Friday, April 21
Greenville, S.C.
1 p.m.
The Citadel
at
Furman
Bulldogs Head to SoCon Championships Friday
4/19/2017 9:56:00 AM | Tennis
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel tennis team travels to Greenville, South Carolina, to face the Furman Paladins in the first round of the 2017 Southern Conference Tennis Championships on Friday.
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The Bulldogs concluded the regular season with 11 wins overall, their highest total under head coach Chuck Kriese and the program's most wins in a season since 2008. The Citadel enters the tournament as the No. 7 seed after defeating Chattanooga earlier this season for the Bulldogs' first conference win since 2009.
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Freshman Noah Nawabi finished the regular season with a team-high 17 singles wins. Sophomore Roy Hobson and freshman Willem van Zyl tied for second-most singles wins with 13 victories. Nawabi and senior Connor Grady led the Bulldogs with 11 doubles wins, and sophomore Michael Anzalone and freshman Isaac Stolar had the team's second-highest wins total with six.
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Furman is the tournament's No. 2 seed after finishing the regular season 16-7 overall and 6-1 in the SoCon. In the regular season matchup the Paladins claimed a 7-0 victory over the Bulldogs in Charleston.
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The match against the Paladins is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Friday, and the winner will advance to the semifinal round to face either third-seeded Mercer or sixth-seeded Samford. Live stats from Friday's match will be available at CitadelSports.com.
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For more information on The Citadel tennis, follow @CitadelOlympic or visit CitadelSports.com.
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The Bulldogs concluded the regular season with 11 wins overall, their highest total under head coach Chuck Kriese and the program's most wins in a season since 2008. The Citadel enters the tournament as the No. 7 seed after defeating Chattanooga earlier this season for the Bulldogs' first conference win since 2009.
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Freshman Noah Nawabi finished the regular season with a team-high 17 singles wins. Sophomore Roy Hobson and freshman Willem van Zyl tied for second-most singles wins with 13 victories. Nawabi and senior Connor Grady led the Bulldogs with 11 doubles wins, and sophomore Michael Anzalone and freshman Isaac Stolar had the team's second-highest wins total with six.
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Furman is the tournament's No. 2 seed after finishing the regular season 16-7 overall and 6-1 in the SoCon. In the regular season matchup the Paladins claimed a 7-0 victory over the Bulldogs in Charleston.
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The match against the Paladins is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Friday, and the winner will advance to the semifinal round to face either third-seeded Mercer or sixth-seeded Samford. Live stats from Friday's match will be available at CitadelSports.com.
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For more information on The Citadel tennis, follow @CitadelOlympic or visit CitadelSports.com.
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