Golden Eagles tennis takes part in first tournament of the fall
ATHENS, Ga. – The Tennessee Tech tennis team started off its fall season this past weekend as the Golden Eagles participated in the 2014 Southern Intercollegiate Championships on the campus of the University of Georgia.
ATHENS, Ga. – The Tennessee Tech tennis team started off its fall season this past weekend as the Golden Eagles participated in the 2014 Southern Intercollegiate Championships on the campus of the University of Georgia.
Junior Alex Arovin, who was recently ranked 94th in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), went 1-1 on the weekend, losing his opening match to Jess Jones from the University of Tennessee; 6-1, 6-2. Arovin picked up a win in his consolation game over Dylan Comerford; 6-3, 6-3.
Freshman Eduardo Mena won his first match of the weekend over Michael Chen of Winthrop;6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3, to move on to the round of 32. In the round of 32 of the Division II singles, Mena lost to Juan Marino from Arkansas; 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Sophomore Alberto Esteban lost his opening match to Paul Cisti of Charlotte; 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. He moved on to the Division II singles consolation round where he got a win on a withdrawal before facing Luca Cerin of Armstrong, winning 6-2, 6-3.
Freshman Stanislav Smirnov lost his first round match to Franz Sydow of the College of Charleston; 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, and moved to the Division III Singles consolation round, beating Josh Cook of Charlotte, 6-0, 6-2, and moved on to face Umberto Setter from East Tennessee State. Setter bested Smirnov, 6-1, 6-3.
In the double part of the tournament, Arovin and Smirnov teamed up while Esteban and Mena also paired up. The Arovin-Smirnov duo lost their first match 8-2 to Ignacio Hernandez and Damian Okrunty of Armstrong in the Division I Doubles.
Mena and Esteban won their first match of the Division II Doubles over Hampton Drake and Daffra Sanon of Clemson; 8-7 (2). They moved on to face William Albanese and Davis Herrerias of Arkansas losing, 8-5.
The Golden Eagles will head to the Purdue Invitational next weekend.
