SAN BRUNO, Calif. – West Coast Conference men's tennis coaches picked reigning regular season champion Portland to finish third in the 2018 WCC Preseason Poll, the league announced on Wednesday. The Pilots garnered three first-place votes, but trailed league favorite San Diego and Pepperdine in the preseason poll.
Portland senior Michail Pervolarakis, the 2017 WCC Player of the year, earned All-WCC Preseason Team recognition. Pervolarakis enters the spring season ranked No. 18 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Singles Rankings.
Three WCC teams received multiple first-place votes, but it was the Toreros who amassed 74 overall points to go with four first-place nods to claim the honor as the preseason favorites.