TEMPE, Ariz. – The Hawai'i Pacific men's tennis team closed the season ranked sixth in Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division II Men's Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point.
 
The Sharks (18-3) finished in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division II Tournament, and finished with a 63.884 rating for sixth, just behind NCAA II Runner-up Wayne State (Mich.) in fifth with a 63.982 rating and just ahead of NCAA II Quarterfinalist Embry-Riddle (Fla.) in seventh with a 62.065 rating.
 
HPU has two singles players and one doubles team ranked nationally in this rating. Jordi Walder continues as number two nationally in singles, with Robin Sanz up to No. 18. The pair of Jan Pleva and Walder are 13th in doubles.
 
Barry (Fla.) (22-5) is the top ranked team after winning its third consecutive Division II National Championship. Columbus State (Ga.) (21-3), a national semifinalist, is second with a 79.894 rating. Saint Leo (Fla.) (18-6), who didn't advance to the NCAA's round of 16, is third with a 72.287 rating, with national semifinalist Flagler (Fla.) (20-5) – the team that defeated HPU in the national quarters – fourth with a 68.20 rating. North Georgia (15-7) ended eighth at 54.036, Lynn (Fla.) (10-5) was ninth at 53.673, and West Florida (18-7) was 10th at 53.239.
 
In addition to HPU, the PacWest Conference is represented in the poll by Azusa Pacific at 13, Biola at 43, and Hawai'i Hilo at 44. In the extended rankings, Point Loma is 62, Metro State Denver is 64 and Concordia Irvine is 65.
 
A final release is slated for June 2.
   
 
ITA Division II Men's Rankings sponsored by Tennis Point
May 26, 2022
 

Rank	School	Div. II Record	Ave.	Prev.
1	Barry	22-5	Auto No. 1	2
2	Columbus State	21-3	79.894	1
3	Saint Leo	18-6	72.287	3
4	Flagler	20-5	68.2	6
5	Wayne State (Mich.)	23-4	63.982	10
6	Hawai'i Pacific	18-3	63.884	4
7	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	15-5	62.065	5
8	North Georgia	15-7	54.036	7
9	Lynn	10-5	53.673	9
10	West Florida	18-7	53.239	11
11	Indianapolis	18-5	49.536	12
12	Valdosta State	12-6	44.073	8
13	Azusa Pacific	17-4	43.22	14
14	Lander	17-6	43.093	16
15	Ouachita Baptist	16-4	39.379	17
16	Southern Arkansas	15-5	39.182	13
17	Queens Charlotte	14-3	38.954	15
18	Charleston	22-3	30.379	19
19	Washburn	15-6	29.405	18
20	Anderson	14-7	28.948	20
21	Belmont Abbey	19-6	28.823	24
22	McKendree	14-3	27.802	35
23	Northwest Missouri St.	12-3	27.588	21
24	Wingate	13-9	27.508	22
25	LeMoyne	17-1	27.388	29
26	Augusta	11-7	25.85	23
27	Grand Valley State	13-5	25.263	28
28	Barton	16-4	23.815	26
29	Ferris State	12-4	23.456	25
30	Lenoir-Rhyne	12-7	21.281	36
31	Tusculum	12-8	21.21	27
32	Texas-Tyler	12-6	20.971	39
33	West Alabama	10-6	20.017	31
34	Lee	10-6	19.74	30
35	Rollins	6-9	19.467	34
36	Queens (N.Y.)	15-4	19.454	38
37	Mount Olive	14-5	19.391	44
38	Carson-Newman	11-7	18.765	37
39	Midwestern State	13-6	18.124	33
40	Florida Southern	9-9	17.504	32
41	Cameron	12-6	17.172	40
42	Davenport	11-7	16.956	42
43	Biola	12-8	16.511	46
44	Hawai'i Hilo	8-10	15.15	41
45	Saint Thomas Aquinas	17-6	14.593	55
46	Francis Marion	14-7	14.472	47
47	Southern New Hampshire	10-3	14.158	54
48	Harding	7-8	13.648	59
49	Delta State	8-7	13.616	45
50	Tiffin	12-7	13.288	51

 
ITA Division II Men's Singles National Ranking

Rank	Player	School	Div. II Record	Prev.
1	Alvaro Regalado	Columbus State	28-2	1
2	Jordi Walder	Hawai'i Pacific	13-1	2
3	Denis Golubev	Rollins	17-4	3
4	Bruno Faletto	Saint Leo	21-6	4
5	Juan Ortiz Couder	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	16-4	6
6	Martin Soukal	Hawai'i Hilo	13-2	5
7	Luca Mack	Valdosta State	20-5	9
8	Ryan Nuno	Azusa Pacific	20-9	8
9	Alejandro Palacios	Barry	18-5	7
10	Alejandro Ibanez Gallego	Barry	14-6	13
11	Joaquin Benoit	North Georgia	22-9	10
12	Alexis Guedy	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	19-3	11
13	Juan Cabrera	West Florida	18-6	14
14	Andrea Zamurri	Northwest Missouri State	19-3	12
15	Brennan Cimpeanu	Hillsdale	18-5	15
16	Lucca Baptista	Lynn	14-3	16
17	Sebastian Herrera	Biola	15-14	19
18	Robin Sanz	Hawai'i Pacific	15-3	29
19	Alessandro Giuliato	Barry	13-5	23
20	Francisco Oliveira	Ouachita Baptist	20-6	18
21	Facundo Bermejo	West Florida	16-7	17
22	Nikolaj Talimaa	Indianapolis	20-4	24
23	Edoardo Bottino	Queens Charlotte	17-3	21
24	Tyler Davis	Point Loma	8-9	20
25	Alex Martinez Roca	Midwestern State	17-5	25
26	Dom Spicer	Wayne State	20-10	30
27	Leon Czarnikau	Concordia Irvine	7-8	44
28	Edgar Destouet	Indianapolis	16-5	72
29	Oscar Del Granado	Flagler	19-10	40
30	Thomas Cardona	Cameron	13-0	26
31	Marko Nikoliuk	Southern Arkansas	20-8	22
32	Rodrigo Carvalho	Valdosta State	15-5	48
33	Samuel Sippel	Azusa Pacific	16-4	43
34	Tim Hammes	Washburn	19-6	28
35	Nicolas Ramirez Ribes	Lee	17-4	34
36	Vincent Thiel	Saint Leo	20-8	27
37	Javier Cueto Ramos	Columbus State	14-5	41
38	Franco Oliva	Northwest Missouri State	13-9	31
39	Boriss Kamdem	McKendree	15-4	55
40	Santiago Kearney	Ouachita Baptist	15-4	36
41	Gonzalo Fernandez	Texas-Tyler	18-9	32
42	Florian Walcher	Wingate	20-6	35
43	Nikita Tatyanin	Flagler	24-7	37
44	Tommaso Schold	Columbus State	16-6	38
45	Yoann Jean Maurice Viel	Indianapolis	19-3	52
46	Guilherme Dos Santos	Southeastern Oklahoma State	6-1	33
47	Jean-Loup Auzias	Metropolitan State Denver	11-6	46
48	Rhodri Atkinson	Lenoir-Rhyne	15-4	47
49	Pierre Oliver Lassalle	Eckerd	7-4	39
50	Tomas Almeida	Cameron	14-8	64
51	Ignacio Martinez	Lynn	9-5	69
52	Jakob Riglewski	Walsh	17-4	45
53	Leonardo Schmitz Frederico	McKendree	16-2	49
54	Marnix Van Dalen	Carson-Newman	18-8	50
55	Alexey Prokopchuk	Biola	14-5	59
56	Lamar Bartley	Valdosta State	10-5	70
57	Diego Gonzalez	Lynn	6-11	54
58	Tom Niklas Zeuch	Indianapolis	8-4	51
59	David Rieme	Auburn-Montgomery	12-7	42
60	Josep Canyadell	Grand Valley State	14-5	56
61	Hugo Regner	Lander	17-5	67
62	Nicolas Bacella	Saint Leo	14-12	65
63	Christian Garay	Columbus State	21-2	63
64	Joaquin Bianchi	Texas-Tyler	20-8	60
65	Youssef Nabil	Southwest Baptist	16-5	53
66	Alessio Demichelis	Hawai'i Hilo	10-7	71
67	Daniel Llorente	Charleston	24-4	62
68	Francesco Bonacia	Tusculum	14-9	75
69	Stuart Rehfuss	Southern Arkansas	12-6	58
70	Hugo Stroppiana	Delta State	10-7	68
71	Arnau Rodriguez	Barry	15-3	73
72	Illari Vesanen	West Alabama	11-4	61
73	Niklas Karcz	Wayne State	22-7	NR
74	Mario Aleksic	Maryville	13-2	NR
75	Luka Brown	Wingate	20-9	NR

 
ITA Division II Men's Doubles National Ranking

Rank	Players	School	Div. II Record	Prev.
1	Rodrigo Carvalho / Luca Mack	Valdosta State	16-8	1
2	Will Kirkman / Ignacio Martinez	Lynn	12-3	5
3	Javier Cueto Ramos / Alvaro Regalado	Columbus State	16-6	6
4	Cedric Drenth / Daniel Grey	Wayne State (Mich.)	24-8	7
5	Bruno Faletto / Willem van den Akker	Saint Leo	17-11	3
6	Alex Martinez Roca / Ben Westwick	Midwestern State	22-3	4
7	Zac Faveri / Tom Niklas Zeuch	Indianapolis	10-3	2
8	Ignasi Forcano / Martin Gutierrez	Barry	17-7	19
9	Facundo Bermejo / Tomas Descarrega	West Florida	16-6	18
10	Mathis Guerre / Jan Koupil	Ferris State	14-3	9
11	Andres Donayre / Juan Ortiz Couder	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	8-2	23
12	Oscar Del Granado / Philipp Lemken	Flagler College	19-6	17
13	Jan Pleva / Jordi Walder	Hawai'i Pacific	10-5	8
14	Sander Jans / Marko Nikoliuk	Southern Arkansas	11-6	10
15	David Ambrozic / Juan Ramirez Mejia	Lewis	15-2	11
16	Lucas Hammond / Marcel Hornung	West Alabama	13-2	15
17	Pietro Martinetti / Tommaso Schold	Columbus State	19-4	13
18	Sean Barstow / Brennan Cimpeanu	Hillsdale	9-4	14
19	Jonathan Bulmer / Juan-Louis van Antwerpen	Davenport	15-10	12
20	Alex Blanchar / Phil Exner	Ouachita Baptist	14-2	39
21	Leyton Bohren / Ryan Nuno	Azusa Pacific	13-5	20
22	Zac Faveri / Nikolaj Talimaa	Indianapolis	8-2	NR
23	Joaquin Benoit / Ryan Gaskin	North Georgia	10-4	34
24	Joaquin Bianchi / Gonzalo Fernandez	Texas-Tyler	9-6	16
25	Boriss Kamdem / Leonardo Schmitz Frederico	McKendree	12-6	27
26	Tomas Almeida / Thomas Cardona	Cameron	15-3	NR
27	Alejandro Ibanez Gallego / Arnau Rodriguez	Barry	8-2	21
28	Mikkel Baumann / Efe Comu	Rollins	7-6	26
29	Michael Gurtner / Matt Telford	Tiffin	9-5	47
30	Arthur Bellan / Dani Ortiz	Harding	9-4	36
31	Santiago Kearney / Francisco Oliveira	Ouachita Baptist	18-9	24
32	Matthew Earle / Sebastian Pjontek	Washburn	12-10	22
33	Cole Brainard / Daniel Osap	North Georgia	13-3	30
34	Pietro Martinetti / Alvaro Regalado	Columbus State	4-0	25
35	Luke Laws / Dom Spicer	Wayne State (Mich.)	21-7	NR
36	Youssef Nabil / Alvaro Nunez	Southwest Baptist	7-7	29
37	Ignasi Forcano / Alessandro Giuliato	Barry	5-2	37
38	Juan Ortiz Couder / Luke Paschal	Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	5-3	32
39	Alex Medina Puigmarti / Jakob Riglewski	Walsh	13-8	31
40	Marshall Dagostine / John Giesberts	Charleston	25-7	28
41	Jordan Hayes / Emile Le Terrier	Delta State	4-6	33
42	Matthew De Groot / Markus Sorensen	Lander	9-3	49
43	Alvaro de Lorenzo / Morgan Salvan	Harding	12-5	40
44	Bruno Medeiros / Nicolas Ramirez Ribes	Lee	17-3	38
45	Tyler Davis / Nabeel Khan	Point Loma	10-3	46
46	Leyton Bohren / Miha Velicki	Azusa Pacific	5-2	NR
47	Guilherme Dos Santos / Marin Jurkovic	Southeastern Oklahoma State	8-3	35
48	Edoardo Bottino / Edoardo Cecere	Queens Charlotte	12-1	50
49	Lucca Baptista / Diego Gonzalez	Lynn	13-3	42
50	Carlos Martinez / Frank Yanni	Millersville	17-2	41