Posted: Apr 29, 2019
The Southwestern University Pirates men's tennis team ended its season with the highest national ranking in program history, rising to No. 28 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings.
Southwestern finished its season with a 16-5 record, including a perfect 8-0 at home, advancing to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) championship match, losing to No. 13-ranked Trinity University.
Regionally, the Pirates ranked No. 7 in the West with Alexis Dimanche ranking No. 9 in singles and Hunter Bajoit at No. 24.
| Rank | Team | Prev. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges | 1 |
| 2 | Univ. of Chicago | 2 |
| 3 | Emory University | 3 |
| 4 | Amherst College | 7 |
| 5 | Wesleyan University | 5 |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 8 |
| 7 | Washington University in St. Louis | 6 |
| 8 | Bowdoin College | 4 |
| 9 | Williams College | 10 |
| 10 | Brandeis University | 9 |
| 11 | Kenyon College | 11 |
| 12 | Case Western Reserve University | 12 |
| 13 | Trinity University (Texas) | 13 |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15 |
| 15 | University of Mary Washington | 16 |
| 16 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 17 |
| 17 | Skidmore College | 21 |
| 18 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 14 |
| 19 | Tufts University | 18 |
| 20 | Univ. of the South | 19 |
| 21 | Univ. of Redlands | 20 |
| 22 | California Institute of Technology | 25 |
| 23 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 22 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins University | 23 |
| 25 | Denison University | 24 |
| 26 | Whitman College | 26 |
| 27 | Kalamazoo College | 28 |
| 28 | Southwestern University (TX) | 30 |
| 29 | George Fox University | 27 |
| 30 | Swarthmore College | 31 |
| 31 | MIT | 32 |
| 32 | Stevens Institute of Technology | NR |
| 33 | College of New Jersey | 29 |
| 34 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 35 |
| 35 | Hobart College | 33 |
| 36 | New York University | NR |
| 37 | University of Rochester | 34 |
| 38 | Carleton College | 38 |
| 39 | California Lutheran University | NR |
| 40 | Oberlin College | 40 |