ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s Tennis Team was picked to finish eighth in the 2024 SAC Preseason Men’s Tennis Poll that was released on Friday.
For individual accolades, Vadym Rogynskyi and Rufus Plane were tabbed with second team doubles. Through the first two matches of the 2023-24 season, the pair have won both contests at the No. 1 doubles line.
In the 2022-23 season, the first-year students did not play on the same team. Rogynskyi, a native of Ukraine, mostly competed at the No. 1 line and posted an 8-14 record. Plane, a native of Cardiff, Wales, mostly participated at the No. 2 line and posted a 6-7 record.
Moving onto singles, Zachary Cox was named to the second team. The Peterborough, England native spent most of the 2022-23 season at the No. 1 singles spot.
The junior also earned his first career SAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week award on Feb. 6, 2023. Cox will look to replicate his 2021-22 season when he marked a 10-4 record in his freshman year.
In addition to his second team doubles honor, Rogynskyi was selected to third team singles. In his first season at LR, the now sophomore mostly competed at the No. 2 singles and posted an 8-13 record.
The Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s Tennis Team will officially resume its 2023-24 campaign on Saturday, Feb. 10 at Mount Olive.
2024 SAC Men’s Tennis Preseason Poll
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Score |
| 1 | Wingate (12) | 144 |
| 2 | Carson-Newman | 125 |
| 3 | Tusculum | 115 |
| 4 | Anderson | 100 |
| 5 | Limestone | 93 |
| 6 | Lincoln Memorial | 90 |
| 7 | Catawba (1) | 82 |
| 8 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 81 |
| 9 | Newberry | 63 |
| 10 | Coker | 48 |
| 11 | Mars Hill | 35 |
| 12 | Emory & Henry | 21 |
| 13 | UVA-Wise | 17 |
2024 SAC Men’s Tennis Preseason All-Conference
First Team Doubles
Gabriel Constantino/Edis Nokic, Wingate
Luka Brown/Hugo Nossler, Wingate
Florian Walcher/Carlo Rosselini, Wingate
Second Team Doubles
Vadym Rogynskyi/Rufus Plane, Lenoir-Rhyne
Tyler Juergens/Ryan Little, Catawba
Marnix Van Dalen/Lars Horijk, Carson-Newman
Third Team Doubles
Paul Dekester/Sebastian Zabala, Catawba
Tom Lamers/Thibaut Decaluwe, Coker
Harper Mills/Thom Hermans, Lincoln Memorial
First Team Singles
Marcos Castares, Catawba
Gabriel Constantino, Wingate
Marc Janse, Carson-Newman
Edis Nokic, Wingate
Nemanja Subanovic, Tusculum
Florian Walcher, Wingate
Second Team Singles
Zachary Cox, Lenoir-Rhyne
Will Gee, Tusculum
Alexandru Glurea, Lincoln Memorial
Ivan Ivars, Tusculum
Gjorgji Jankulovski, Carson-Newman
Marnix Van Dalen, Carson-Newman
Third Team Singles
Ryan Little, Catawba
Thom Hermans, Lincoln Memorial
Ramiro Rincon Hernandez, Limestone
Vadym Rogynskyi, Lenoir-Rhyne
Samuel Winter, Coker
Andre Zamorano, Limestone