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Men's Tennis Receives Academic Honors, Moves up in Rankings
April 22, 2008
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The Big 12 Conference has named 56 student-athletes to the 2008 Academic All-Big 12 Tennis Team, the league office announced. Earning first-team recognition from Baylor were Dominik Mueller and Matt Brown. Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services and the media relations offices, the men's tennis academic all-league squad consisted of 14 first team members combined with six on the second team. First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA. To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of his/her team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible. Brown is a junior finance major from Chesham, England, and was a first-team honoree for the second straight year and Mueller is a sophomore business major from Frankfurt, Germany. In other tennis news, the Bears continue their climb up the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) rankings. In the ITA poll released today, Baylor now sits at No. 11. Since their lowest ranking of the season at No. 18 on March 25, the Bears have steadily crept up the rankings ladder to their current position. In singles, two-time All-American Lars Poerschke maintained his No. 8 rankings while Denes Lukacs, a sophomore, moved up one spot to No. 11. Dominik Mueller, also a sophomore, sits at No.110. Two doubles tandems broke back into the rankings with Poerschke and Attila Bucko checking in at No. 42 and David Galic and Jordan Rux ranking No. 49. The Bears, currently 19-8 on the season, captured their seventh straight and eighth overall regular season Big 12 Conference championship on Saturday when they downed Texas Tech 4-3. Baylor is the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Big 12 Tennis Championships that will be held on Thursday-Sunday, April 24-27 at Texas A&M's George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. The Bears' quarterfinal opponent in the championship will be seventh-seeded Nebraska on Thursday at 9 a.m.
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