Golden Eagles greet Lipscomb in Saturday affair at Tech Tennis Courts
The Tennessee Tech tennis team looks to remain scorching Saturday afternoon, as the Golden Eagles welcome Lipscomb to town for the third contest of a four-match homestand at Tech Tennis Courts.
By Dylan Vazzano, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech tennis team looks to remain scorching Saturday afternoon, as the Golden Eagles welcome Lipscomb to town for the third contest of a four-match homestand at Tech Tennis Courts. First serve with the Bisons is slated for 1 p.m. CT and admission is free of charge.
A look at Tech
Winners of three straight for the first time this season, the red-hot Golden Eagles (4-4) have rolled through unranked opponents in 2020 behind an undefeated 4-0 mark. After 6-1 wins over Appalachian State on Feb. 9 and Buffalo on Feb. 23, Tech continued its winning ways with back-to-back victories in its first weekend on the courts in Cookeville.
The Golden Eagles secured a 6-1 nod over Kennesaw State in the club's home opener on Feb. 29, before TTU made it a perfect pair to begin its longest homestand of the year with a 5-2 win against Chattanooga on Mar. 1. Carlos Vicente, Elias Grubert, Riku Kubota and Fanis Kontopoulos have helped pace the purple and gold during Tech's three-match winning streak, with the quartet each picking up a singles victory in all three matches.
Grubert leads the Golden Eagles with a 6-2 singles record, while Kubota, Vicente and freshman Evzen Holis all have five solo wins. Kubota and Lucca Silva have teamed up to hold down the fort during doubles play with a squad-leading 4-2 tandem mark.
A look at Lipscomb
The Bisons (9-0) head to Cookeville with a perfect record in their back pocket, which includes an ability to win the close one with four straight 4-3 wins on the club's ledger. Lipscomb's 9-0 beginning is its best start in program history.
Maksim Bogdanovich leads the way with an unblemished 9-0 singles record, with the freshman doing a bulk of his work at the bottom of the lineup thanks to a 4-0 mark out of the No. 5 position and a 5-0 record out of the No. 6 spot. Pablo Caffarena possesses the team's second-best singles mark with a 7-2 record, all out of the No. 2 slot in the lineup. Victor Chaw is the only Bison to appear in the No. 1 position, holding a 4-5 mark out of the top spot.
Chaw and Caffarena have proven to be the most formidable Lipscomb tandem with an undefeated 6-0 doubles ledger. The Bisons have combined to go 18-3 during doubles action this spring.
Saturday's get-together will be the 38th meeting in the all-time series. Tech leads the set 25-12, which includes wins in each of the last three battles.
Photo by Thomas Corhern
