Mount Olive the Favorite in 2020 Conference Carolinas Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll
GREENVILLE, S.C. – In an extremely close vote, Mount Olive has emerged as the favorite in the 2020 Conference Carolinas Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll.
The conference office unveiled the preseason tally voted on by the league’s head coaches on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020.
Mount Olive received four first-place votes and a total of 84 votes to narrowly best second-place Limestone in the preseason poll. Limestone received three first-place votes and a total of 83 points, but the difference in Mount Olive earning the top spot was Limestone having one more second-place vote. The two programs tied for the regular season title last season, but Limestone picked up the 2019 Conference Carolinas Men’s Tennis Tournament title.
Belmont Abbey finished third in the preseason poll with a total of 71 points. The Crusaders had two first-place votes. Barton collected the other first-place vote and a total of 66 points to sit fourth in the preseason poll. Emmanuel (58) was fifth followed by North Greenville (39), Lees-McRae (38), Southern Wesleyan (37), King (34) and Chowan (30).
2019-20 Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll
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Team
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1st
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Total
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1. Mount Olive
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4
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84
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2. Limestone
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3
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83
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3. Belmont Abbey
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2
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71
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4. Barton
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1
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66
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5. Emmanuel
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58
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6. North Greenville
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39
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7. Lees-McRae
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38
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8. Southern Wesleyan
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37
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9. King
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34
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10. Chowan
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30
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2019-20 Conference Carolinas Men’s Tennis Players to Watch
(Submitted by Conference Carolinas head coaches)
Barton
Diego Agudelo, Jr., Bogata, Colombia (2019 All-Conference Carolinas selection)
Oscar Marmestedt, Jr., Akersberga, Sweden (2019 All-Conference Carolinas selection)
Rory Gaydon, Jr., Darlington, England (2019 All-Conference Carolinas selection)
Belmont Abbey
George Barfoot, Sr., Farnham, England (2019 All-Conference Carolinas selection)
Zach Blythe, Sr., Fort Myers, Fla. (2019 All-Conference Carolinas selection)
Bailey Horne, Jr., Pikeville, Ky.
Chowan
Dragan Omcikus, Fr., Pancevo, Serbia
Emmanuel
Thembo Makhanya, So., Durban, South Africa
Wilfredo Lara, Fr., Trujillo, Peru
King
Alex Sodre, Fr., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bennet Schulz, Sr,. Garbsen, Germany
Ross Edgar, Jr., Belton Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Lees-McRae
Patryk Garwacki, So., Lodz, Poland
Jofre Campalans, Jr., Barcelona, Spain
Matthew Meluch, Jr., Statesville, N.C.
Limestone
Federico Garnier, Sr., Cordoba, Argentina (2019 All-Conference Carolinas selection, 2019 Conference Carolinas Tournament MVP)
Marcel Agbegne, So., Winneba, Ghana (2019 All-Conference Carolinas selection)
Mount Olive
Armando Ferreira, Jr., Minacu, Brazil (2019 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year, 2019 All-Conference Carolinas selection)
Milosh Petrovic, So., Lima, Peru (2019 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year, 2019 All-Conference Carolinas selection)
North Greenville
Mieszko Kwasniewski, So., Poznan, Poland
Yannis Moulod, Jr., Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Southern Wesleyan
Sarvesh Maria, So., Punjab, India
Jonas Grasmuck, Fr., Dietzenbach, Germany
Enzo Marcheschi, Fr., Vitoria, Brazil