CARMEL, Ind. – The 2026 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Men’s Tennis Championship is set to take place between Wednesday, April 29 and Sunday, May 3.

Rose-Hulman won the HCAC Regular Season title securing a perfect 7-0 HCAC record (13-7 overall) and will be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming championship.

As the No. 1 seed RHIT also earned a bye directly into the tournament semifinals. Joining the Engineers  in the semifinal round is No. 2 seed Transylvania, which went 5-2 HCAC (7-9 overall). They will await the winners of the first round games which take place on Wednesday, April 29.

One quarterfinal matchup has No. 3 seed Anderson (5-2 HCAC, 8-9 overall) hosting No. 6 seed Franklin (2-5 HCAC, 7-15 overall), while the other pits No. 4 seed Earlham (4-2 HCAC, 12-7 overall) against No. 5 seed Hanover (3-4 HCAC, 7-9 overall). Both matches are scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.

With three teams tied in the conference standings at 5-2, the league’s tiebreaking procedure was needed to determine seeding. Transylvania, Anderson, and Earlham split their head-to-head matches leaving each team at 1-1 in the tiebreaker. Next the teams’ scores against higher ranked teams were compared. The Pios won the tiebreaker, taking two points from top-seeded Rose-Hulman compared to the one point score by both the Ravens and Quakers.

The quarterfinal winners will take on the top two seeds in the semifinal round on Saturday, May 2 with the championship match scheduled for Sunday, May 3.

For ticketing information, please visit the HCAC Men’s Tennis Championship Page.
 
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