Jan. 15, 2003

The University of Missouri tennis team will start their season ranked 68th in the country, as ranked by the ITA national team rankings, out of 314 teams. The Tigers were ranked 65th at this time last year. The Tigers play one of the nation's toughest schedules this year as they will face off against 11 teams currently ranked ahead of them.

The Tigers will open their spring season on January 25th when they taken Eastern Illinois at the Green Tennis Center at Mizzou.