2013-14 Golden Eagle Tennis News
For the fifth consecutive year, all 14 Tennessee Tech athletic teams comfortably exceeded the national standard for the the NCAA multi-year Athletic Progress Rate (APR), and the Golden Eagle tennis team topped the OVC.
Sophomore Alex Arovin was named MVP and freshman Alberto Esteban received the Johnny Donnelly Maverick Award as Tennessee Tech tennis coach Kenny Doyle gathered his team to present the 2014 team awards.
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Tennessee Tech sophomore Alex Arovin and freshman Alberto Esteban have been voted first-team all-conference by the Ohio Valley Conference tennis coaches. The honors were announced Wednesday at the OVC Tournament.
Tennessee Tech went down fighting Sunday. The Golden Eagle tennis team defeated Morehead State, 5-2, in the regular season finale but the win wasn't quite enough to earn one of the six seeds in the OVC Tournament.
Eastern Kentucky put a point on the scoreboard with a pair of doubles victories, then polished off wins in four of the six singles bouts to capture a 5-2 win over Tennessee Tech in the midst of a heated race to claim spots in the OVC Tournament.
The Tennessee Tech tennis team could be facing a must-win situation this weekend when it wraps up the regular season with two home matches against Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State. The outcomes could determine whether the Golden Eagles reach the OVC Tournament.
Sophomore Oleksiy Arovin is Tennessee Tech's top tennis player. He is also the lone Ukrainian student at the university, keeping up with family and friends amid the turmoil in his homeland.
NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Tech tennis team had little trouble Sunday in posting a 7-0 victory over Tennessee State in Ohio Valley Conference action in the Music City.
Belmont captured a couple of points on tiebreakers to pull out a 4-3 victory over Tennessee Tech Saturday in Ohio Valley Conference tennis action.
With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Tennessee Tech tennis team faces three matches in three days this weekend, opening with a non-conference match on neutral courts followed by a pair of crucial Ohio Valley Conference bouts in Nashville.
Alberto Esteban and Alvaro Cintas won the final two matches of the afternoon, helping Tennessee Tech pull out a 4-3 Ohio Valley Conference victory over Austin Peay in tennis action Thursday afternoon.
Postponed a couple weeks ago due to lousy weather, Tennessee Tech's Ohio Valley Conference tennis match with Austin Peay is set for 1 p.m. Thursday on the TTU campus courts.
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Play at the bottom of the lineup proved to be the difference Sunday as SIU Edwardsville collected a 4-3 Ohio Valley Conference tennis victory over Tennessee Tech at the Edwardsville YMCA. The Cougars clinched the match with a victory in the No. 6 singles spot.
Things never quite worked out Saturday for the Tennessee Tech tennis team, which dropped a 5-2 Ohio Valley Conference match at Eastern Illinois. The Golden Eagles got wins in the two top singles positions, but that was all they could muster in falling to the host Panthers.
The Tennessee Tech tennis team heads to Eastern Illinois Saturday and SIUE Sunday to face a pair of teams that have never beaten the Golden Eagles.
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- The Tennessee Tech tennis team lost its Ohio Valley Conference road match at Jacksonville State Wednesday afternoon, falling to the Gamecocks, 4-3.
