NEW YORK - The men's tennis coaches of the Skyline Conference have cast their votes in the 2017 preseason coaches poll, and three-time defending champion Yeshiva University is at the top of the tally.

Head coach Jon Rubinstein's Maccabees (13-4 / 7-0 Skyline in '16) are three-time defending champions, and garnered seven of nine possible first-place votes en route to 62 voting points.

Mount Saint Mary College (11-4 / 6-1) nabbed one first-place vote en route to 52 points on the ledger, while 2016 conference finalist Farmingdale State College (11-6 / 5-2) earned 49 points. Skyline Conference returnee, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (9-5 / 4-4 Landmark) received the remaining first-place vote and checks in with a fourth-place total of 43 points.

Rounding out the poll are: SUNY Purchase College (39 points); Sarah Lawrence College (28); St. Joseph's College-Long Island (27); St. Joseph's College-Brooklyn (15); and The Sage Colleges (9).

The six-team, 2017 Skyline Conference Men's Tennis Championship will commence on May 2, with semifinals take place on May 4. The championship round is scheduled for May 6 (accommodations will be made for religious observances, if necessary), with the victor capturing the Skyline's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championship.
 
Rank, Team (2016 Record / Conference Record) - Points (first-place votes)
1. Yeshiva (13-4 / 7-0) - 62 (7)
2. Mount Saint Mary (11-4 / 6-1) - 52 (1)
3. Farmingdale State (11-6 / 5-2) - 49
4. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (9-5 / 4-4 Landmark) - 43 (1)
5. Purchase (9-8 / 4-3) - 39
6. Sarah Lawrence (6-6 / 3-4) - 28
7. St. Joseph's-Long Island (3-8 / 2-5) - 27
8. St. Joseph's-Brooklyn (2-10 / 1-6) - 15
9. Sage (0-11 / 0-7) - 9