Tears From Above by Michele L. Montgomery

She earned All-SEC honors for the third time and competed in the NCAA Singles Championships three years. Ole Miss led the nation with four players ranked among the top 40 in singles and had five players nationally-ranked. 'We had four seniors Ivona Mihailova, Celeste Frey, Mariana Eberle and Irena Mihailova who were model student-athletes and who finished their careers impressively in the classroom and on the court.' 'It is especially significant to me that we defeated every team in the `SEC West Division' by a convincing score and ended up with an academic GPA of 3.62 for the spring semester.

'I am very proud of what we've achieved this year with another top 20 finish and with four individuals nationally-ranked in the top 40,' head coach Jerry Montgomery said. Eleven teams from the SEC ended the year nationally-ranked. The SEC had a total of seven teams in the Top 25 with Vanderbilt, Tennessee, South Carolina and LSU completing the list. 1 spot, followed by Stanford, Florida, California, Wake Forest, UCLA, Duke, Texas, Arizona State and Pepperdine rounding out the top 10. They posted a 8-3 record in the SEC and finished among the top four in the league for the 14th time overall.

Ole Miss ended the year with a 16-8 overall record and narrowly missed out on their fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. This marks the 11th year in a row, that the Lady Rebels have finished among the nation's Top 25. 18 in the final Collegiate Rankings released Thursday. The Ole Miss women's tennis team ended the year ranked No.

Tears From Above by Michele L. Montgomery