Belmont Abbey Picked to Win Men’s Tennis Championship
GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Conference Carolinas men’s tennis head coaches voted on the 2022 Conference Carolinas Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll and Belmont Abbey was selected to repeat as regular-season champions.
The Crusaders, who shared the regular-season title in 2021, collected 90 points and three of 11 first-place votes while Barton and 2021 tournament champion and co-regular-season champion Mount Olive tied for second with 87 points. The Bulldogs earned five first-place votes while the Trojans collected the remaining three. Emmanuel rounds out the top four with 80 points.
Francis Marion was picked fifth with 60 points followed by Converse (43), Southern Wesleyan (42), Lees-McRae (40), North Greenville (34), King (25) and Chowan (17).
The spring season gets underway on Friday, Jan. 28 with the conference championship set for April 29-May 1 at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina.
2022 Conference Carolinas
Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll
| School |
Total (First Place) |
| Belmont Abbey |
90 (3) |
| Barton |
87 (5) |
| Mount Olive |
87 (3) |
| Emmanuel |
80 |
| Francis Marion |
60 |
| Converse |
43 |
| Southern Wesleyan |
42 |
| Lees-McRae |
40 |
| North Greenville |
34 |
| King |
25 |
| Chowan |
17 |
2021-22 Conference Carolinas Men’s Tennis
Players to Watch
Barton
- Diego Agudelo, Senior, Bogota, Columbia (2021 First Team All-Conference Carolinas, 2019 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas, 2018 Third Team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Kristoffer Staahlbrand, Freshman, Oslo, Norway
- Hannes Tylehed, Freshman, Stockholm, Sweden
Belmont Abbey
- Kent Shiell, Sr., Mandeville, Louisiana (2021 First Team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Andres Golindano, So., Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2021 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year)
- Nelson Stafford, Jr., Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2021 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas)
Chowan
- Santino Jose Sormani, Jr., San Luis, Argentina
Converse
- Merlin Bellet, Fr., Agde, France
- Leopold Morel, Fr., Saintes France
- Louka Queguiner, Fr., La Ciotat, France
Emmanuel
- Thembo Makhanya, Jr., Durban, South Africa (2021 Conference Carolinas All-Tournament team)
Francis Marion
- Liam Day, So., Edenvale, South Africa
- Adam Ernberg, So., Solvesborg, Sweden
- Leonel Gonzalez, So., Morelia, Michoacán, México
King
- Alex Sodre, Jr., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rhys Halcrow, Fr., Portland, England
- Andre Schiabel, So., Sao Carlos, Brazil
Lees-McRae
- Max Borisov, Fr., Sofia, Bulgaria
- Ezequiel Arce, Fr., Luque, Paraguay
- Andy Tallafigo, Fr., El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain
North Greenville
- Tuur Voss, Fr., Limburg, Belgium
- Alex Kostka, Fr., Cannes, France
Mount Olive
- Armando Ferreira, Sr., Goias, Brazil (2021 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference; 2019 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference; 2018 Conference Carolinas Player of the Year, First Team All-Conference)
- Guilherme Zotin De Oliveira, So., Brazil
- Elios Briand, Fr., France
Southern Wesleyan
- Sarvesh Maria, Sr., Punjab, India (2021 Second Team All-Conference Carolinas)
- Enzo Marcheschi, Jr., Vitoria, Brazil
- Parker Willis, Fr., Canton, Ga.