[Men's Tennis] SDCC Men's Tennis Ranked #12 in the Country
SANTEE, Calif. – After dominating the Golden State Athletic Conference during the 2021 season, and returning nearly all of their team, the San Diego Christian College Hawks will begin the 2022 season as the #12 ranked squad in the country. After claiming both the Men's Open Singles title and the Men's Open Doubles championship in the recent NAIA West ITA Regional Championships back in October, the San Diego Christian men have established themselves as the top team in the west and one of the top teams in all of NAIA collegiate tennis. The Hawks returners include 2020 National Doubles Champion, Chris Papa, NAIA West Regional Singles Champion, Nick Nienhaus, Julius Kaufmann, Robin Van den Hoek, and Paul Niederle. Newcomers include Sebastian Haberler, Laurenz Grabia, Luis Hochenauer, Oscar Bojorquez Alarid and Angel Herreros.
The Hawks are currently in Nicholasville, KY January 27-29 to compete in the 2022 NAIA Men's Indoor Tennis Invitational where they take on #16 University of Northwestern Ohio in the first round.
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Poll Methodology (from NAIA.org):
The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) and Unaffiliated Groupings.
The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes"
The frequency of polls occurs bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2017-18 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
For the complete Top 25 calendar, click HERE.
2022 NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Preseason Poll (January 26, 2022)
| RANK | LAST YEAR | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | 2021 RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [13] | 24-0 | 343 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 18-2 | 332 |
| 3 | 3 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 19-4 | 319 |
| 4 | 4 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 19-2 | 302 |
| 5 | 5 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 10-4 | 295 |
| 6 | 11 | William Carey (Miss.) | 10-4 | 281 |
| 7 | 10 | Indiana Wesleyan | 31-4 | 271 |
| 8 | 7 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 11-4 | 263 |
| 9 | 8 | Union (Ky.) | 10-8 | 260 |
| 10 | 9 | Xavier (La.) | 13-11 | 252 |
| 11 | 6 | Middle Georgia State | 10-3 | 247 |
| 12 | 12 | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | 12-4 | 219 |
| 13 | 13 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 18-4 | 214 |
| 14 | 14 | Mobile (Ala.) | 9-6 | 199 |
| 15 | 15 | Grace (Ind.) | 26-6 | 185 |
| 16 | 16 | Northwestern Ohio | 20-5 | 183 |
| 17 | 17 | Montreat (N.C.) | 4-12 | 167 |
| 18 | 18 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 8-7 | 157 |
| 19 | 19 | Point (Ga.) | 6-10 | 121 |
| 20 | 22 | William Woods (Mo.) | 16-4 | 120 |
| 21 | 25 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 8-6 | 119 |
| 22 | 23 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 13-7 | 111 |
| 23 | 20 | Blue Mountain (Miss.) | 7-7 | 97 |
| 24 | 21 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 11-5 | 87 |
| 25 | 24 | Indiana Tech | 13-4 | 71 |
Dropped from the Top 25: N/A
Others Receiving Votes: McPherson (Kan.) 58, Marian (Ind.) 58, Campbellsville (Ky.) 47, Ottawa (Ariz.) 28, Coastal Georgia 26, Midland (Neb.) 21, Missouri Valley 11; Judson (Ill.) 4, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 3.