BABSON PARK, Fla. (March 24, 2018) – For the first time since the 2013-14 season, Webber International University tennis is represented in both of the 2017-18 Oracle/ITA NAIA Men's National Singles Rankings and Men's Regional Rankings as junior Hugo Hasegawa checks in at No. 24 nationally and No. 8 in the South Region as an individual.

In the national poll, Hasegawa's No. 24 ranking comes among 50 other players recognized in the poll while his No. 8 regional ranking comes among 20 total players.

Additionally, Hasegawa and his partner at No. 1 doubles all season long, Ivan Bonderanko, are now ranked 10th in the Oracle/ITA NAIA Men's Regional Doubles Rankings for the South Region.

Individually, Hasegawa is 8-5 overall and 5-1 in The Sun Conference, all from the No. 1 spot. In doubles, he and Bonderanko are 10-4 overall and 5-1 in conference matches.

The last time Webber had a player ranked both regionally and nationally in men's tennis was during the 2013-14 season (Niklas Kammer; No. 32 in the nation and No. 12 in the South Region) while the last time Webber was ranked in regional doubles came in 2014-15 (Mislav Colak/Rodrigo Santibanez; No. 6 in the South Region).

The Warriors' latest women's singles national and regional ranking came during the 2010-11 season (Nathalia Chaddad; No. 45 nationally and No. 16 regionally) and the most recent women's nationally ranked and regionally ranked doubles team for Webber was during 2013-14 (Julia Stojkovska/Laura Nowak; No. 17 nationally).

Webber tennis will be back in action tomorrow, Sunday, March 25, against junior college power house ASA College (Miami) at 12 p.m. in Babson Park, Florida.