Men's Tennis Southern Conference

SoCon Men's Tennis Capsules for February 27-28

Men's Tennis Match Postponed (Feb. 27)
Rescheduled for March 20

STATESBORO, GA - The Georgia Southern men's tennis match scheduled for today against Mercer in Macon has been postponed due to cold weather. The match has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 20, in Macon. at 2:00 p.m.

Winthrop Tops Terrier Tennis Squads (Feb. 28)

The Winthrop tennis team defeated Wofford by a score of 6-1 Saturday afternoon. Wofford's Jason Mengel got the victory at #6 singles for the men.


No. 28 SMU Defeats No. 67 Furman, 5-2 (Feb. 28)

DALLAS, TX - The No. 28 SMU men's tennis team defeated No. 67 Furman, 5-2, Thursday afternoon at Haggar Tennis Stadium.

The Mustangs got out to an early 1-0 lead after winning all three doubles matches. The No. 10 doubles team of Johan Brunstrom and Eric Cohn led the way with an 8-4 victory at No. 1 doubles.

In singles play, senior Krystian Pfeiffer, continued to shine as the reigning WAC Player of the Week won in straight sets at No. 1 singles. Other singles winners included Alexis Rudzinski at No. 3, Lukasz Senczyszyn at No. 4, and Gwinyai Chingoka at No. 5.

Furman earned victories at No. 2 singles as James Cameron defeated Johan Brunstrom 6-3, 7-6 and at No. 6 singles as Ryan McCarthy defeated Eric Cohn 2-6, 7-6, 7-6.

With the win SMU improves to 5-5 on the year, and travels to Richmond, Va. Friday for weekend matches against No. 53 Virginia Tech on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. and No. 38 Virginia Commonwealth Sunday morning at the same time.

Furman plays Texas Christian on Friday, March 1.