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Sports Release                                                                                                       April 18, 2008

LMU's Hannes Ganss Named All-SAC First Team

HARROGATE, TN – Lincoln memorial University men’s tennis freshman Hannes Ganss has been named to the All-South Atlantic Conference First Team by the head coaches throughout the conference.

A 6’6” product of Erlangen, Germany, Ganss has been huge impact on the Railsplitter program in only his first season of collegiate men’s tennis.

Throughout the 2007-08 season, Ganss has accumulated a perfect 13-0 singles record with one match unfinished.  In doubles play, Ganss and LMU teammates Bastian Guenther (Erlangen, Germany) and Zack Jones (Murfreesboro, TN) have tallied a 12-2 record.

On Friday afternoon, Ganss will lead the Railsplitters in their South Atlantic Conference Tournament Semi-Final bout with Newberry College at 3:00 p.m. in Rock Hill, South Carolina.  If the Railsplitters win the match against the Indians, they will play the winner of the Tusculum verses Carson-Newman match on Saturday in the conference tournament finals.

-LMU-

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