Seven PBC Men's Tennis Teams Ranked in Top 40

Seven Peach Belt Conference men's tennis teams have been ranked in the nation's top 40 in the final fall tennis poll released by the ITA.  Armstrong Atlantic State is #4 in the poll while Lander comes in at #8.  USC Aiken (18), Augusta State (19), GCSU (20), Francis Marion (25) and Columbus State (26) are also ranked.

The ITA also ranked the top 50 singles players and top 25 doubles teams in the nation.  10 PBC players were on the singles list while six doubles teams were also ranked.  Armstrong Atlantic State, who won both the PBC Championship and PBC Tournament last spring, had five singles players ranked among the top 50.  Robert Jendelund is ranked 8th in the nation among singles while teammates Paul Bishop comes in 15th and Rafael Array 16th.  Christian Bergh and Davor Zink are also ranked.  GCSU's Erick Siqueira is ranked 13th while USC Aiken's Dagoberto Darezzo is 19th.

Darezzo and teammate Edward Horne are the highest-ranked doubles team in the PBC, coming in second in the nation after a strong fall season.  The Lander team of Ivarsson and Willers is 10th while Francis Marion's Emmanuel and Wijimanne are 11th.

To see the full ITA rankings, please click here.  Mid-Atlantic Regional rankings can be found here.