Badgers Repeat as SIAC Tournament Champions

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The Spring Hill College men's tennis team captured its second-straight SIAC Tournament title after sweeping #3 Benedict, 4-0, at the Peachtree City Tennis Center on Sunday.
 
Spring Hill (18-8, 12-0 SIAC) swept the Tigers (13-7, 9-3 SIAC) and won its second-consecutive SIAC Men's Tennis Tournament Championship in its third-straight tournament final appearance.
 
Paul-Phillip Kern and Tom Gutermann started the match with a 6-4 win on the No. 1 court. Charles Wallace and Hugo Blasco Granell followed by clinching the doubles point with a 6-2 win in the No. 2 spot.
 
Blasco Granell kept the momentum going with a clean 6-0, 6-0 sweep on court No. 6 to start singles. SIAC Freshman of the Year Noah Eberhard defeated his opponent 6-2, 6-2 on the No. 5 court. Gutermann clinched the match point and the Badgers' second championship in a row after defeating his opponent 6-0, 6-4 in the No. 2 spot.
 
Following the win SIAC Player of the Year Philip Bosman was recognized as the tournament MVP. Wallace, Blasco Granell and Gutermann were all named to the All-Tournament Singles and Doubles Teams. Kern received an all-tournament singles nod.
 
Match Details
Date: April 21
Time: 2 p.m. (EST)
Venue (Location): Peachtree City Tennis Center (Peachtree City, Ga.)
 
Results
#1 Spring Hill 4, #3 Benedict 0
Records: Spring Hill (18-8, 12-0 SIAC), Benedict (13-7, 9-3 SIAC)
 
Doubles:
1. Paul-Phillip Kern/Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Mark Chigaazira/Jason Chigaazira (BC) 6-4
2. Charles Wallace/Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. Divgurjot Singh/Anesu Kwirirai (BC) 6-2
3. Philip Bosman/Matthew Pirie (SHC) vs. Richard Ngwarwi/Munache Marume (BC) 5-2, unfinished
Order of finish: 1, 2
 
Singles:
1. Philip Bosman (SHC) vs. Mark Chigaazira (BC) 6-1, 4-2, unfinished
2. Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Jason Chigaazira (BC) 6-0, 6-4
3. Paul-Phillip Kern (SHC) vs. Divgurjot Singh (BC) 5-7, 1-2, unfinished
4. Charles Wallace (SHC) vs. Anesu Kwirirai (BC) 6-2, 3-3, unfinished
5. Noah Eberhard (SHC) def. Munache Marume (BC) 6-2, 6-2
6. Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. Richard Ngwarwi (BC) 6-0, 6-0
Order of finish: 6, 5, 2
 
Up Next
Spring Hill awaits seeding for the 2024 NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Championship South Regional.
 
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