TEMPE, Ariz. -- Christopher Newport men's tennis will open the 2023 spring season ranked No. 37 in the nation according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Collegiate Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point. The Captains held their position in the preseason poll after finishing out the 2021-22 campaign ranked 37th as well. 

Additionally, Christopher Newport is ranked ninth in the Atlantic South Region rankings, also released on Tuesday. This is the eighth consecutive season that Christopher Newport has been ranked as a top-40 program, all coming under Director of Tennis Eric Christiansen. 

This season, senior Alec Strause returns after finishing his junior campaign ranked nationally in doubles with partner Ryan Macy. He will open the spring slate ranked No. 20 in the ITA Singles regional rankings and comes into the year with 25 career victories. He also has compiled 29 doubles wins with five different teammates over the course of his career. 

Also returning to the fold is first team All-Conference selection Eddy Porsmyr Hansen after a successful sophomore season a year ago. Porsmyr Hansen ranked second on the team in total singles wins with 12 with a winning record at No. 3. 

The spring season is scheduled to begin on Saturday, February 4 against Virginia Wesleyan University. Match time in Newport News is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point

• Coaches Poll
• Top 40 Team Rankings
• January 17, 2023

RANK	TEAM
1	University of Chicago
2	Case Western Reserve University
3	Middlebury College
4	Tufts University
5	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
6	Williams College
7	Washington University in St. Louis
8	North Carolina Wesleyan
9	Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
10	Emory University
11	Johns Hopkins University
12	Denison University
13	Trinity University (Texas)
14	Bowdoin College
15	Amherst College
16	California Institute of Technology
17	Gustavus Adolphus College
18	University of Mary Washington
19	Southwestern University (Texas)
20	Kenyon College
21	Wesleyan University
22	Rensselear Polytechnic Institute
23	Carnegie Mellon University
24	George Fox University
25	University of Redlands
26	Colby College
27	Brandeis University
28	Swarthmore College
29	Haverford College
30	MIT
31	Coast Guard
32	Babson College
33	University of the South
34	University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
35	Pacific University (OR)
36	Occidental College
37	Christopher Newport University
38	Hardin-Simmons University
39	University of California – Santa Cruz
40	Chapman University

ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point

• Atlantic South Region
• Top 10 Regional Team Rankings
• January 17, 2023

RANK	TEAM
1	Emory
2	Johns Hopkins
3	North Carolina Wesleyan
4	Mary Washington
5	Carnegie Melon
6	Swarthmore
7	Sewanee
8	Haverford
9	Christopher Newport
10	Stevens Tech