The Muhlenberg women’s tennis team is 28th in Division III in the

Final ITA Division III Rankings 1. Emory 2. Amherst 3. Williams 4. Washington & Lee 5. Gustavus Adolphus 6. Denison 7. Trinity (Texas) 8. Hardin-Simmons 9. Redlands 10. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 11. Tufts 12. Middlebury 13. Washington (Mo.) 14. Pomona-Pitzer 15. Swarthmore 16. Bowdoin 17. Vassar 18. California Lutheran 19. Rhodes 20. University of the South 21. UC Santa Cruz 22. Salisbury 23. New Jersey 24. St. Catherine 25. Luther 26. Carthage 27. Mary Washington 28. Muhlenberg 29. Albion 30. Linfield

final Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings for the 2004 season.

The Mules won their second Centennial Conference championship in three years with a perfect 10-0 mark in the league and compiled an overall record of 12-3. Their losses were to the teams ranked fourth (Washington &

Ross won the CC singles championship in 2003 and reached the doubles final in 2004.

Lee), 23rd (New Jersey) and 27th (Mary Washington) in the final poll. Muhlenberg defeated one team ranked in the top 30, No. 15 Swarthmore.

In the Atlantic South Region, Muhlenberg is ranked eighth. The top seven teams received bids to the NCAA Tournament.

The doubles team of senior Gena Ross and sophomore Amy Schmidt rates 24th in Division III and fifth in the region after combining for a 10-3 record. They lost twice to the 21st-ranked doubles team in the nation and once to the third-ranked duo.

For singles play, Schmidt (18-2) is ranked 14th in the region and Ross (8-6) is 20th. Both of Schmidt’s losses were to nationally ranked players, and she defeated the 11th-ranked player in the region, 6-2, 6-2.

Schmidt also paired up with junior Emily Oster for a win against a New Jersey doubles team that received All-America status.