Four Big Ten Teams Ranked in the ITA Men's Top 25 Poll

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ROSEMONT, Ill. — Four Big Ten teams are listed in the Division I Men's Preseason Top 25 Poll, released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

Ohio State, which reached the NCAA Semifinals last season, is rated third while UCLA ranks 20th, Michigan State 23rd and Michigan 25th.

Individually, the following Big Ten players are cited in the Iatest ITA rankings:

Singles:
8th — Ozan Baris, MSU
11th — Aidan Kim, OSU
13th — Spencer Johnson, UCLA
14th — Kenta Miyoshi, ILL
27th — Aristotelis Thanos, MSU
30th — William Morz, ILL
40th — Matthew Forbes, MSU
46th — Alexander Bernard, OSU
49th — Cesar Bouchelaghem, WASH
50th — Rudy Quan, UCLA
59th — Gavin Young, MICH
64th — William Jansen, OSU
76th — Dzianis Zharyn, WASH
82nd — Emon van Loben Sels, UCLA
83rd — Max Sheldon, MSU
93rd — Aadarsh Tripathi, UCLA
104th — Vlad Breazu, ORE
107th — Christopher Li, OSU
113th — Patorn Hanchaikul, MICH

Doubles:
5th — Gavin Young/Benjamin Kittay, MICH
10th — Aadarsh Tripathi/Alexander Hoogmartens, UCLA
11th — Facundo Yunis/Jip van Assendelft, IND
25th — Bryce Nakashima/William Jensen, OSU
38th — Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn, WASH
52nd — Tyler Bowers/Zachary Viiala, ILL
57th — Aidan Kim/Alexander Bernard, OSU
66th — Danial Rakhmatullayev/Taym Alazmeh, MSU
73rd — Brandon Carpico/Preston Stearns, OSU
79th — Brett Pearson/Ivan Sodan, WASH
94th — Aristotelis Thanos/Ozan Baris, MSU
99th — Matthew Forbes/Ozan Baris, MSU
107th — Max Sheldon/Matthew Forbes, MSU
109th — Tristan Bradley/Niels Hoffmann, USC
119th — Will Cooksey/Alex Cairo, MICH
119th — Alex Fuchs/Brandon Carpico, OSU

The 2024-25 NCAA tennis season resumes this week with conference dual matches commencing in March.

The fall tennis campaign saw Ozan Baris of Michigan State and the Michigan duo of Gavin Young and Benjamin Kittay reached the NCAA Finals. All-three earned ITA All-American status along with Aidan Kim of Ohio State (singles), Spencer Johnson of UCLA (singles), Kenta Miyoshi of Illinois (singles), Aadarsh Tripathi and Alexander Hoogmartens of UCLA (doubles) and Bryce Nakashima and William Jensen of Ohio State (doubles).

The Big Ten will announce its first-ever men's tennis Players to Watch List on Friday.