The South Atlantic Conference Announces 2021 Men's Tennis Preseason Coaches' Poll and All-Conference Teams
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate has been picked first in the 2021 South Atlantic Conference men's tennis preseason poll, the league office announced today. The Bulldogs received 10 first-place votes from the League's head coaches with 154 total points.
Queens earned the No. 2 slot with three first-place votes and 145 points, while Anderson and Lenoir-Rhyne came in at No. 3 with 122 points each. Tusculum placed fifth in the poll with 117 points and Lincoln Memorial was voted No. 6 with 89 points. Limestone came in at No. 7 with 84points, followed by Carson-Newman at No. 8 with 81 points.
Newberry took the No. 9 slot with 74 points and at No. 10 was Coker with 62 points. Catawba placed eleventh with 55 points, while Mars Hill received 38 points at No. 12 and UVA Wise rounded out the poll at No. 13 with 27 points.
In addition to the preseason poll, the SAC announced its preseason all-conference teams. Highlighting the first team were doubles partners Enrico Giacomini and Roy Stepanov of Wingate, Rhodri Atkinson and Josh Lazenby from Lenoir-Rhyne, and Carlos Pinedo and Isaac MacMillan of Coker.
Atkinson was named first team singles, in addition to his doubles honors. Also earning spots on the singles list were Matt Jones of Wingate, Yago Fernandez from Tusculum, Josep Canyadell and Tolunay Sumer of Wingate, and Paolo Bompieri from Queens.
The 2021 South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis season gets underway on Tuesday, February 2. Check out the full schedule of men's tennis matches at www.thesac.com.
2021 SAC Men's Tennis Preseason Poll
|
Rank |
School (1st place votes) |
Points |
|
1 |
Wingate (10) |
154 |
|
2 |
Queens (3) |
145 |
|
T3 |
Anderson |
122 |
|
T3 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
122 |
|
5 |
Tusculum |
117 |
|
6 |
Lincoln Memorial |
89 |
|
7 |
Limestone |
84 |
|
8 |
Carson-Newman |
81 |
|
9 |
Newberry |
74 |
|
10 |
Coker |
62 |
|
11 |
Catawba |
55 |
|
12 |
Mars Hill |
38 |
|
13 |
UVA Wise |
27 |
2021 SAC Men's Tennis Preseason All-Conference
First Team Doubles
Enrico Giacomini / Roy Stepanov, Wingate
Rhodri Atkinson / Josh Lazenby, Lenoir-Rhyne
Carlos Pinedo / Isaac MacMillan, Coker
Second Team Doubles
Leon Huck/Frank Bonacia, Tusculum
First Team Singles
Matt Jones, Wingate
Rhodri Atkinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Yago Fernandez, Tusculum
Josep Canyadell, Wingate
Paolo Bompieri, Queens
Tolunay Sumer, Wingate
Second Team Singles
Josh Lazenby, Lenoir-Rhyne
Enrico Giacomini, Wingate
Edoardo Bottino, Queens
Leon Huck, Tusculum
Edoardo Cecere, Queens
Christian Della Cioppa, Wingate
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