Winthrop Voted 2017 Men's Tennis Preseason Favorite
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – For the first time since 2011, Winthrop University has been voted the preseason favorite in the annual Big South Conference men’s tennis preseason poll by the league’s head coaches, the conference office announced Wednesday.
The Eagles, who last won the Big South title in 2015 as part of a league-record seven men’s tennis crowns, claimed the top spot in the poll with three first-place votes and 54 points, just ahead of last year’s runner-up Presbyterian College, which garnered 52 points (two first-place votes).
Campbell was voted third with 50 points (two first-place votes), while Liberty claimed fourth-place with 41 points and the remaining first-place vote. Gardner-Webb followed in fifth (35 points), UNC Asheville in sixth (27 points) and Radford placed seventh (16 points). Longwood was voted eighth with 13 points to round out the predicted order of finish.
The 2017 Big South men’s tennis season begins this weekend with three matches scheduled. The 2017 Big South Men’s Tennis Championship is slated for April 19-21 at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex on the campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.
2017 Men's Tennis Preseason Poll
| Rk - School (first-place votes) |
Points |
| 1 - Winthrop (3) |
54 |
| 2 - Presbyterian College (2) |
52 |
| 3 - Campbell (2) |
50 |
| 4 - Liberty (1) |
41 |
| 5 - Gardner-Webb |
35 |
| 6 - UNC Asheville |
27 |
| 7 - Radford |
16 |
| 8 - Longwood |
13 |