THOMASVILLE, N.C. -- Anderson University is once again on top of the CVAC preseason men's tennis poll as voted on by the league's head coaches. While not winning the regular season title for the first time in five years, Anderson did win the CVAC tournament championship. Anderson, 18-5 overall and 8-2 in the CVAC last year, is now 64-5 in the league since 1999. New Anderson head coach Rodrigo da Silva has brought a more intense style to the Anderson tennis programs. "We have been working very hard," he said. "Everybody jumped on board and said let's go. I didn't have any problems even though there was a huge change in style." The Anderson men enter the spring ranked No. 23 in the ITA Division II poll. "We have a very solid team men's team," da Silva said. "Everybody did well in the fall, and they're getting stronger and faster every day." Sophomore Philippe Magat returns as Anderson's No. 1 player. Magat, ranked No. 13 in the ITA singles rankings and was 16-5 last spring. He will be joined by freshman Lucas Moraes, who reached the finals of the B draw at the regional tournament during the fall. "We should be fine," da Silva said. "The guys are excited. They know they have a chance to play very well. Barton College finished second in the poll. The Bulldogs return seven of their top eight players from last season's 20-10 team that finished second in the CVAC regular season with a 9-1 mark. The Bulldogs, currently rank #23 nationally, and will rely on All-CVAC picks Brent Ching, Robert Jenner, and Nikola Andjelic to spearhead an experienced group into the spring season. Ching and partner Brandon Simmons are ranked 15th after the fall. Mount Olive is coming off its greatest season in history, winning its first-ever regular season CVAC title and becoming the first team in any sport in Mount Olive school history to go undefeated in conference play. The Trojans finished the season 16-10 overall and 10-0 in the CVAC. Head coach Burt Lewis, last year's CVAC men's tennis Coach of the Year, will have a young team with three returning sophomores. All-CVAC selection Gabriel Garcia, two-time CVAC Player of the Week Guillherme Serra and Felipe Olarte all posted perfect 10-0 records in singles action during the CVAC regular season. Rounding out the men's tennis preseason poll 4-11 were: Limestone, Lees-McRae, Erskine, Queens, Coker, Pfeiffer, Belmont Abbey, and St. Andrews respectively.