Banas is ranked 20 in the latest ITA Regional Poll.

Skillman, NJ- On January 6th, ITA Tennis released their first national and regional rankings of the 2009 spring season. Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns had two men ranked in the South Central Region. Junior Piotr Banas is ranked 20th and Freshman Javier Pulgar-Garcia is ranked 24th.

The South Central Region is one of the toughest regions in the nation. The Region is home to Texas, Texas A & M, TCU, SMU, Baylor and Rice all ranked in the top 45 in the nation.

The Cajuns will look to add to that list of nationally ranked teams throughout the spring season. With five returning letter winners the Cajuns have an experienced team. Coach Mark Jeffery had this to say about his 2009 team, “This is a deep tennis team with no real weaknesses from (positions) 1-6, I expect us to compete at every position with anyone in the country.”

The Cajuns kick off the season in a Home Opener versus Grambling University, Saturday, February 7 at 2:00pm.


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