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.
May 4, 2006
Francis Marion Slips Past Anderson Again
May 1, 2006
Trojans Headed To Mid-Atlantic Regional
April 23, 2006
Men's Tennis Team Claims Tournament Title
April 22, 2006
Men's Tennis Team Reaches To Tournament Final
April 21, 2006
Men's Tennis Advances In CVAC Tournament
April 20, 2006
Men's Tennis Team Places Two On All-CVAC Team
April 9, 2006
Bobcats Defeat Anderson, 7-2
April 7, 2006
Trojans Beat Pacers In Important Region Match
April 5, 2006
Sanches Named CVAC Player Of The Week
April 1, 2006
Trojans Clinch Tie For CVAC Regular-Season Title
March 31, 2006
Trojans Blank SAPC To Stay Perfect In CVAC
March 26, 2006
Trojans Remain Unbeaten In CVAC Play
March 26, 2006
Francis Marion Slips Past Anderson, 5-4
March 23, 2006
Upstate Ends Anderson's Winning Streak
March 15, 2006
Sanches Named CVAC Tennis Player Of The Week
March 11, 2006
Trojans Win Eighth Straight Match
March 10, 2006
Trojans Rally To Beat Tusculum, 6-3
March 8, 2006
Magat Named CVAC Tennis Player Of The Week
March 8, 2006
Men's Tennis Team Sinks Flying Fleet
March 5, 2006
Men's Tennis Team Finishes Weekend 3-For-3
March 4, 2006
Anderson Rallies To Knock Off Mount Olive
March 3, 2006
Trojans Start Big Weekend By Blanking Pfeiffer
February 25, 2006
Men's Tennis Team Shuts Out Belmont Abbey
February 21, 2006
Trojans Pick Up First CVAC Victory
February 17, 2006
Lander Hands Anderson Its First Loss
February 10, 2006
Anderson Beats Augusta State In Match Up Of Nationally Ranked Teams
January 26, 2006
Anderson Tops CVAC Men's Tennis Poll
October 4, 2005
Two AC Players Reach Semis At Regional Tournament
September 25, 2005
AC Has Three Winners At CVAC Fall Tourney
September 24, 2005
Four AC Players Make Sunday's Finals