The South Atlantic Conference Announces 2022 Men's Tennis Preseason Coaches' Poll and All-Conference Teams
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Wingate has been picked first in the 2022 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 145 total points.
Queens earned the No. 2 slot with two first-place votes and 143 points, while Tusculum and Anderson came in at No. 3 & No. 4 with 134 points and 122 points. Lenoir-Rhyne placed fifth in the poll with 112 points and Carson-Newman was voted No. 6 with 90 points. Lincoln Memorial came in at No. 7 with 85 points, followed by Limestone at No. 8 with 78 points.
Coker took the No. 9 slot with 65 points and at No. 10 was Catawba with 59 points. Newberry placed eleventh with 57 points, while Mars Hill received 47 points at No. 12 and UVA Wise rounded out the poll at No. 13 with 33 points.
In addition to the preseason poll, the SAC announced its preseason all-conference teams. Highlighting the first team were doubles partners Rhodri Atkinson and Josh Lazenby from Lenoir-Rhyne, Nemanja Subanovic and Frank Bonacia from Tusculum, and Edoardo Bottino and Edoardo Cecere of Queens.
Atkinson, Bonacia, Bottino, and Subanovic were named first team singles, in addition to their doubles honors. Also earning spots on the singles list were Yoan Roussinov of Queens and Marc Janse of Carson-Newman.
The 2022 South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis season gets underway on Wednesday, February 2. Check out the full schedule of men's tennis matches at www.thesac.com.
2022 SAC Men's Tennis Preseason Poll
| Rank |
School (First Place Votes) |
Points |
|
1 |
Wingate (10) |
145 |
|
2 |
Queens (2) |
143 |
|
3 |
Tusculum |
134 |
|
4 |
Anderson (1) |
122 |
|
5 |
Lenoir-Rhyne |
112 |
|
6 |
Carson-Newman |
90 |
|
7 |
Lincoln Memorial |
85 |
|
8 |
Limestone |
78 |
|
9 |
Coker |
65 |
|
10 |
Catawba |
59 |
|
11 |
Newberry |
57 |
|
12 |
Mars Hill |
47 |
|
13 |
UVA Wise |
33 |
2022 SAC Men's Tennis Preseason All-Conference
First Team Doubles
Rhodri Atkinson / Josh Lazenby, Lenoir-Rhyne
Nemanja Subanovic / Frank Bonacia, Tusculum
Edoardo Bottino / Edoardo Cecere, Queens
Second Team Doubles
Yoan Roussinov/Jan Malmon, Queens
Isaac MacMillan/Sean Keane, Coker
First Team Singles
Rhodri Atkinson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Frank Bonacia, Tusculum
Edoardo Bottino, Queens
Yoan Roussinov, Queens
Marc Janse, Carson-Newman
Nemanja Subanovic, Tusculum
Second Team Singles
Edoardo Cecere, Queens
Aaron Cabo, Anderson
Adam Kush, Anderson
Kenta Kondou, Tusculum
Josh Lazenby, Lenoir-Rhyne
Fabian Sjokvist, Lincoln Memorial