February 10, 2007

JACKSON -- The Millsaps men's and women's tennis teams missed the preseason rankings, but it was not a big surprise as they played in the Texas region for a change of scenery and schedule accomodations.

"I still thought we might have had an outside chance," fourth-year head coach Scott Pennington said. "But head to head matches negated fall rankings."

Pennington expects the Majors and Lady Majors to have their teams in the Top 25 in the regional rankings by 2007 spring's end with the schedule featuring 10 regionally and nationally ranked teams.

That marks half the scheduled schools that have either or both teams ranked, providing a great opportunity for the Majors. Millsaps has scheduled four schools that are Division I and Division II and three NAIA/JuCO programs.

Pennington and the Majors are having a great recruiting season thus far and are excited about their chances in the upcoming year.

All-SCAC Tournament selections Russell Turley, Michael Puckett and Leslie Frese are the seniors for this year's men's and women's programs.