ROCK HILL, S.C. – With the 2017 tennis season right around the corner, the Anderson men's tennis team has been picked to finish fifth, as the 2017 South Atlantic Conference Preseason Poll was released by the league office Monday.

Trojans Ignacio Bidegain and Jeffrey Dayton have been named to the Preseason All-SAC Doubles second-team. Bidegain/Dayton are both freshman for the Black and Gold and played exceptionally well during the fall season.

The Trojans closed out the 2016 SAC campaign with eight victories and claimed the No. 4 seed in the SAC Tournament. The Black and Gold were just edged out by Newberry in the opening round.

Queens (135 points) was voted as the preseason favorite while earning five first place votes. Wingate (125 points) also earned five first place votes was selected second. Tusculum (112 points) was third with two first place votes.

Newberry (96 points) fills the fourth spot while Anderson (92 points) is fifth, Lincoln Memorial was voted sixth, Lenoir-Rhyne seventh and Coker eighth. Rounding out the poll is Catawba, Carson-Newman, Mars Hill, and Brevard.

Anderson will open up the 2017 on the road at USC Sumter on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m.

Rank (First-Place Votes) Points

1. Queens (5) 135

2. Wingate (5) 125

3. Tusculum (2) 112

4. Newberry 96

5. Anderson 92

6. Lincoln Memorial 73

7. Lenoir-Rhyne 67

8. Coker 66

9. Catawba 55

10. Carson-Newman 52

11. Mars Hill 38

12. Brevard 22

2017 Men's Tennis Preseason All-Conference

First Team Doubles

Leon Seiz/Tashique Kader, Tusculum

Jordan Monosky/Jacob Svantesson, Newberry

Flilippo Pezzoli/Tyler Schofer, Wingate

Second Team Doubles

Ignacio Bidegain/Jeffery Dayton, Anderson

Amir Zari/Duncan Addison, Wingate

Pepe Batalla/Joshua Peress, Lincoln Memorial

First Team Singles

Jules Athalis, Queens

Andor Vas, Queens

Filippo Pezzoli, Wingate

Joshua Peress, Lincoln Memorial

Jordan Monosky, Newberry

Josh DuToit, Wingate

Second Team Singles

Amir Zari, Wingate

Toby de Klerk, Tusculum

Tashique Kader, Tusculum

David Segarra, Lincoln Memorial

Mark Watt, Coker

Joao Pedro Oliveira, Carson-Newman