ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Emory & Henry University Men's Tennis Team has been selected to finish 12th in the South Atlantic Conference this season, conference officials announced Wednesday. The poll is voted on by the league's head coaches.
RELATED – SAC Preseason Poll & Preseason Players to Watch
E&H returns several players from last year's squad and has added five freshmen that look to help the Wasps improve upon 2025's record of 1-15 overall and 0-12 in SAC play.
Defending SAC Regular Season and Tournament Champion Catawba College is first in the poll after receiving nine of a possible 12 first-place votes. Wingate University sits in second with the other three first-place nods while Lincoln Memorial University is in third place. Carson-Newman University is the fourth-place selection and Lenoir-Rhyne University is fifth.
Tusculum University and Anderson (S.C.) University have been chosen in a tie for sixth, with Coker University, UVA Wise and Newberry College residing in the eighth, ninth and 10th place spots respectively. Mars Hill slots in the 11th place position with Emory & Henry rounding out the poll.
Additionally, the SAC has announced its Players to Watch with senior Keenan Glago (Harrisonburg, Va.), senior Nathan Spurling (Abingdon, Va.) and freshman Bangalie Turay (Las Vegas, Nev.) earning the nod for Emory & Henry.
The Wasps get their 2026 spring schedule underway on Saturday, February 14 at home at the Richardson Tennis Courts against the Yellow Jackets of West Virginia State University.
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2026 SAC Men's Tennis Preseason Coaches' Poll
Rank School (first place votes) Points
1. Catawba (9) 130
2. Wingate (3) 124
3. Lincoln Memorial 110
4. Carson-Newman 96
5. Lenoir-Rhyne 85
6t. Tusculum 75
6t. Anderson 75
8. Coker 67
9. UVA Wise 61
10. Newberry 46
11. Mars Hill 31
12. Emory & Henry 24
2026 SAC Men's Tennis Preseason Players to Watch
Anderson: Mathis Collignon, Vicent Fenollar, Wynn Shioi
Catawba: Agustin Mastri, Santiago Passoni, Luca Bergonzi
Carson-Newman: Louis Keenan, Darko Kolevski, Leonard Baecker
Coker: Marcio Silve, Lukas Melone, Eduardo Pilia
Emory & Henry: Keenan Glago, Nathan Spurling, Bangalie Turay
Lenoir-Rhyne: Vadym Rogynsyi, Vitor Ferreira, Zeno Godi
Lincoln Memorial: Radu Florea , Alexandru Rares Giurea , Ethan Hirons
Mars Hill: Paul-Antoine Pelzer, Diell Mehmedi, Riccardo Moretti
Newberry: Senthen Reddy, Daniel Watson, Noel Bartz
Tusculum: Will Gee, Angus Howard, Rens Verhaar
UVA Wise: Mustafa Raja, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Miguel De Rueda
Wingate: Carlo Rosellini , Ruben LeBron, Rod De La Torre