CARMEL, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the results of the Men’s Tennis preseason poll, with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology picked to taking first place in a vote amongst league coaches.
In a tightly contested race, the Fightin' Engineers from Rose-Hulman took the first-place slot with 48 points and six first-place votes. The Pioneers from Transylvania University snuck into the number two slot with 44 points and the remaining two first-place votes, while the Anderson University Ravens finished in third with 34 points. The Hanover College Panthers rounded out the top-half of the poll with 29 points.
Listed below is the 2024-25 HCAC Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll, last year's HCAC All-Conference Returners for this fall, and other 2024-25 HCAC Athletes to Watch. For more information on HCAC Men's 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.
2024-25 HCAC MEN’S TENNIS PRESEASON POLL
(#) Denotes First Place Votes
| 1. |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (6) |
48 |
| 2. |
Transylvania University (2) |
44 |
| 3. |
Anderson University |
34 |
| 4. |
Hanover College |
29 |
| 5. |
Franklin College |
27 |
| 6. |
Earlham College |
18 |
| 7. |
Manchester University |
15 |
| 8. |
Berea College |
9 |
HCAC All-Conference Returners from last season
Anderson
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Martin Suarez |
SO |
Quito, Ecuador |
| Dylan Lemon |
SR |
Terre Haute, Ind. |
| Arturo Mendoza |
SO |
Kansas City, Kan. |
Franklin
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Nathan Jarboe |
SR |
Ferdinand, Ind. |
| Dustin Garrison |
SR |
Louisville, Ky. |
| Owen Pickerill |
SR |
Pekin, Ind. |
Hanover
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Alberto Castillo |
SR |
Pozuelo de Alacron, Spain |
Manchester
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Brennan Beachy |
JR |
Goshen, Ind. |
| Henry Blakey |
SO |
Zionsville, Ind. |
Rose-Hulman
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Chris Lian |
SO |
Bloomington, Ind. |
| Grant Paradowski |
SO |
Jeffersonville, Ind. |
| Ervin Perkowski |
SO |
Lincolnshire, Ill. |
| Owen Reynolds |
SR |
Gilbert, Ariz. |
Transylvania
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Chris kaufmann |
JR |
Louisville, Ky. |
| Alejandro Perez Canedo |
JR |
Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| Chase Moreman |
SO |
Elizabethtown, Ky. |
2024 HCAC Men’s Tennis Other Athletes to Watch:
Anderson
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Davis Borders |
SO |
Granger, Ind. |
| Sarvar Muzaffarov |
JR |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Berea
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Bogdan Petric |
SR |
Jagodina, Serbia |
| Brad Greene |
FY |
Morristown, Tenn. |
| Nathan Jiang |
SO |
Shelby, N.C. |
Earlham
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Dreek Saha |
FY |
Mumbai, India |
| Shantanu Nagrath |
JR |
Punjab, India |
| Jackson Swopes |
FY |
Ada, Okla. |
| Pedro Conci Rodrigues |
FY |
Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Franklin
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Marcus Cox |
SO |
Plainfeld, Ind. |
Hanover
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Mario Bravo |
JR |
Leon, Mexico |
| Ilya Gromochenko |
SR |
Tuscon, Ariz. |
| Jake Fascione |
FY |
Poole, U.K. and Northern Ireland |
| Sebastian Vogel |
FY |
Rottenburg, Germany |
Manchester
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Braydon Hoggartt |
JR |
Union City, Ind. |
| Omar Lemus |
JR |
Portage, Ind. |
| Andrew Guerre |
FY |
Kokomo, Ind. |
Rose-Hulman
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Tim Eckermann |
FY |
Munich, Germany |
| Joao Henrique Nossar |
FY |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Eli McIntyre |
FY |
Avon, Ind. |
| Ephraim Guthrie |
FY |
Reston, Va. |
Transylvania
| Name |
Class |
Hometown |
| Ravi Tedeschi |
FY |
Simpsonville, Ky. |