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Pepperdine Ranked 10th on Sports Illustrated All-Sports Rankings

June 13, 2006 - Pepperdine University is ranked No. 10 on the Sports Illustrated All-Sports rankings for the spring season. Led by the National Champion men's tennis team, Pepperdine captured 76 points as all six spring sports contributed to the Top 10 standing. Pepperdine is not only the lone West Coast Conference school on the list, but is also the only Division I-AAA (non-football) institution to make the rankings.

The All-Sports Rankings order is calculated by taking the Top 25 in all spring sports and awarding points based on standings (a No. 1 ranking gets 25 points, a No. 25 gets one point, etc.). Baseball and softball are given a little more weight (a No. 1 ranking gets 37.5 points, a No. 25 gets 1.5).

With 158 points, UCLA topped the list at No. 1 after winning national championships in volleyball and water polo, while Benjamin Kohlloeffel won the Men's Tennis Singles Championship. Georgia followed at No. 2 with 142 points, while North Carolina checked in at No. 3 with 132 points. Texas (131 points) and Stanford (107 points) rounded out the Top 5, respectively.

According to Sports Illustrated, the men's tennis squad pulled off one of the spring season's biggest upsets when they defeated Georgia, 4-2, to capture the program's first-ever National Championship. The Waves were led by Ivor Lovrak, Omar Altmann and Andre Begemann, who all won singles matches, while Lovrak and Pedro Rico along with Begemann and Scott Doerner won their doubles matches to give the Waves the all-important doubles point.

Also contributing to Pepperdine's successful spring season is women's golf, which placed third at the NCAA Championships, while men's volleyball finished seventh. The women's tennis team ended the season in the Top 20 with a No. 14 ranking, while men's golf tied for 22nd place. Baseball headed into the postseason with a No. 18 national ranking.

 

 

 

Sports Illustrated All-Sports Rankings

1. UCLA (158 points)
2. Georgia (142)
3. North Carolina (132)
4. Texas (131)
5. Stanford (107)
6. USC (100)
7. Duke (96)
8. Arizona State (90)
9. Virginia (85)
10. Pepperdine (76)
11. Texas A&M (72)
12. Florida (69)
13. Georgia Tech (68)
14. California (66)
15. Northwestern (64.5)
16. Clemson (62.5)
17. Alabama (61.5)
18. Miami (59.5)
19. Oregon State (58.5)
20. Notre Dame (58)
21. Arizona (55.5)
22. Baylor (55)
23. Oklahoma State (48.5)
24. Tennessee (47)
25. Cornell (43)