Mount Olive Picked Favorite in 2021 Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Mount Olive was picked as the favorite in the 2020-21 Conference Carolinas Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll.
The conference office officially unveiled the preseason poll on Dec. 17, 2020. The preseason poll was voted on by the league’s head coaches.
Mount Olive enters the upcoming season looking for its sixth Conference Carolinas men’s tennis regular season title according to Conference Carolinas records. The Trojans picked up six first-place votes and 62 points in total to earn the top spot. Barton (one first-place) was in second in the preseason poll with 53 points. Belmont Abbey collected two first-place votes and 52 points overall to garner the third spot in the preseason tally.
Emmanuel (41) was fourth in the preseason poll and they were followed by Lees-McRae (28), Southern Wesleyan (27), Chowan (22), North Greenville (22) and King (17).
The 2021 Conference Carolinas Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships are scheduled for Friday, April 23-Sunday, April 25 at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina.
2020-21 Conference Carolinas
Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll
| School |
First Place |
Total |
| Mount Olive |
6 |
62 |
| Barton |
1 |
53 |
| Belmont Abbey |
2 |
52 |
| Emmanuel |
|
41 |
| Lees-McRae |
|
28 |
| Southern Wesleyan |
|
27 |
| Chowan |
|
22 |
| North Greenville |
|
22 |
| King |
|
17 |
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Men’s Tennis
Players to Watch
Barton
Diego Agudelo, Jr., Bogata, Colombia (2019 All-Conference Carolinas)
Philip Nordberg, So., Mariefred, Sweden
Oscar Marmestedt, Sr., Akersberga, Sweden (2019 All-Conference Carolinas)
Belmont Abbey
Bailey Horne, Sr., Pikeville, Kentucky
Kent Shiell, Jr., Mandeville, Louisiana
Nelson Stafford, So., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Chowan
Santino Jose Sormani, So., San Luis, Argentina
Emmanuel
Thembowake Makhanya, So., Durban, South Africa
King
Nathan Snow, Sr., Birmingham, England
Alex Sodre, So., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andre Ventura Schiabel, Fr., Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lees-McRae
Matt Meluch, Sr., Statesville, North Carolina
Jofre Tura-Campalans, Sr., Barcelona, Spain
Benjamin Herman, Jr., Charlotte, North Carolina
Mount Olive
Armando Ferreira, Jr., Goias, Brazil (2019 All-Conference Carolinas, 2018 and 2019 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year, 2018 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year)
Guilherme Zotin De Oliveira, Fr., Brazil
Victor Nunez, Jr., Guayaquil, Ecuador
Adam Ibrahim, Fr., Cairo, Egypt
North Greenville
Alex Kostka, Sr., Cannes, France
Lucas Cardoso, Fr., Brazil
Tuur Vos, Fr., Belgium
Southern Wesleyan
Sarvesh Maria, Jr., Punjab, India
Peter Kovats, Sr., Bradenton, Florida
