April 24, 2007
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IRVING, Texas - No. 16 and top-seeded Tulsa claimed the 2007 C-USA Men's Tennis Championship last Sunday with its 4-0 win over No. 29 and second-seeded Rice. The Golden Hurricane is the third C-USA school to win back-to-back league titles, joining Tulane and former member South Florida. TU's Arnau Brugues is ranked No. 6 in the latest FILA/ITA individual rankings, while Ben Harknett of Rice is also ranked in the Top 50 at No. 34.
Selection Monday
Both Tulsa programs received C-USA's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Tennis Championships by winning the league title. Other league teams will wait to find out of they recieved at-large bids during the NCAA Tennis Selection Show. The brackets will be announced on Tuesday, May 1, between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. CT on ESPNews. The individual selections will be announced on Wednesday, May 2, at 4 p.m. ET on ncaasports.com.
All-Conference Announcements
Conference USA will announce the 2007 All-Conference USA Tennis awards beginning Tuesday, May 1, in conjunction with the NCAA bracket announcement. All-Conference awards will be released on Tuesday, followed by the specialty awards announcement on Wednesday, May 2. Please visit www.ConferenceUSA.com for a complete list of award winners.
ITA Men's Team Rankings
(April 24)
Rank School
No. 16 Tulsa
No. 29 Rice
No. 49 SMU
Individual Rankings
(April 24)
Singles Individual
No. 6 Arnau Brugues, TLS
No. 34 Ben Harknett, Rice
No. 66 Alex Skrypko, SMU
No. 102 Ricardo Soriano, TLS
Doubles Team
No. 41 Camacho/Cunningham, Tulsa
No. 53 Knupfer/Scheil, Rice
On The web
For the latest Conference USA tennis match recaps, scores, standings, stats and notes, please log on to the league's official website: www.ConferenceUSA.com
Weekly Release
The Conference USA media relations staff will produce a weekly release each Tuesday throughout the season, including Athlete of the Week selections and updated standings. Complete league results and statistics will be updated daily throughout the season on the conference web site.
