The Citadel men's tennis team begins its 2025 campaign this weekend with Clemson and #15 South Carolina.

MATCH INFORMATION AT CLEMSON
 
Date & Time: Sat., Jan. 11 @ 5 p.m.
Location: Clemson, SC | Duckworth Family Tennis Facility
All-Time Series: 42-13-1 Clemson
Last Match: 1/13/24, L 0-7
Last Bulldogs Win: 3/25/61, W 9-0

MATCH INFORMATION AT #15 SOUTH CAROLINA
 
Date & Time: Sun., Jan. 12 @ 3 p.m.
Location: Columbia, SC | Carolina Tennis Center
All-Time Series: 33-4 South Carolina
Last Match: 2/28/24 W, 7-0
Last Bulldogs Win: 3/20/57, W 6-3

FEELS LIKE HOME

• Bulldogs Head Coach Chuck Kriese returns to his former stomping grounds as he led the Tigers for 33 seasons (1975-2008), compiling a record of 685-419.
• Kriese is the ACC's all-time winningest coach with 685 victories and 166 league wins.
• Under Kriese, Clemson reached the Final Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament 12 times and Final Eight seven times.
• During his tenure, the Tigers finished the season ranked in the Top 25 16 times, won 10 ACC Championships and was a 3x National Coach of the Year, 5x Regional Coach of the Year, and 6x ACC Coach of the Year.

NEW 1-2-3

• The Citadel will showcase a new look at the top single flights after the graduations of Shoemake, Kamieniecki, and Cariov, the latter of which has returned as an assistant coach for this season.
• The Bulldogs do return their 4-5-6 in Noah Van Dyke, Ted Bagwell, and Bradey Minnich who will all be looked at to take on a larger role this season.

THESE BOYS ARE BIG

• Coach Kriese and his staff have brought in some height with the new freshman class as four newcomers stand at least 6-foot tall including Reece Beckendorf (6'0), Stefan Hyjek (6'3), Anthony Osipov (6'0) and Nick Stroumpis (6'6).

NEW LOOK DOUBLES 

• All three doubles pairings will have some rearranging as well with Van Dyke and Bagwell being the only two main doubles players from a year ago who return for The Citadel, although they played with different partners for the most of 2024.