Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Ranked No. 16 in ITA Preseason Rankings

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Texas A&M men's tennis team is No. 16 in the 2017 preseason Oracle/ITA Men's National Team Rankings, released this week by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
 
In the individual rankings, junior Arthur Rinderknech begins the spring season ranked No. 16 in the singles poll and No. 7 alongside senior Max Lunkin in the doubles poll. Rinderknech earned All-America honors after appearing in the NCAA Doubles Championship match alongside Jackson Withrow last summer.
 
For the complete team and individual rankings, go to http://www.itatennis.com/ResultsAndRankings/Rankings/Oracle_ITA_Division_I_Men_s_Collegiate_Tennis_Rankings.htm
 
Aggie head coach Steve Denton will embark on his 11^th season at the reigns of the Maroon & White squad, returns eight players from last year's team that went 27-10 and finished with a No. 14 national ranking after advancing to the second round of the NCAA Championship. He also welcomes a pair of highly touted freshman to the roster in Hady Habib and Valentin Vacherot.
 
The Southeastern Conference and Big 12 lead the nation with six men's teams listed in the ITA preseason top 25. In addition to the five ranked SEC teams on the Texas A&M schedule this spring, the Aggies are slated to face No. 3 Ohio State, No. 7 TCU, No. 22 Baylor, No. 23 Texas Tech and No. 25 South Florida.
 
Texas A&M begins spring practice next week and opens the dual match season on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Rice before hosting the ITA Kick-Off Weekend January 28-29 at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. The complete season schedule is available at http://12thman.com/schedule.aspx?path=mten
 
Season tickets to all home matches are available for purchase online at http://12thmanfoundation.com/ticket-center/tennis.aspx
 
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
 

Oracle/ITA Men's National Team Rankings
Administered by the ITA
January 4th, 2017
Rank	School	Final 2016 Ranking
1	Virginia	1
2	Wake Forest	8
3	Ohio State	4
4	Texas	16
T5	California	9
T5	Georgia	7
7	TCU	3
8	UCLA	2
9	North Carolina	5
10	USC	12
11	Florida	10
12	Oklahoma	6
13	Northwestern	15
14	Oklahoma State	13
15	Kentucky	23
16	Texas A&M	14
17	Illinois	18
18	Stanford	21
19	Arkansas	20
20	Mississippi State	19
21	Michigan	25
22	Baylor	32
23	Texas Tech	11
24	Columbia	28
25	South Florida	17

Others Receiving Votes: (Duke, Florida State, SMU, Tulsa, South Carolina, Tulane, Notre Dame, Mississippi)