Mary Washington is favored to defend its title in the 2024 Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Men's Tennis Preseason Poll following a survey of the C2C head coaches.  The Eagles garnered 16 points and four first-place votes.

UC Santa Cruz was second with 12 points, while Christopher Newport was a close third with 11 points and the remaining top vote.  Salisbury and Pratt rounded out the poll.

The 2024 spring season opens in mid-February and concludes with the C2C Tennis Championships May 3-5 at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Teams will be seeded based on Massey Ratings and will be finalized the Monday before the tournament. 

Below is a brief preview of each team entering the 2024 season:

Mary Washington, who enters the spring ranked 37th in the nation, welcomes back a wealth of talent in defense of its C2C crown. Seniors Rishi Charan Shankar and Peter Leese closed the fall ranked 10th in the nation in doubles, having won the ITA regional title. Other all-conference performers Andrew Cooper, Artis Hart, and Brock Ladehoff also return for UMW, who has won 21 conference titles since 2000, including the past two years. Juniors Drew Campbell and Ryan Meyer will challenge for top-six honors, as will sophomore Jacob Pfab and a talented freshman class that includes Evan Fisher, Trevor Rein, Jack Riordan, and Albert Vladimirskiy.

Under the leadership of first-year head coach, Ross Pytko, UC Santa Cruz is excited for the 2024 spring season.  Returning 5th-year senior Andrew Tjoa will lead the team in singles and doubles with his aggressive serve-and-volley play.  He will be supported by the other two captains, Adam Hidas and Praneet Varade, who are both set to have strong seasons.  The Banana Slugs expect meaningful contributions from returning player Ryan Lam and five first-year student-athletes, who all have a chance to crack the lineup.

After making the third NCAA Tournament appearance in program history a year ago, Christopher Newport will look to continue its success in 2024. The Captains finished last year with an 11-9 overall record while earning the first at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament in program history, where they would capture a win in the first round. Veteran Edvard Porsmyr Hansen returns to lead the way for CNU as the two-time first team All-Conference player is also a two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete.

Salisbury returns seven players from the 2022-23 squad that finished with a 10-9 overall record, reaching the C2C Semifinals before falling to UC Santa Cruz to conclude the season. The squad will lean on veterans Gianluca Beaujon, who played much of the top singles matches, and Russell Willenborg.  The Sea Gulls also bring back Aron Bursztyn and Christopher Catan (21 combined singles victories last year) and the leading doubles tandem of Catan and Mitchell Desman (7-3).

Pratt posted a 2-0 mark in the fall season and competed for the first time in the ITA Regional Championship. Veterans Mehul Bhargava and Ryan Nelsen return for the Cannoneers while rookies Mikah Liu and Eagle Zhang bolster the lineup in the top two spots. Liu went undefeated in singles and doubles in both dual match victories.