INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 17 University of Indianapolis men's tennis team was voted in the preseason coaches' poll as the choice to win the 2026 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) men's tennis East Division, the league office announced on Friday. The preseason poll is selected by the league's head coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own team.
 

EAST
No. 1 Indianapolis

• Received all four possible first-place votes and 16 total points.
• Ranked 17th in Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division II Preseason Poll.
• Won GLVC Regular Season East Division and GLVC Championship titles.
• Advanced to quarterfinals of NCAA Tournament as No. 8 seed after beating No. 9 Charleston.
• Coached by reigning GLVC Coach of the Year Malik Tabet, who enters his 14th season after a 22-4 overall and 5-0 GLVC record in 2025.
• Return pair of First Team All-GLVC selections, Mathieu Derache and Asier Ayllon Prado, as well as ITA Midwest Region Player to Watch Tadeo Gaggiofatto.
• Ayllon Prado also earned GLVC Freshman of the Year honors.  

The complete poll and voting results can be found below.

EAST

Place	School	Point (1st-Place Votes)
1.	UIndy	16 (4)
2.	Missouri-St. Louis	12 (1)
3.	McKendree	11
4.	Maryville	7
5.	Illinois Springfield	4

 
WEST

Place	School	Point (1st-Place Votes)
1.	Drury	15 (3)
2.	Rockhurst	14 (2)
3.	Quincy	9
4.	Southwest Baptist	8
5.	William Jewell	4