TEMPE, Ariz. – The Flagler College men's tennis team was ranked No. 2 according to the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Collegiate Tennis Southeast Region Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point, which were released last Thursday (June 1) afternoon.
Flagler finished the season 19-7 overall and 5-1 in the Peach Belt Conference. The Saints made the NCAA Division II National Tournament for the second year in a row and advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Three Saints were ranked in the final region singles ranking.
Nikita Tatyanin finished at No. 4 while
Jacopo Denitto (No. 9) and
Petr Cervinka (No. 19) were also ranked. Tatyanin completed the season with a 24-10 record, which included a 16-8 mark this spring. Tatyanin was 5-6 against nationally ranked competition. He earned first team All-Peach Belt Conference honors in singles. Denitto went 21-12 overall and was 12-9 this spring. He earned second team All-PBC honors in singles. Cervinka posted a 15-4 record in singles play and was a perfect 5-0 in league play. He earned second team all-conference honors in singles.
Tatyanin, and his doubles teammate
Jagger Ong-Patzwald, were ranked No. 5 in the region. They went 11-13 this year and were 8-10 this spring. They were 1-3 against nationally ranked duos. The duo was named second team all-conference.
All seven teams were ranked in the final region poll. Columbus State University topped the ranking. At Nos. 4-7 was Lander University, the University of North Georgia, Augusta University, and Georgia College & State University. Young Harris College finished at No. 8.
Other schools in the poll were Wingate University (No. 3), Tusculum University (No. 8), and Carson-Newman University (No. 10).
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