Men's Tennis Ranked No. 18 in Preseason Top 25 Poll
KANSAS CITY, MO. (Aug. 21, 2024) - The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) men's tennis team has been ranked No. 18 in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll that was released on Wednesday. The Saints excelled last season with multiple top 25 rankings.
The Saints finished last season with a 19-8 overall mark. They lost only two out of 13 home matches and were 4-2 on the road. The season was highlighted by an 11-match winning streak from Feb. 25-March 29. OLLU hosted the NAIA Unafilliated Tournament at Blossom Tennis Center and lost to No. 10-ranked Xavier University of Louisiana 4-2 in the championship match.
The 2024-25 preseason poll follows this format:
Rating Methodology:
- The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team's rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes".
Full rankings:
| POSITION | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [12] | 9-0 | 372 |
| 2 | 3 | Keiser (Fla.) | 5-1 | 344 |
| 3 | 8 | Middle Georgia State | 10-3 | 288 |
| 4 | 6 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 8-3 | 287 |
| 5 | 2 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 21-2 | 281 |
| 5 | 10 | Xavier (La.) | 7-5 | 281 |
| 7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 8-2 | 278 |
| 8 | 11 | William Woods (Mo.) | 10-2 | 257 |
| 9 | 4 | Northwestern Ohio | 20-3 | 246 |
| 10 | 12 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 10-11-1 | 238 |
| 11 | 22 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 13-4 | 213 |
| 12 | 13 | Mobile (Ala.) | 10-1 | 210 |
| 13 | 15 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 16-6 | 208 |
| 14 | 17 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 15-5 | 202 |
| 15 | 19 | Dillard (La.) | 14-5 | 194 |
| 16 | 9 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 18-4 | 184 |
| 17 | 21 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 4-1 | 162 |
| 18 | 23 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 19-8 | 153 |
| 19 | 16 | Coastal Georgia (Ga.) | 4-3-1 | 142 |
| 20 | 20 | Grace (Ind.) | 21-5 | 135 |
| 21 | 25 | Oakland City | 10-5 | 130 |
| 22 | 18 | McPherson (Kan.) | 9-3 | 97 |
| 22 | 14 | Union Commonwealth (Ky.) | 12-12 | 97 |
| 24 | 24 | Marian (Ind.) | 13-9 | 71 |
| 25 | RV | Morningside | 18-5 | 63 |
Receiving Votes: Ave Maria (Fla.) 56; Loyola (La.) 50; Campbellsville (Ky.) 44; Missouri Baptist 33; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 31; Pikeville (Ky.) 27; Westcliff (Calif.) 26; Huntington (Ind.) 22; Arizona Christian 20; Bethel (Tenn.) 17; Tennessee Southern 16; St. Thomas (Fla.) 15; Bethel (Kan.) 13; Lewis-Clarke (Idaho) 13; Midland (Neb.) 13; Missouri Valley 12; Texas Wesleyan 11; Warner (Fla.) 9; Ottawa (Kan.) 8; Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 6; Florida National (Fla.) 5; Milligan (Tenn.) 4; Cornerstone (Mich.) 3; Abraham Baldwin (Ga.) 2; Georgetown (Ky.) 2.