HPU Men Stay Fourth In ITA Division II Rankings

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TEMPE, Ariz. – The Hawai’i Pacific University men’s tennis team held firm to fourth in this week’s Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division II Men’s Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point.

The Sharks (16-2) have played an all Division II slate this year and hold a 64.804 rating in fourth behind two teams they have beaten this season, Barry (Fla.) (16-5) in second at 79.847 and Saint Leo (Fla.) (18-5) in third at 72.813. Columbus State (Ga.) (15-2) remains at the top with an 81.085 ranking.

HPU continues to have two singles players and one doubles team ranked nationally this week. Jordi Walder continues as number two nationally in singles, with Robin Sanz down slightly to No. 29. The pair of Jan Pleva and Walder are eighth in doubles.

Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (12-4) is fifth at 61.708, with Flagler (Fla.) (14-3) sixth at 56.638, North Georgia (13-5) seventh at 54.110, Valdosta State (Ga.) (12-4) eighth at 52.177, Lynn (Fla.) (9-4)

In addition to HPU, the PacWest Conference is represented in the poll by Azusa Pacific at 14, Hawai’i Hilo at 41 and Biola at 46. In the extended rankings, Point Loma is 60, Metro State Denver is 63, and Concordia Irvine is 65.

The No. 4 Sharks are idle until the NCAA Division II Championship bracket is announced on Tuesday, May 3. The West Regional match will be played on Monday, May 9. This is the last weekly ITA ranking until after the NCAA Tournament.
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ITA Division II Men’s Rankings sponsored by Tennis Point
April 28, 2022

Rank	School	Div. II Record	Ave.	Prev.
1	Columbus State	15-2	81.085	1
2	Barry	16-5	79.847	3
3	Saint Leo	18-5	72.813	2
4	Hawai’i Pacific	16-2	64.804	4
5	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	12-4	61.708	6
6	Flagler	14-3	56.638	13
7	North Georgia	13-5	54.11	5
8	Valdosta State	12-4	52.177	7
9	Lynn	9-4	51.135	9
10	Wayne State (Mich.)	16-3	46.97	8
11	West Florida	14-6	46.299	10
12	Indianapolis	13-3	45.24	11
13	Southern Arkansas	14-3	43.969	12
14	Azusa Pacific	15-3	43.042	16
15	Queens Charlotte	14-2	41.568	18
16	Lander	15-3	40.237	14
17	Ouachita Baptist	13-3	36.088	17
18	Washburn	15-4	35.441	15
19	Charleston	19-2	30.175	20
20	Anderson	14-6	29.862	19
21	Northwest Missouri St.	12-3	28.971	21
22	Wingate	13-8	28.256	30
23	Augusta	11-6	26.879	22
24	Belmont Abbey	17-5	25.914	24
25	Ferris State	12-3	25.307	23
26	Barton	16-3	23.636	25
27	Tusculum	12-8	23.181	33
28	Grand Valley State	11-3	23.141	31
29	LeMoyne	14-0	22.122	38
30	Lee	10-6	21.258	29
31	West Alabama	9-5	21.181	35
32	Florida Southern	9-7	21.075	26
33	Midwestern State	11-4	21.019	28
34	Rollins	6-9	20.772	27
35	McKendree	11-2	19.673	45
36	Lenoir-Rhyne	12-7	19.619	32
37	Carson-Newman	11-7	19.152	36
38	Queens (N.Y.)	13-2	19.047	34
39	Texas-Tyler	8-5	17.603	41
40	Cameron	10-4	17.4	40
41	Hawai’i Hilo	8-9	17.381	44
42	Davenport	10-5	16.992	37
43	Thomas Jefferson	13-3	16.649	42
44	Mount Olive	12-4	16.602	48
45	Delta State	8-7	16.407	39
46	Biola	11-7	15.876	43
47	Francis Marion	12-6	13.846	47
48	Emmanuel	8-7	13.842	54
49	Chestnut Hill	10-4	12.942	50
50	Auburn-Montgomery	9-11	12.785	46

ITA Division II Men’s Singles National Ranking

Rank	Player	School	Div. II Record	Prev.
1	Alvaro Regalado	Columbus State	24-1	1
2	Jordi Walder	Hawai’i Pacific	10-1	2
3	Denis Golubev	Rollins College	17-4	4
4	Bruno Faletto	Saint Leo	20-6	3
5	Martin Soukal	Hawai’i Hilo	13-2	5
6	Juan Ortiz Couder	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	13-4	6
7	Alejandro Palacios	Barry	17-4	7
8	Ryan Nuno	Azusa Pacific	18-7	10
9	Luca Mack	Valdosta State	19-5	8
10	Joaquin Benoit	North Georgia	20-7	9
11	Alexis Guedy	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	16-3	11
12	Andrea Zamurri	Northwest Missouri State	19-3	12
13	Alejandro Ibanez Gallego	Barry	10-6	13
14	Juan Cabrera	West Florida	17-4	15
15	Brennan Cimpeanu	Hillsdale	17-5	14
16	Lucca Baptista	Lynn	13-3	21
17	Facundo Bermejo	West Florida	14-5	16
18	Francisco Oliveira	Ouachita Baptist	17-5	17
19	Sebastian Herrera	Biola	15-12	18
20	Tyler Davis	Point Loma	8-9	28
21	Edoardo Bottino	Queens Charlotte	16-3	24
22	Marko Nikoliuk	Southern Arkansas	18-7	19
23	Alessandro Giuliato	Barry	10-5	43
24	Nikolaj Talimaa	Indianapolis	16-2	25
25	Alex Martinez Roca	Midwestern State	15-5	20
26	Thomas Cardona	Cameron	12-0	22
27	Vincent Thiel	Saint Leo	20-7	33
28	Tim Hammes	Washburn	17-6	26
29	Robin Sanz	Hawai’i Pacific	11-2	23
30	Dom Spicer	Wayne State (Mich.)	19-8	32
31	Franco Oliva	Northwest Missouri State	13-9	27
32	Gonzalo Fernandez	Texas-Tyler	17-6	29
33	Guilherme Dos Santos	Southeastern Oklahoma State	6-1	31
34	Nicolas Ramirez Ribes	Lee	17-4	30
35	Florian Walcher	Wingate	20-5	46
36	Santiago Kearney	Ouachita Baptist	13-3	34
37	Nikita Tatyanin	Flagler	19-5	37
38	Tommaso Schold	Columbus State	12-5	36
39	Pierre Oliver Lassalle	Eckerd	7-4	44
40	Oscar Del Granado	Flagler	15-9	57
41	Javier Cueto Ramos	Columbus State	12-5	39
42	David Rieme	Auburn-Montgomery	12-7	48
43	Samuel Sippel	Azusa Pacific	13-4	49
44	Leon Czarnikau	Concordia Irvine	6-8	38
45	Jakob Riglewski	Walsh	17-3	40
46	Jean-Loup Auzias	Metropolitan State Denver	11-6	NR
47	Rhodri Atkinson	Lenoir-Rhyne	15-4	53
48	Rodrigo Carvalho	Valdosta State	14-5	35
49	Marnix Van Dalen	Carson-Newman	18-8	41
50	Tom Niklas Zeuch	Indianapolis	8-4	42
51	Yoann Jean Maurice Viel	Indianapolis	14-2	50
52	Leonardo Schmitz Frederico	McKendree	14-3	58
53	Youssef Nabil	Southwest Baptist	15-4	54
54	Boriss Kamdem	McKendree	12-3	45
55	Diego Gonzalez	Lynn	6-9	52
56	Josep Canyadell	Grand Valley State	12-5	NR
57	Sylvain Garin-Michaud	Drury	10-3	64
58	Stuart Rehfuss	Southern Arkansas	11-4	47
59	Alexey Prokopchuk	Biola	13-4	65
60	Joaquin Bianchi	Texas-Tyler	17-7	55
61	Illari Vesanen	West Alabama	11-4	59
62	Daniel Llorente	Charleston	24-4	NR
63	Christian Garay	Columbus State	18-1	62
64	Tomas Almeida	Cameron	12-8	51
65	Nicolas Bacella	Saint Leo	14-11	60
66	Joao Guariente	Auburn-Montgomery	14-10	NR
67	Hugo Regner	Lander	16-4	61
68	Hugo Stroppiana	Delta State	10-7	68
69	Ignacio Martinez	Lynn	8-4	56
70	Lamar Bartley	Valdosta State	8-5	70
71	Alessio Demichelis	Hawai’i Hilo	9-6	NR
72	Edgar Destouet	Indianapolis	11-4	73
73	Arnau Rodriguez	Barry	14-3	66
74	Sander Jans	Southern Arkansas	13-10	63
75	Francesco Bonacia	Tusculum	14-9	NR

ITA Division II Men’s Doubles National Ranking

Rank	Players	School	Div. II Record	Prev.
1	Rodrigo Carvalho / Luca Mack	Valdosta State	16-6	1
2	Zac Faveri / Tom Niklas Zeuch	Indianapolis	10-3	3
3	Bruno Faletto / Willem van den Akker	Saint Leo	17-10	8
4	Alex Martinez Roca / Ben Westwick	Midwestern State	20-2	2
5	Will Kirkman / Ignacio Martinez	Lynn	11-2	10
6	Javier Cueto Ramos / Alvaro Regalado	Columbus State	11-4	4
7	Cedric Drenth / Daniel Grey	Wayne State	21-6	6
8	Jan Pleva / Jordi Walder	Hawai’i Pacific	10-3	5
9	Mathis Guerre / Jan Koupil	Ferris State	14-3	7
10	Sander Jans / Marko Nikoliuk	Southern Arkansas	10-4	9
11	David Ambrozic / Juan Ramirez Mejia	Lewis	14-2	15
12	Jonathan Bulmer / Juan-Louis van Antwerpen	Davenport	14-9	14
13	Pietro Martinetti / Tommaso Schold	Columbus State	15-3	12
14	Sean Barstow / Brennan Cimpeanu	Hillsdale	9-4	11
15	Lucas Hammond / Marcel Hornung	West Alabama	11-2	16
16	Joaquin Bianchi / Gonzalo Fernandez	Texas-Tyler	9-6	13
17	Oscar Del Granado / Philipp Lemken	Flagler	13-4	NR
18	Facundo Bermejo / Tomas Descarrega	West Florida	13-4	17
19	Ignasi Forcano / Martin Gutierrez	Barry	13-6	18
20	Leyton Bohren / Ryan Nuno	Azusa Pacific	11-4	20
21	Alejandro Ibanez Gallego / Arnau Rodriguez	Barry	5-2	24
22	Matthew Earle / Sebastian Pjontek	Washburn	12-8	26
23	Andres Donayre / Juan Ortiz Couder	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	5-1	22
24	Santiago Kearney / Francisco Oliveira	Ouachita Baptist	15-8	25
25	Pietro Martinetti / Alvaro Regalado	Columbus State	4-0	21
26	Mikkel Baumann / Efe Comu	Rollins	7-6	19
27	Boriss Kamdem / Leonardo Schmitz Frederico	McKendree	11-4	32
28	Marshall Dagostine / John Giesberts	Charleston	23-5	23
29	Youssef Nabil / Alvaro Nunez	Southwest Baptist	7-5	28
30	Cole Brainard / Daniel Osap	North Georgia	12-2	49
31	Alex Medina Puigmarti / Jakob Riglewski	Walsh	13-7	30
32	Juan Ortiz Couder / Luke Paschal	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	5-3	NR
33	Jordan Hayes / Emile Le Terrier	Delta State	4-6	37
34	Joaquin Benoit / Ryan Gaskin	North Georgia	8-4	29
35	Guilherme Dos Santos / Marin Jurkovic	Southeastern Oklahoma St.	8-3	27
36	Arthur Bellan / Dani Ortiz	Harding	8-4	31
37	Ignasi Forcano / Alessandro Giuliato	Barry	5-2	41
38	Bruno Medeiros / Nicolas Ramirez Ribes	Lee	17-3	39
39	Alex Blanchar / Phil Exner	Ouachita Baptist	12-1	NR
40	Alvaro de Lorenzo / Morgan Salvan	Harding	11-4	NR
41	Carlos Martinez / Frank Yanni	Millersville	17-2	33
42	Lucca Baptista / Diego Gonzalez	Lynn	11-3	38
43	George Botha / Marin Jurkovic	Southeastern Oklahoma St.	5-5	NR
44	Tim Buettner / Alessandro Giuliato	Barry	8-1	34
45	Gonzalo Fernandez / Moritz Mayer	Texas-Tyler	7-1	45
46	Tyler Davis / Nabeel Khan	Point Loma	10-3	NR
47	Michael Gurtner / Matt Telford	Tiffin	7-5	35
48	Muhamad Bedwan / David Rieme	Auburn-Montgomery	9-11	36
49	Matthew De Groot / Markus Sorensen	Lander	9-2	48
50	Edoardo Bottino / Edoardo Cecere	Queens Charlotte	12-1	42