Deacons Included in Final Fall ITA Rankings
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
December 8, 1998
PRINCETON, N.J. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its final fall rankings for 1998 on Tuesday morning and Wake Forest was included in the men's and women's team and individual rankings.
The Wake Forest women's team will begin the 1999 season with a ranking of No. 9 after finishing the 1998 season with a final rank of 11th. Sophomore Mariel Verban (Bloomington, IL) will also start the new season with a top 10 singles ranking, 10th. Verban finished the fall season with a record of 17-4 and an ITA Southeast Regional Indoor Singles Championship. She won 13 of her final 14 matches, including her final six. Freshman Janet Bergman (Pinehurst, NC) is tied for 51st in the singles rankings.
The Deacon men's squad also improved on its final ranking from last season, moving up five places from 63rd to 58th in the country. The doubles team of Myles Clouston (Durban, South Africa) and Raul Munoz (Mexico City, Mexico) is ranked sixth. The duo posted a 5-3 mark during the fall, including a trip to the finals of the National Clay Court Championships.
Clouston ranks 24th as a singles competitor. He competed in three tournaments this fall, winning eight of 12 matches. Clouston finished the 1998 season with a final ranking of 49th.
Both teams will begin the 1999 season at the ACC Indoor Championships. The men's tournament will begin on Jan. 21 in Winston-Salem, NC and the ladies championship starts on Jan. 22 in Chapel Hill, NC.