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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebel Netters Earn Season-Ending National Rankings
6/8/2011 | Men's Tennis
June 8, 2011
OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss men's tennis players Marcel Thiemann, Tucker Vorster and Chris Thiemann earned final national rankings in singles and doubles as the final Campbell/ITA National Rankings were announced Wednesday.
For the second straight year, Marcel ended the year ranked among the top 30 in singles, as he finished No. 29. He also finished second in the Southern Regional Rankings. Marcel advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the second consecutive year as well as earned All-America and All-SEC first team honors for the second year in a row.
Vorster concluded his career ranked No. 56 in the country and No. 3 in the Southern Region in singles. He earned his first ever NCAA singles appearance this year. The Pretoria, South Africa native finished an excellent career as a two-time All-SEC honoree. Vorster helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2008 and 2009, the overall SEC Championship (2009), back-to-back SEC Tournament titles in 2008 and 2009 and three SEC West titles.
Marcel teamed up with his brother, Chris, to earn a final doubles national ranking of No. 11 and No. 2 in the Southern Region. The duo earned their second straight NCAA doubles bid.
The SEC led the nation with eight players in the final top 30 in singles and six teams in the top 15 doubles rankings.