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Rebels Begin 2016 Ranked No. 19
1/5/2016 | Men's Tennis
ITA Team Rankings | Singles | Doubles
OXFORD, Miss. â€" With the 2016 season less than two weeks away for the Ole Miss men's tennis team, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced the preseason Oracle/ITA National rankings Tuesday, and the Rebels will begin the season ranked No. 19.
Team Rankings
This marks the 28th time in 29 years for the Rebels to begin the season ranked among the nation's top 25. The Rebels are one of five teams from the SEC in the top 25. They will host No. 5 Texas A&M and No. 7 Georgia this year at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center. Other top 25 matches as of now include at No. 4 Baylor, No. 17 Texas Tech (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) at No. 24 Florida and at No. 25 Vanderbilt.
Individual Rankings
The ITA also released the latest singles and doubles rankings, and the Rebels are featured in both. Senior Stefan Lindmark is up to No. 36 in singles and teams with Filip Kraljevic for a No. 31 ranking in doubles. Lindmark is coming off his best season as a Rebel in 2015, where he became the fifth Rebel to go undefeated in the SEC (8-0) and earned All-SEC first team honors.
Top 25 Times Two
With the women's team earning a No. 25 ranking, Ole Miss is one of 16 schools to have both its teams in the preseason top 25.
First Serve
The Rebels open the season Jan. 15-17 in Atlanta at the Martin Luther King Invitational hosted by Georgia Tech.
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