TRINITY MEN'S TENNIS RANKED

EIGHTH AFTER FALL SEASON

HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 23, - The Trinity College men's tennis team, coached by Paul Assaiante (sixth season), is ranked eighth in the Intercollgiate Tennis Association (ITA) NCAA Division III rankings following a succesful fall campaign.

Trinity, which went 14-2 in 1998-99, blanked Springfield College, 7-0, in its only dual match and competed in several singles and doubles tournaments this fall.

Junior Rostyslav Orach (New York, NY) is the 5th-ranked singles player according to the ITA. Orach posted a 13-1 dual record and won the No.1 singles flight at the NESCAC Championships. Orach helped Trinity advance to the NCAA Division III National Championship quarterfinals and earned All-American honors for his outstanding 1998-99 season.

The top 25 is listed below:

1. California-Santa Cruz

2. Kalamazoo

3. Williams

4. Trinity

5. Emory

6. Redlands

7. Gustavus Adolphus

8. Trinity College

9. Swarthmore

10. Averett

11. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

12. Washington College

13. Denison

14. DePauw

15. Pomona-Pitzer

16. Salisbury State

17. Amherst

18. Washington

19. California-San Diego

20. The South

21. MIT

22. Washington & Lee

23. St. Thomas

24. College of New Jersey

25. Pacific Lutheran