Feb. 24, 2004

BREAKING THROUGH: NEHLES NOW RANKED

      LAS VEGAS -- Henner Nehles has become the first UNLV men's tennis
player to be nationally ranked in almost two years.

      Nehles, from Duisburg, Germany, went from unranked in the preseason
poll all the way up to No. 55 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
Rankings, which were released Tuesday.

      The sophomore stands 8-3 on the year, including 4-1 in dual matches.
On February 11, he won his second career Mountain West Conference Player of
the Week award after a weekend that included upsetting then-eighth-ranked
Michael Kogan of Tulane.

      Nehles is the first Rebel to be ranked since All-American Thomas
Schneiter concluded his college career at No. 54 in May 2002.  While the men's team (2-3) was not ranked, the UNLV women's squad (3-2) moved up one spot to No. 37 nationally. No Lady Rebels are currently ranked in singles or doubles.


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