Tempe, ARIZONA – The Hawai'i Hilo Men's Tennis team moved back one spot to a No. 22 ranking in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association Collegiate Team Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point released Wednesday.
The Vulcans will get their season started this weekend with two matches, Feb. 17-18, against No. 10 HPU on O'ahu.
Valdosta State is at the top. Reigning Pacific West Conference champion Azusa Pacific fell out of the top 25 after receiving a No. 24 ranking in the preseason poll..
The next rankings will be released Feb. 28.
2024 Men's Tennis Rankings History
| RANK |
POLL (DATE) |
W-L |
PREVIOUS WEEK(S) |
| No. 22 |
Poll #2 (Feb. 14) |
0-0 |
- |
| No. 21 |
Preseason (Jan. 17) |
0-0 |
- |
INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION
Originally founded in 1956 by the legendary UCLA men's tennis coach J. D. Morgan, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) is the governing body of college tennis, overseeing men's and women's varsity tennis at all levels. Over the past four decades, the ITA has worked hard to achieve its charter goals: (1) "To foster and encourage the playing of intercollegiate tennis in accordance with the highest tradition of sportsmanship and consistent with the general objectives of higher education." (2) "To develop among the intercollegiate coaches a deeper sense of responsibility in teaching, promoting, maintaining, and conducting the game of tennis" And, (3) "To educate and serve those individuals and groups who are involved in collegiate tennis: junior and college players, their coaches and parents, and the at-large tennis public."
The ITA administers the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings (singles/doubles/team) that are designed to track the top men and women teams and singles and doubles players in NCAA Divisions I, II, III, NAIA, NJCAA, and CCCAA.
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