INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's tennis team has been picked third in the West Division of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men's Tennis Preseason Coaches Poll, as announced Thursday by the league office. The annual preseason poll is voted on by the league head coaches and ranks eight teams in the East and six squads in the West as 14 of the 16 member schools sponsor the sport.

Drury was tabbed as the favorite in the West Division, earning seven first-place votes and 72 points, while new league member Southwest Baptist earned the other half of the first-place votes and finished just two points behind the Panthers with 70. UMSL recorded 54 points in third place.

UMSL, under the direction head coach Rick Gyllenborg in his 24th season, was 14-7 overall last year, including 5-1 in the GLVC. The Tritons made their eighth trip to the NCAA Tournament and return six players off that team, including three-time All-GLVC honoree Ben-Hur Kasprzak.

The Tritons begin the spring portion of their schedule on February 7 against Missouri Baptist and will play the first of five GLVC matches on April 3 at Quincy.

The 2020 GLVC Men's Tennis Championship Tournament will be held at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Mo., April 24-26.
 

2020 GLVC MEN'S TENNIS PRESEASON POLL – EAST DIVISION
Place	School	Points (First-Place Votes)
1	Indianapolis	104 (13)
2	Lewis	88 (1)
3	Maryville	70
4	Illinois Springfield	59
5	Southern Indiana	58
6	Lindenwood	43
7	McKendree	39
8	Bellarmine	35

 

2020 GLVC MEN'S TENNIS PRESEASON POLL – WEST DIVISION
Place	School	Points (First-Place Votes)
1	Drury	72 (7)
2	Southwest Baptist	70 (7)
3	Missouri-St. Louis	54
4	Rockhurst	42
5	William Jewell	28
6	Quincy	22