ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team was picked first in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom preseason coaches' poll for a fifth straight year, as announced by the league office Friday morning. The poll was conducted among the conference's six head coaches.
The five-time defending MAC Freedom champion, Stevens received the maximum 36 points, ahead of Lebanon Valley (28 points), Arcadia (23 points), and DeSales (20 points).
The entire poll can be found below:
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
1st Place Votes |
| 1 |
STEVENS |
36 |
6 |
| 2 |
Lebanon Valley |
28 |
|
| 3 |
Arcadia |
23 |
|
| 4 |
DeSales |
20 |
|
| 5 |
Misericordia |
15 |
|
| 6 |
King's |
14 |
|
Stevens went 14-8 last Spring with a perfect 6-0 mark in MAC Freedom play, winning all six matches 7-0, extending the program's regular-season conference winning streak to 36 in a row, before posting a pair of 4-0 victories over FDU-Florham and Lebanon Valley in the MAC Freedom Championship for the program's 15
th consecutive conference crown.
Max-William Kanz was named MAC Freedom Player of the Year,
Dhaivik Chenemilla joined him on the all-conference First Team, while
Mihir Parcha (Second Team),
Samvid Andhare (Second Team), and
Johnny Haase (Honorable Mention) all earned all-conference recognition as well; all five return this season for head coach
Steve Gachko.
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