NATIONAL RANKINGS
REGIONAL RANKINGS

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Flagler College men's tennis team checks in at No. 13, with three singles players sitting in the national rankings, in this week's edition of the Division II Men's ITA Collegiate Tennis National Team Ranking, sponsored by Tennis-Point, the organization announced earlier today.

Matches played through Sunday, April 17th were considered for the national rankings this week, which was ahead of the Saints' upset of top-ranked Columbus State University at home Tuesday. In the NCAA Southeast Regional Rankings, Jonas Piibor's team will spend another week at No. 4. Flagler has a massive Peach Belt Conference showdown with No. 5 the University of North Georgia tomorrow (Friday) at 2 p.m. The Nighthawks are currently second in the region.

Nikita Tatyanin, Oscar Del Granado and Philipp Lemken will all enjoy another week as some of the top singles players in the nation. Flagler played no dual matches during the period of consideration for this week's rankings.

Tatyanin, who was tabbed No. 37, most recently scored a singles win in the team's 4-3 upset against No. 1 CSU earlier this week, 7-6 (4), 6-2, against this week's No. 36 Thommaso Schold. Tatyanin currently has a team-high 13 singles wins this year, while playing all matches at second singles.

Del Granado moved up nine spots to No. 57. He currently the owner of a 8-7 record in his first year wearing a Flagler uniform, with all of his matches being played at first singles. The hero of the CSU upset, Lemken, comes in at No. 74 this week. Following his come-from-behind win to secure the win against the Cougars, Lemken has won his last four matches, bringing his dual match record to 12-4.

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