CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the results of the Men’s Tennis preseason poll, with Transylvania University taking first in the men’s race in a vote amongst league coaches.
In a tightly contested race, the Pioneers from Transylvania University took the first place slot with 35 points and five first place votes. The Fightin' Engineers from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology snuck into the number two slot with 30 points and two first-place votes, while Hanover College Panthers finished in a close third with 28 points. The Franklin College Grizzlies rounded out the top-half of the poll with 21 points.
Listed below is the 2023-24 HCAC Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll and the 2023-24 HCAC Athletes to Watch. For more information on HCAC Tennis, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the Internet at www.heartlandconf.org. Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.
2023-24 HCAC Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll
| 1. |
Transylvania University (5) |
35 |
| 2. |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (2) |
30 |
| 3. |
Hanover College |
28 |
| 4. |
Franklin College |
21 |
| 5. |
Anderson University |
16 |
| 6. |
Earlham College |
9 |
| 7. |
Manchester University |
8 |
2023-24 HCAC Athletes to Watch:
Anderson
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Sarver Muzaffarov |
SO |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Martin Suarez |
FY |
Quito, Ecuador |
| Dylan Lemon |
SO |
Terre Haute, Ind. |
| Cory Evans |
GR |
Middletown, Ind. |
Earlham
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Dev Agrawal |
FY |
Tiruvallur, India |
| Nathan Peck |
SR |
Rathdrum, Idaho |
Franklin
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Dustin Garrison |
JR |
Louisville, Ky. |
| Nathan Jarboe |
JR |
Ferdinand, Ind. |
| Owen Pickerill |
JR |
Pekin, Ind. |
| Ezra Schwier |
SO |
New Palestine, Ind. |
Hanover
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Joey Keal |
SR |
Louisville, Ky. |
| Charley Williams |
JR |
Jeffersonville, Ind. |
| Nico Zumba |
SR |
Ecuador |
| Mario Bravo |
SO |
Lena, Mexico |
Manchester
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Brennan Beachy |
SO |
Goshen, Ind. |
| Braydon Hoggatt |
SO |
Union City, Ind. |
| Blake Schroeder |
FY |
South Whitley, Ind. |
| Omar Lemus |
SO |
Portage, Ind. |
Rose-Hulman
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Owen Reynolds |
JR |
Gilbert, Ariz. |
| Grant Paradowski |
JR |
Jeffersonville, Ind. |
| Kai-chun Lin |
SO |
Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Renato Prado |
SO |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Transylvania
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Chris Kaufmann |
SO |
Louisville, Ky. |
| Arjun Gupta |
SR |
Fort Collins, Colo. |
| Eli Skaggs |
SR |
LaGrange, Ky. |
| Jared Wells |
SR |
Jeffersonville, Ind. |