TEMPE, Ariz. - Announced on Tuesday by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, the University of the South men's tennis team enters the 2022-23 season with a No. 33 national ranking. The ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings are sponsored by Tennis-Point.
The Tigers won their eighth Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Regular Season and Tournament Championship last spring. Finishing with a 14-12 overall record, the Purple and White advanced to the Round of 32 of the NCAA Championships.
In the region, Sewanee is ranked seventh.
The Tigers' 2023 schedule will see seven nationally-ranked teams: No. 10 Emory (Ga.), No. 15 Amherst (Mass.), No. 16 Caltech (Calif.), No. 20 Kenyon (Ohio), No. 30 MIT (Mass.), No. 32 Babson (Mass.) and No. 37 Christopher Newport (Va.).
This fall, the Tigers had a strong showing at the ITA Regional Championships and the ITA Cup, and it started with junior transfer
Jordan Theron. Finishing as a finalist at the Region event in singles, he qualified for the ITA Cup, which is a small college national tournament for the fall season.
Winning his quarterfinal match versus Alessio Azzalini of Trinity (Texas), he will be named an All-American at the end of the season.
Theron enters the 2023 season ranked eighth nationally and third in the Atlantic South.
Additionally, Theron and doubles partner
Quinn Wicklund are ranked 18th in Division III.
Liam Selvido also cracked the national rankings in singles at 49th.
The 2022-23 schedule begins with two exhibition matches at home with Tennessee Wesleyan (Feb. 11) and Cumberland (Feb. 15). The regular season will officially start Feb. 17 versus Emory.
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