KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the first NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Rating of 2025, the Campbellsville Tigers find themselves just outsides the top 25, receiving votes.
The 2024-25 season is the first for Head Coach
Alex Mailes. For his collegiate career, Mailes attended the University of North Dakota from where he graduated in 2020 with a degree in chemical engineering. As a Fighting Hawk, Mailes earned Newcomer of the Year and Most Improved Player while also collecting accolades academically with his placement on the honor roll. He held varsity positions for North Dakota as high as the second slot in both singles and doubles play, winning over 50 matches. Mailes served as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of North Dakota in 2021.
Mid-South Conference rivals #9 Lindsey Wilson, #13 Cumberland, and #18 Cumberlands made it into the ranking.
RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
1 |
1 |
Georgia Gwinnett [13] |
4-0 |
330 |
2 |
5 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
3-1 |
319 |
3 |
2 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
1-1 |
308 |
4 |
4 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
0-0 |
282 |
5 |
9 |
Northwestern Ohio |
3-1 |
276 |
6 |
7 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
1-1 |
269 |
7 |
5 |
Xavier (La.) |
0-0 |
252 |
9 |
14 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
1-2 |
250 |
8 |
17 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
3-0 |
250 |
10 |
11 |
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
0-0 |
232 |
11 |
8 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
3-2 |
227 |
12 |
3 |
Middle Georgia State |
2-3 |
203 |
13 |
10 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
1-2 |
189 |
14 |
18 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
3-1 |
180 |
15 |
15 |
Dillard (La.) |
2-0 |
175 |
16 |
16 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
2-1 |
170 |
17 |
20 |
Grace (Ind.) |
11-0 |
157 |
18 |
13 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
0-1 |
150 |
19 |
19 |
Coastal Georgia (Ga.) |
0-0 |
105 |
20 |
22 |
Union Commonwealth (Ky.) |
0-2 |
94 |
21 |
21 |
Oakland City (Ind.) |
1-1 |
93 |
22 |
22 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
2-1 |
81 |
23 |
12 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
1-2 |
76 |
24 |
RV |
Ave Maria (Fla.) |
1-2 |
68 |
25 |
24 |
Marian (Ind.) |
7-5 |
64 |
Dropped from Top 25: Morningside (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Loyola (La.) 64, Huntington (Ind.) 63, Morningside (Iowa) 55, Tennessee Southern 32, Arizona Christian 27, SCAD Atlanta (GA.) 20, Campbellsville (Ky.) 10, Missouri Baptist 5, Pikeville (Ky.) 5, Abraham Baldwin (Ga.) 4, Bethel (Kan.) 3, Bethel (Tenn.) 2, Ottawa (Kan.) 2