MOBILE, Ala. (March 24, 2022) – The Spring Hill College (SHC) men's tennis team opened play at the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC Round Up on Thursday morning with a 7-0 sweep of the LeMoyne-Owen College (LOC) Magicians at the Mobile Tennis Center. They also earned two wins over the Fort Valley State University (FVSU) Wildcats as well as a contest with the Morehouse College (MORE) Maroon Tigers all by 7-0 scores.
Spring Hill College 7, LeMoyne-Owen College 0
Singles competition
1.
Fergus O'Rourke (SHC) def. Michael Zhou (LOC) 6-0, 6-0
2.
Matthew Pirie (SHC) def. Marcus Frierson (LOC) 6-0, 6-2
3.
Jakob Graevinghoff (SHC) def. Neville Chireau (LOC) 6-0, 6-0
4.
Lezan Koyuncu (SHC) def. Landon Jones (LOC) 6-0, 6-0
5.
Will Brackin (SHC) def. Will Valslea (LOC) 6-0, 6-0
6.
Jack Robinson (SHC) def. No player (LOC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1.
Nicolas Bettignie / Brackin (SHC) def. Zhou / Frierson (LOC) 6-3
2.
Paul-Philipp Kern / Koyuncu (SHC) def. Chireau / Jones (LOC) 6-0
3. Pirie / Robinson (SHC) def. Valslea / No player (LOC) 6-0
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 3, 1); Singles (3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2)
Spring Hill College 7, Fort Valley State University 0
Singles competition
1.
Ondrej Hlavon (SHC) def. Melvin Gibson (FVSU) 8-4
2.
Sebastien Torres (SHC) def. Khallia Moss (FVSU) 8-0
3. Brackin (SHC) def. Urich Boyd (FVSU) 8-3
4. Kern (SHC) def. B. Bondridge (FVSU) 8-0
5.
Charles Wallace (SHC) def. Steven Ezell (FVSU) 8-1
6. Graevinghoff (SHC) def. No player (FVSU), by walkover
Doubles competition
1. Wallace / Hlavon (SHC) vs. Gibson / Boyd (FVSU) unfinished
2. Robinson / Pirie (SHC) vs. Moss / Ezell (FVSU) unfinished
3. Brackin / Bettignie (SHC) def. No player / No player (FVSU), by walkover
Order of finish: Doubles (); Singles (4, 2, 5, 3, 1)
Spring Hill College 7, Fort Valley State University 0
Singles competition
1. Hlavon (SPR-M) def. Gibson (FVSU) 8-4
2. Torres (SPR-M) def. Moss (FVSU) 8-0
3. Brackin (SPR-M) def. Boyd (FVSU) 8-3
4. Kern (SPR-M) def. Bondridge (FVSU) 8-0
5. Wallace (SPR-M) def. Steven Ezell (FVSU) 8-1
6. Robinson (SPR-M) def. No player (FVSU), by walkover
Doubles competition
1. Wallace / Hlavon (SPR-M) vs. Gibson / Boyd (FVSU) unfinished
2. Robinson/ Pirie (SPR-M) vs. Moss / Ezell (FVSU) unfinished
3. Brackin / Bettignie (SPR-M) def. No player / No player (FVSU), by walkover
Order of finish: Doubles (); Singles (4, 2, 5, 3, 1)
Spring Hill College 7, Morehouse College 0
Singles competition
1. Koyuncu (SPR-M) def. Asada Adebamgbe (MORE) 1-0, retired
2. Graevinghoff (SPR-M) def. Zakai McGhoo-Peddie (MORE) 6-0, 6-1
3.
Jacob Stokes (SPR-M) def. Jonathan Dolsey (MORE) 6-1, 6-1
4. Brackin (SPR-M) def. Maximillian Armstead (MORE) 6-0, 6-0
5. Robinson (SPR-M) def. Jordan Noeuku (MORE) 6-0, 6-0
6. Torres (SPR-M) def. No player (MORE), by walkover
Doubles competition
1. Kern / Koyuncu (SPR-M) def. Adebamgbe / Dolsey (MORE) 6-0
2. Wallace / Hlavon (SPR-M) def. McGhoo-Peddie / Armstead (MORE) 6-0
3. Stokes / Brackin (SPR-M) def. No player / No player (MORE), by walkover
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2); Singles (1, 5, 4, 2, 3)
The Badgers (9-9, 7-1 SIAC) will continue play in the SIAC Round Up at the Mobile Tennis Center on Friday and Saturday.
