Tempe, ARIZONA – The Hawai'i Hilo Men's Tennis team returned to the rankings, coming in at No. 39 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association Collegiate Team Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point released Wednesday morning.
The Vulcans were last ranked No. 25 two polls ago before completely falling out of the team rankings.
Cian McDonnell also returned to the individual rankings, coming in at No. 49 for singles. McDonnell had previously received a No. 50 rank in the first singles rankings that was released in mid November. He is currently a combined 4-0 in singles matches on Courts 2 and 3.
Ryo Minakata had also received a rank (No. 37) in the first singles rankings released last fall but has not landed in recent iterations of the rankings despite going 5-0 at the No. 1 spot.
UIndy came in as the No. 1 team in the country with the Greyhounds' Tom Zeuch atop the singles rankings. The next rankings will be released March 12.
Hawai'i Hilo will return to competition next week in Southern California with matches against Biola (March 18), Colorado Mesa (March 19), Azusa Pacific (March 20), Concordia University Irvine (March 22), Westmont (March 23) and Point Loma (March 25).
2024 Men's Tennis Rankings History
| RANK |
POLL (DATE) |
W-L |
PREVIOUS WEEK(S) |
| No. 39 |
Poll #5 (March 13) |
4-0 |
» No. 45 MSU Denver (W 4-3)
» No. 45 MSU Denver (W 4-3)
» Colorado Mesa (W 4-1)
» Colorado Mesa (W 4-1) |
| NR |
Poll #4 (March 6) |
0-0 |
- |
| No. 25 |
Poll #3 (Feb. 28) |
0-2 |
» No. 10 HPU (L 5-2)
» No. 10 HPU (L 5-2) |
| No. 22 |
Poll #2 (Feb. 14) |
0-0 |
- |
| No. 21 |
Preseason (Jan. 17) |
0-0 |
- |
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