TEMPE, Ariz. – The Southwestern University men's tennis team was ranked 30 in the nation in the 2019 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III rankings announced Wednesday, June 5.

Southwestern's All-American Alexis Dimanche was ranked 48th nationally for men's singles as well as 9th in the west region.

The national champion Emory University men's tennis team finished on top in the final ITA Division III rankings. The men's team was joined by Jonathan Jemison and Ysabel Gonzalez Rico, both from Emory, as the No. 1 ranked singles players. Wesleyan University jumped from their previous ranking of No. 4 to claim the No. 1 ranking for the women's teams. The Bowdoin College duo of Yangeng Jiang and Grant Urken and the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps duo of Caroline Cox and Catherine Allen claimed the men's and women's No. 1 doubles ranking respectively.

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The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) is committed to serving college tennis and returning the leaders of tomorrow. As the governing body of college tennis, the ITA oversees men's and women's varsity tennis at NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community College divisions. The ITA administers a comprehensive awards and rankings program for men's and women's varsity players, coaches and teams in all divisions, providing recognition for their accomplishments on and off the court.

Men's Team Rankings | Men's Singles Rankings | Men's Doubles Rankings |

Oracle/ITA Division III Men's Rankings
National Team
Administered by the ITA
4-Jun-19

Rank Team Prev. Rank
1 Emory University 3
2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges 1
3 Middlebury College 6
4 Univ. of Chicago 2
5 Amherst College 4
6 Wesleyan University 5
7 Bowdoin College 8
8 Brandeis University 10
9 Washington University in St. Louis 7
10 Williams College 9
11 Kenyon College 11
12 Case Western Reserve University 12
13 Trinity University (Texas) 13 (SCAC)
14 Carnegie Mellon University 14
15 University of Mary Washington 15
16 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 18
17 Tufts University 19
18 Univ. of Redlands 21
19 Skidmore College 17
20 Gustavus Adolphus College 16
21 North Carolina Wesleyan 23
22 Univ. of the South 20
23 MIT 31
24 California Institute of Technology 22
25 Johns Hopkins University 24
26 Denison University 25
27 Whitman College 26
28 George Fox University 29
29 Kalamazoo College 27
30 Southwestern University (TX) 28 (SCAC)
31 Stevens Institute of Technology 32
32 College of New Jersey 33
33 Swarthmore College 30
34 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 34
35 Hobart College 35
36 New York University 36
37 University of Rochester 37
38 Carleton College 38
39 California Lutheran University 39
40 Christopher Newport University NR