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Men’s Tennis Opens Fall With Three in National Rankings

MEMPHIS – The University of Memphis men's tennis team will open its 2016 fall season at the Alabama Four-in-the-Fall tournament next weekend, and will do so with three players in the national singles rankings released Tuesday afternoon. The junior trio of , and were all listed among the top 90 players in the country in the first Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings.

Watson finished last year as number 81 in the country, and starts his junior season at number 52. Peniston, who was also ranked at the end of his sophomore season after earning all-conference honors, starts this fall at number 57.