Box Score RESULTS (PDF)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Citadel men's tennis team's season came to an end Friday morning at the 2018 Southern Conference Tennis Championships hosted by UTC at the Champions Club as the No. 8 seed Bulldogs fell 4-0 to top-seeded ETSU.
ETSU (14-7) started the match off by claiming the doubles point over the Bulldogs (10-25) behind matching 6-1 wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles.
Juan Lugo and
Tasei Miyamoto defeated
Noah Nawabi and
Gavin Stewart at No. 1 and
Sergi Fontcuberta and
David Gonzalez bested
Willem van Zyl and
Trey Davis at No. 3.
Robert Herrera and
Miguel Este were up 5-1 on
Matthew Henson and
Will Graham when doubles ended.
In singles action, Fontcuberta began with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Nawabi at No. 3 singles with Herrera following up with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Henson at No. 1. Este then secured the winning point for the Buccaneers with a 6-2, 6-1 win over
Roy Hobson at No 6 singles.
Jack Pyritz was up 6-5 in the first set over Gonzalez at No. 4 singles when the match wrapped up. Lugo was up 6-3, 4-2 on van Zyl at No. 2 singles and Miyamoto was up 6-2, 3-3 at No. 5 over Stewart.
TENNIS SIGNS TWO
Head Citadel men's tennis coach
Chuck Kriese is already working towards the 2019 season as he has signed two incoming freshmen to their National Letters of Intent. The duo includes four-star player
Phillip Quinn out of Dallas, Texas, and
Josiah Schainblatt from Raleigh, North Carolina. Not only does Kriese bring in the two talented freshmen, he will also return a healthy core group of players that features all the main pieces from the 2018 season as well as the Bulldogs' top player from 2017.
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