss women's tennis team stayed at No. 8 in the latest edition of the ITA Collegiate Rankings released Tuesday, as they get ready for the SEC Championships beginning Thursday in Baton Rouge, La.
Florida remained at No. 1 followed by Stanford, Georgia, Duke, California, UCLA, Texas, Ole Miss, Pepperdine and Notre Dame. Eight SEC teams are ranked in the top 20 including Vanderbilt, Tennessee, South Carolina, Arkansas and Kentucky, while 11 of the 12 schools are nationally-ranked.
In singles, senior Agnes Muzamel held on to the No. 4 spot. She is currently 23-11 overall and needs only five wins to become the all-time career singles leader at Ole Miss. Celeste Frey dropped to No. 21 in the rankings with a 33-15 overall record. Ivona Mihailova fell to No. 37 in the rankings with a 24-6 overall record. She has posted a 17-1 record at No. 3 singles.
In doubles, Frey and Mariana Eberle slipped one spot to No. 10 with a 26-10 record, while Muzamel and Courtenay Chapman dropped to No. 19 with a 20-10 record.
The Lady Rebels enter the SEC Championships as the third seed behind Florida and Georgia. It marks the fourth year in a row that Ole Miss has finished among the top four teams in the league.
"We go into the SEC Tournament this year very eager and really focused on performing well and taking it one match at a time," head coach Jerry Montgomery said. "We are playing well right now. We are healthy and we have a lot of incentive to have a great SEC Tournament."
Ole Miss will face the winner of the match between the sixth seed Kentucky and the 11th seed Auburn on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Dub Robinson Tennis Center. The Lady Rebels defeated Kentucky and Auburn by a score of 7-2 in the regular season.
