INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – After winning its sixth straight SoCon Championship earlier this month, the ETSU men’s tennis team will be headed to Knoxville, Tennessee, to take on the No. 7 overall seed Tennessee Volunteers in the 2024 NCAA Division I NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship, as announced by the NCAA selection Committee Monday night.The first-round matchup between the Bucs and the Vols will be played on Friday, May 3, at 1 p.m.The Buccaneers officially earned an automatic bid to the tournament for the sixth consecutive year after being crowned Southern Conference champions for the sixth time in as many years. ETSU defeated second-seeded Samford, 4-2, in the title match of the 2024 Southern Conference Men’s Tennis Championship at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Led by SoCon Coach of the Year, Ricky Rojas, ETSU is 13-9 on the year and is paced by four-time SoCon Player of the Year Dimitri Badra. The first-team all-conference selection is 14-4 in singles competition and posted a perfect 7-0 record in conference action. Newcomer Alberto Garcia earned All-Freshman Team honors for the Bucs, after posting a 7-7 overall singles record and a 5-9 mark in doubles during his first season with the Bucs. Milledge Cossu and Francisco Lamas claimed second-team doubles all-conference accolades at the conclusion of the season.The Bucs will square off against a Tennessee squad that owns a 22-6 overall record and finished with a 10-2 mark in SEC action. The Vols enter the tournament with a perfect 15-0 home record at Barksdale Stadium this season. Tennessee is coming off a 4-2 setback to 24th-ranked and No. 11 seed South Carolina (April 20) in the SEC Tournament semifinals at the LSU Tennis Complex.Friday’s matchup will mark the fourth meeting all-time between the Bucs and Vols in the NCAA Tournament and the first since 2010. Tennessee won all three previous matchups.The winner of ETSU/Tennessee will face the winner of No. 28 North Carolina/No. 35 Memphis on Saturday (May 4) at 4 p.m.

Men_s_Tennis_NCAA_Logo.jpg

ETSU Men’s Tennis to Face No. 7 seed Tennessee in NCAA Tournament

Top News

Latest Shorts

Latest Highlights

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – No. 1 seed ETSU downed second-seeded Samford, 4-2, Saturday in the title match of the 2024 Southern Conference Men’s Tennis Championship at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for its sixth consecutive title.   
 
The Bucs have now reached the championship match in all nine tournaments since returning to the league in 2015, while Samford was making its fifth appearance in the finals – and its first since 2022 – when ETSU edged the Bulldogs, 4-3. 
  
Redshirt-senior Dimitri Badra was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament after going 2-0 at No. 1 singles and 3-0 at No. 2 doubles over the three-day event. 
 
Samford’s first-team all-conference doubles tandem of Maxwell Giddens and Sandeep Mohandoss gave the Bulldogs an early edge by defeating the Bucs’ Milledge Cossu and Francisco Lamas, 6-1, at No. 1 doubles, but ETSU‘s four-time SoCon Player of the Year, Dimitri Badra, paired with teammate Adam Nagoudi at the No. 2 doubles flight and came away with a 6-2 win over Samford’s Santiago Arredondo and J.B. Pickard, while the Bucs’ Pedro Cressoni and Alberto Garcia clinched the doubles point for the Bucs for the third time in the tournament with a 6-4 win over Samford’s Darcy Nicholls and Will Gray at No. 3. 
 
In singles play, Samford’s Mohandoss got the Bulldogs on the board first with his 6-4, 6-3, win over Cossu at No. 2, with ETSU’s Lucas Britez regaining a 2-1 edge for the Bucs with his hard-fought, 6-3, 6-4, win over Arredondo at No. 6. Just moments later, ETSU’s Peter Kalocsai rallied for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 decision over Samford’s Nicholls at the No. 3 spot to boost the Bucs’ advantage to 3-1. 
 
Badra then clinched the championship by outlasting the Bulldogs’ Maxwell Giddens, 6-0, 3-6, 6-0 at the No. 1 slot, with Samford’s Maksim Bogdanovich nearly simultaneously defeating Pedro Cressoni, 6-3, 6-4, to set the final score. 
  
Samford’s J.B. Pickard was leading Francisco Lamas, 2-6, 7-5, 2-1, at No. 5 when the match was abandoned. 
  
Samford, which finished second during the regular season, finished its season with a 15-8 overall record. The Bulldogs were in the title match for the second time in three years and were seeking their first tournament title since 2013. 
  
Kalocsai won the Pinnacle Award as the student-athlete with the highest GPA on the championship-winning team. 
 
The Bucs, who earned the SoCon’s automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships, will learn their postseason opponent on Monday, April 29, with an announcement on NCAA.com at 6 p.m. 
 
Singles competition 
1. Dimitri Badra (ETSU) def. Maxwell Giddens (SAM) 6-0, 3-6, 6-0   
2. Sandeep Mohandoss (SAM) def. Milledge Cossu (ETSU) 6-4, 6-3 
3. Peter Kalocsai (ETSU) def. Darcy Nicholls (SAM) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 
4. Maksim Bogdanovich (SAM) def. Pedro Cressoni (ETSU) 6-3, 6-4 
5. Francisco Lamas (ETSU) vs. J.B. Pickard (SAM) unfinished 
6. Lucas Britez (ETSU) def. Santiago Arredondo (SAM) 6-3, 6-4 
 
Doubles competition 
1. Maxwell Giddens/Sandeep Mohandoss (SAM) def. Milledge Cossu/Francisco Lamas (ETSU) 6-1 
2. Dimitri Badra/Adam Nagoudi (ETSU) def. Santiago Arredondo/J.B. Pickard (SAM) 6-2 
3. Pedro Cressoni/Alberto Garcia (ETSU) def. Darcy Nicholls/Will Gray (SAM) 6-4 
  
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2, 3); Singles (2, 6, 3, 1, 4) 
 
 
2024 SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship 
Chattanooga, Tenn. – Champions Club 
Thursday, April 18 
Match 1: No. 1 ETSU 4,  No. 8 UNCG 0 
Match 2: No. 5 Chattanooga 4, No. 4 Mercer 0 
Match 3: No. 3 Furman 4,  No. 6 Wofford 2 
Match 4: No. 2 Samford 4, No. 7 The Citadel 1 
  
Friday, April 19 
Match 5: No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 5 Chattanooga 0 
Match 6: No. 2 Samford 4, No. 3 Furman 2 
  
Saturday, April 20 
Match 7: No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 2 Samford 2

ETSU wins Sixth Straight SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship image for article

ETSU wins Sixth Straight SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship(32259)

SideArm

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – No. 1 seed ETSU and No. 2 seed Samford have advanced to Saturday’s title match of the 2024 Southern Conference Men’s Tennis Championship after picking up semifinal wins Friday. Saturday’s title tilt will start at 2 p.m. The tournament is being contested at the Champions Club. 
  
The Bucs are the five-time defending champions and have reached the championship match in all nine tournaments since returning to the league in 2015, while Samford is making its fifth appearance in the finals – and its first since 2022 – when ETSU edged the Bulldogs, 4-3. 
  
No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 5 Chattanooga 0 
  
Regular-season champion and five-time defending tournament champion ETSU blanked the Mocs in Friday’s semifinals. 
  
Chattanooga grabbed an early lead when the first-team all-conference tandem of Jakub Jupa and Peyton Gatti blanked ETSU’s Milledge Cossu and Francisco Lamas, 6-0, at the No. 1 doubles’ spot, before ETSU’s Pedro Cressoni and Alberto Garcia evened the match by knocking off Ryan Mudre and Jaxon Lamb, 6-2, at No. 3 doubles. The Bucs clinched the doubles point minutes later when Dimitri Badra and Adam Nagoudi outlasted Chattanooga’s No. 2 duo of Cortland Grove and Jordan McClure, 6-4.    
 
Badra, the four-time SoCon Player of the Year, extended ETSU’s lead by defeating Jupa, the league’s freshman of the year, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 1 singles, with Lamas capturing a straight-set, 6-3, 6-3, win over Chattanooga’s Kristof Kincses at the No. 5 slot. ETSU’s Peter Kalocsai clinched the semifinal victory for the Bucs by outlasting UTC’s Grove ,6-3, 7-5 at No. 3.   
  
Singles competition

<table border="0" cellspacing="5">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>1. Dimitri Badra (ETSU) def. Jakub Jupa (UTC) 6-1, 6-3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>2. Milledge Cossu (ETSU) vs. Gabriel Castillo (UTC) 6-7 (6-8), unfinished</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>3. Peter Kalocsai (ETSU) def. Cortland Grove (UTC) 6-3, 7-5</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>4. Pedro Cressoni (ETSU) vs. Ryan Mudre (UTC) 4-6, 4-3, unfinished</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>5. Francisco Lamas (ETSU) def. Kristof Kincses (UTC) 6-3, 6-3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>6. Lucas Britez (ETSU) vs. Peyton Gatti (UTC) 6-1, 6-6, unfinished</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
 
 
Doubles competition 
1. Jakub Jupa/Peyton Gatti (UTC) def. Milledge Cossu/Francisco Lamas (ETSU) 6-0 
2. Dimitri Badra/Adam Nagoudi (ETSU) def. Cortland Grove/Jordan McClure (UTC), 6-4 
3. Pedro Cressoni/Alberto Garcia (ETSU) def. Ryan Mudre/Jaxon Lamb (UTC) 6-2 
  
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2); Singles (1, 5, 3, 6) 
  
***** 
  
No. 2 Samford 4, No. 3 Furman 2 
  
Second-seeded Samford made three consecutive appearances in the finals from 2011-13 and then squared off against ETSU in the 2022 championship title tilt, with Saturday afternoon’s matchup coming as a rematch of the 2022 championship. 
 
Furman’s duo of Cole Burnam and Connor Laymon won, 6-3, at No. 3 doubles over Samford’s Darcy Nicholls and Will Gray, with Emil Westling and Ben Cahill slipping past the Bulldogs’ Santiago Arredondo and J.B. Pickard, 6-4, at No. 2 to clinch the point for the Paladins. 
 
But while the Paladins’ Elijah Poritzky was able to carry over the momentum to the singles side with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Samford’s Maxwell Giddens at No. 1, the victory marked the lone singles win for Furman. Sandeep Mohandoss began the comeback for Samford with a straight-set, 6-4, 6-1, win past Thomas Kennedy at the No. 2 spot, with Pickard capturing a, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) win over Burnam at No. 5. Nicholls followed at No. 3 with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 victory and Arredondo clinched the dramatic win by outlasting Laymon, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) at No. 6.   
 
Singles competition 
1. Elijah Poritzky (FUR) def. Maxwell Giddens (SAM) 6-1, 6-4 
2. Sandeep Mohandoss (SAM) def. Thomas Kennedy (FUR) 6-4, 6-1 
3. Darcy Nicholls (SAM) def. Emil Westling (FUR) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 
4. John Rado (FUR) vs. Maksim Bogdanovich (SAM) unfinished 
5. J.B. Pickard (SAM) def. Cole Burnam (FUR) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) 
6. Santiago  Arredondo (SAM) def. Connor Laymon (FUR) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) 
  
Doubles competition 
1. Elijah Poritzky/Thomas Kennedy (FUR) vs. Maxwell Giddens/Sandeep Mohandoss (SAM) unfinished 
2. Emil Westling/Ben Cahill (FUR) def. Santiago Arredondo/J.B. Pickard (SAM) 6-4   
3. Cole Burnam/Connor Laymon (FUR) def. Darcy Nicholls/Will Gray (SAM) 6-3 
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 3); Singles (1, 2, 5, 3, 6)   
  
  
2024 SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship 
Chattanooga, Tenn. – Champions Club 
Thursday, April 18 
Match 1: No. 1 ETSU 4,  No. 8 UNCG 0 
Match 2: No. 5 Chattanooga 4, No. 4 Mercer 0 
Match 3: No. 3 Furman 4,  No. 6 Wofford 2 
Match 4: No. 2 Samford 4, No. 7 The Citadel 1 
  
Friday, April 19 
Match 5: No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 5 Chattanooga 0 
Match 6: No. 2 Samford 4, No. 3 Furman 2 
  
Saturday, April 20 
Match 7: No. 1 ETSU vs. No. 2 Samford, 2 p.m.

ETSU, Samford advance to Men’s Tennis Championship title match image for article

ETSU, Samford advance to Men’s Tennis Championship title match(32253)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Three of the top four seeds advanced out of the quarterfinals of the 2024 Southern Conference Men’s Tennis Championship on Thursday, with No. 5 Chattanooga downing No. 4 Mercer for the first upset of the tournament. The tournament is being contested at the Champions Club, with the semifinals set for Friday at 2 p.m. 
  
No. 1 seed ETSU will meet the fifth-seeded Mocs and No. 2 seed Samford will face No. 3 seed Furman for the right to advance to Saturday’s title match. 
  
No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 8 UNCG 0 
  
Regular-season champion and five time defending tournament champion ETSU began its quest for a title sweep by blanking eighth-seeded UNCG, 4-0. 
  
The Spartan tandem of John Gabelic and Hampus Johansson edged ETSU’s Pedro Cressoni and Lucas Britez, 6-4, at No. 3 doubles to start it off for UNCG, but ETSU’s second-team all-conference tandem of Milledge Cossu and Francisco Lamas outlasted UNCG’s Christopher Johns and David Flisberg, 7-5, at No. 1 doubles to even up the match, before the Bucs’ Dimitri Badra and Adam Nagoudi clinched the point for ETSU with a 6-3 win over Luke Thomson and Timofiy Khrystyuk, 6-3, at the No. 2 slot. 
 
After Cossu defeated Gabelic in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 2 singles, the Bucs’ Francisco Lamas eased past Tejas Wall 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 5 flight and Lucas Britez followed with a 6-1, 6-1 victory of his own over UNCG’s Luke Thomson at No. 6. Cossu clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win in the No. 2 singles spot. 
  
Singles competition 
1. Dimitri Badra (ETSU) vs. Timofiy Khrystyuk (UNCG) 6-4, 2-3, unfinished 
2. Milledge Cossu (ETSU) def. John Gabelic (UNCG) 6-1, 6-4 
3. Peter Kalocsai (ETSU) vs. David Flisberg (UNCG) 6-1, 6-5, unfinished 
4. Pedro Cressoni (ETSU) vs. Devon Moskowitz (UNCG) 6-2, 3-2, unfinished 
5. Francisco Lamas (ETSU) def. Tejas Wall (UNCG) 6-0, 6-1 
6. Lucas Britez (ETSU) def. Luke Thomson (UNCG) 6-1, 6-1 
 
Doubles competition 
1. Milledge Cossu/Francisco Lamas (ETSU) def. Christopher Johns/David Flisberg (UNCG) 7-5 
2. Dimitri Badra/Adam Nagoudi (ETSU) def. Luke Thomson/Timofiy Khrystyuk (UNCG) 6-3 
3. John Gabelic/Hampus Johansson (UNCG) def. Pedro Cressoni/Lucas Britez (ETSU) 6-4 
  
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2) 
  
***** 
  
No. 5 Chattanooga 4, No. 4 Mercer 1 
  
No. 5 seed Chattanooga, which is seeking its’ 13th SoCon tournament title, shut out fourth-seeded Mercer, 4-0.   
 
Chattanooga’s Ryan Mudre and Jaxon Lamb posted a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles over Mercer’s Samuel Barrow and Samuel Macleod, before UTC’s Cortland Grove and Jordan McClure defeated MU’s Nemanja Stefanovic and Marceau Fouilhoux by an identical, 6-2, count. 
  
Second-Team All-SoCon selection Gabriel Castillo began singles play for the Mocs with a 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 2 before Grove followed with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 3 to give Chattanooga a 3-0 advantage. 
 
Mercer's Victor Putter won the No. 6 singles with a score of 6-2, 6-1 before Samford's Mudre clinched the match at No. 4 by rallying for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory. 
 
Singles competition 
1. Nemanja Stefanovic (MER) vs. Jakub Jupa (UTC) 6-4, 1-6, 4-1, unfinished 
2. Gabrillo Castillo (UTC) def. Lucas Dini (MER) 6-0, 6-4 
3. Cortland Grove (UTC) def. Marceau Fouilhoux (MER) 6-2, 6-2 
4. Ryan Mudre (UTC) def. Samuel Barrow (MER) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 
5. Samuel Macleod (MER) vs. Kristof Kincses (UTC) 6-3, 4-6, 0-2, unfinished 
6. Victor Putter (MER) vs. Peyton Gatti (UTC) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished 
  
Doubles competition 
1. Lucas Dini/Andrew Branicki (MER) vs. Jakub Jupa/Peyton Gatti (UTC) 4-5, unfinished 
2. Cortland Grove/Jordan McClure (UTC) def. Nemanja Stefanovic/Marceau Fouilhoux (MER) 6-2 
3. Ryan Mudre/Jaxon Lamb (UTC) def. Samuel Barrow/Samuel Macleod (MER) 6-2 
  
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (2,3,4) 
 
***** 
  
No. 3 Furman 4,  No. 6 Wofford 2 
  
With Furman looking for its 15th tourney championship, the Paladins notched a 4-2 quarterfinal victory over No. 6 seed Wofford. 
 
The Paladins won the doubles point after Cole Burnam and Connor Laymon defeated Wofford’s Will Fullett and Ian Rasheed, 6-1, at the No. 3 spot and the tandem of Ben Cahill and Emil Westling edged Alex Horn and Ashe Ray, 6-3, at No. 2. 
 
Furman’s John Rado built the Paladins lead to 2-0 after notching a 6-1, 6-2, win past Wofford’s Jack Deveney at No. 4, before the Terrier’s Ashe Ray defeated Westling, 6-4 6-0, at the No. 3 spot. Furman’s Elijah Poritzky countered by outlasting Max Graham, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, at No. 1 singles. However, Fullett knocked off Burnam in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 5 to get the Terriers within 3-2 with two flights remaining. Laymon then clinched the victory for Furman with a 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2 win at No. 6. 
  
Singles competition 
1. Elijah Poritzky (FUR) def. Max Graham (WOF) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 
2. Thomas Kennedy (FUR) vs. Robbie Young (WOF) 3-6, 6-4, 3-4, unfinished 
3. Ashe Ray (WOF) def. Emil Westling (FUR) 6-4, 6-0 
4. John Rado (FUR) def. Jack Deveney (WOF) 6-1, 6-2 
5. Will Fullett (WOF) def. Cole Burnam (FUR) 6-2, 6-1 
6. Connor Laymon (FUR) def. Alex Horn (WOF) 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2 
  
Doubles competition 
1. Elijah Poritzky/Thomas Kennedy (FUR) vs. Robbie Young/Hugo Rask (WOF) 3-4, unfinished 
2. Emil Westling/Ben Cahill (FUR) def. Ashe Ray/Alex Horn (WOF) 6-3 
3. Cole Burnam/Connor Laymon (FUR) def. Will Fullett/Ian Rasheed (WOF) 6-1 
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (4,3,1,5,6) 
  
 
***** 
  
No. 2 Samford 4, No. 7 The Citadel 1 
  
Second-seeded Samford topped No. 7 seed The Citadel by a 4-1 count. 
 
Samford claimed victories at both No. 1 and No. 2 spots to win the first point of the contest, with the first-team all-SoCon duo of Maxwell Giddens and Sandeep Mohandoss defeating Hayden Shoemake and Sebastian Kamieniecki, 6-3. Santiago Arredondo and J.B. Pickard followed with a 6-4 win at No. 2 over Ted Bagwell and Teo Cariov.   
  
On the singles side, Mohandoss defeated Kamieniecki, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 2 position, to give Samford a 2-0 lead. At No. 5, Pickard defeated Luke Robins, 6-2, 6-1, to boost Samford’s lead to 3-0. The Citadel’s Cariov then defeated Darcy Nicholls, 7-5, 6-4, before Samford clinched the win when Arredondo rallied for a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win over Bagwell. 
  
Singles competition 
1. Hayden Shoemake (CIT) vs. Maxwell Giddens (SAM) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0, unfinished 
2. Sandeep Mohandoss (SAM) def. Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT), 7-5, 6-1 
3. Teo Cariov (CIT) def. Darcy Nicholls (SAM), 7-5, 6-4 
4. Noah Van Dyke (CIT) vs. Maksim Bogdanovich (SAM), 0-6, 7-5, 0-3, unfinished 
5. J.B. Pickard (SAM) def. Lucas Robins (CIT), 6-2, 6-1 
6. Santiago Arredondo (SAM) def. Ted Bagwell (CIT), 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 
  
Doubles Competition 
1. Maxwell Giddens/Sandeep Mohandoss (SAM) def. Hayden Shoemake/Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT), 6-3 
2. Santiago Arredondo/J.B. Pickard (SAM) def. Ted Bagwell/Teo Cariov (CIT), 6-4 
3. Noah Van Dyke/Lucas Robins (CIT) def. Darcy Nicholls/Yerrassyl Murat (SAM), 6-4 
  
Order of finish: Singles (2,5,3,6) 
  
***** 
  
2024 SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship 
Chattanooga, Tenn. – Champions Club 
Thursday, April 18 
Match 1: No. 1 ETSU 4,  No. 8 UNCG 0 
Match 2: No. 5 Chattanooga 4, No. 4 Mercer 0 
Match 3: No. 3 Furman 4,  No. 6 Wofford 2 
Match 4: No. 2 Samford 4, No. 7 The Citadel 1 
  
Friday, April 19 
Match 5: No. 1 ETSU vs. No. 5 Chattanooga, 3:30 p.m. 
Match 6: No. 3 Furman vs. No. 2 Samford, 3:30 p.m. 
  
Saturday, April 20 
Match 7: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner, 1 p.m.

Three of top four seeds advance at Men’s Tennis Championship image for article

Three of top four seeds advance at Men’s Tennis Championship(32252)

<article class="article-wrapper sportfile"><img asset_uid="blt76cf587f381f0f8f" src="https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt90a281f2ef4c465c/blt76cf587f381f0f8f/6655a4208e34d53adce186b4/2024_Tennis_Championship_.jpeg" alt="2024 Tennis Championship .jpeg" height="auto" width="100%" style="width: 100%;height: auto;"/><div class="article-content" style="text-align: left;"><h2>2024&nbsp;Men's and Women's Tennis Championships April 18-20/21&nbsp;• Chattanooga&nbsp;• Chattanooga, Tenn.&nbsp;• Champions Club</h2><ul><li><a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt90a281f2ef4c465c/blt7bfd86203e93e029/2024_Tennis_Brackets.pdf" target="_blank">Championship brackets</a></li><li><a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt90a281f2ef4c465c/bltdba718c736057ebc/2024_Tennis_program.pdf" target="_blank">Tournament program</a></li><li><a data-airgap-id="38" href="https://twitter.com/search?Q=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">#SoConTennis</a></li><li><a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt90a281f2ef4c465c/bltc8cd99fc0541411e/2024 Mens Tennis Record Book.pdf" target="_blank">Men's record book</a></li><li><a href="https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt90a281f2ef4c465c/blta357dddf2a479487/2024 Womens Tennis Record Book.pdf" target="_blank">Women's record book</a></li><li><a href="https://www.visitchattanooga.com/listing/champions-club-tennis-complex-at-rivermont-park/831/">Complex info</a></li></ul>The Southern Conference&nbsp;Tennis Championships returned&nbsp;to the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tenn., in&nbsp;2024. Defending champion&nbsp;ETSU won the title on the women's side, while the Bucs are now&nbsp;six-time defending champion in men's competition.<hr/><h2> Championship information</h2><dl><dt>Directions:</dt><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Champions+Club+Tennis+Complex/@35.0970249,-85.267617,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8860600b6a1613af:0x7d52aa2144089274!8m2!3d35.0970205!4d-85.2654283">3400 Lupton Dr.</a><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Champions+Club+Tennis+Complex/@35.0970249,-85.267617,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8860600b6a1613af:0x7d52aa2144089274!8m2!3d35.0970205!4d-85.2654283">Chattanooga, TN 37415</a><dt>Area attractions:</dt><a href="https://www.visitchattanooga.com/things-to-do/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwjN-SBhCkARIsACsrBz4_alCj21lOCTWsYaKtq3O-6pckBSE18HxE_iHCENUkTHlJA5REYjsaAlI2EALw_wcB">VisitChattanooga.com</a><dt>Hotels:</dt><a href="http://socontravel.com/">SoConTravel.com</a><dt>Review of past championships (men):</dt><a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2023/3/26/MTEN_0326233445.aspx?path=mten">2023</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2021/11/12/2022TennisChamps.aspx?path=mten">2022</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2020/10/30/TNCHAMP2021.aspx?path=mten">2021</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2019/8/8/211808676.aspx">2020*</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2018/8/14/211768206">2019</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2016/9/7/211654402">2018</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2016/9/7/211161604">2017</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2015/9/2/210311804.aspx">2016</a> <a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2015/1/9/209842517">2015</a><a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2011/5/29/208849564">2014</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2011/5/29/205562979">2013</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2011/5/29/205247733">2012</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2011/4/20/204975433">2011</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2008/9/10/204767087">2010</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2008/9/10/1579272">2009</a><a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2008/3/12/1410526">&nbsp;2008</a><a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2007/3/8/822428.aspx">&nbsp;2007</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2006/4/17/268586">2006</a> * 2020 championship cancelled due to coronavirus<dt>Review of past championships (women):</dt><a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2023/3/26/MTEN_0326233445.aspx?path=mten">2023</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2021/11/12/2022TennisChamps.aspx?path=mten">2022</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2020/10/30/TNCHAMP2021.aspx?path=mten">2021</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2019/8/8/211808676.aspx">2020*</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2018/8/14/211768206">2019</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2016/9/7/211654402">2018</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2016/9/7/211161604">2017</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2015/9/2/210311804.aspx">2016</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2015/1/9/209842517">2015</a><a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2011/5/29/208849564">2014</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2011/5/29/205562979">2013</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2011/5/29/205247733">2012</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2011/4/20/204975433">2011</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2008/9/10/204767091">2010</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2008/9/10/1579296">2009</a><a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2008/3/12/1410633">&nbsp;2008</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/sports/2007/3/8/822451.aspx">2007</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2006/4/21/269199">2006</a> * 2020 championship cancelled due to coronavirus<dt>Participating institutions (men):</dt><a href="http://www.citadelsports.com/?">CIT</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.etsubucs.com/?">ETSU</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.furmanpaladins.com/landing/index?">FUR</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mercerbears.com/landing/index?">MER</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uncgspartans.com/?">UNCG</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://samfordsports.com/index.aspx?">SAM</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.gomocs.com/?">UTC</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://athletics.wofford.edu/?">WOF</a><dt>Participating institutions (women):</dt><a href="http://www.etsubucs.com/?">ETSU</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.furmanpaladins.com/landing/index?">FUR</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mercerbears.com/landing/index?">MER</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uncgspartans.com/?">UNCG</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://samfordsports.com/index.aspx?">SAM</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.gomocs.com/?">UTC</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.catamountsports.com/?">WCU</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://athletics.wofford.edu/?">WOF</a></dl><hr/><h2>Women's tournament schedule&nbsp;(all times Eastern and subject to change)</h2><table border="1" cellpadding="5" style="text-algin: centre;width: 100%;display: table;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Quarterfinals // Thursday, April 18</th></tr><tr><th>Match</th><th>Teams</th><th>Time</th><th>Stats/Photos/Recap</th></tr><tr><td>Match 1</td><td>No. 1 ETSU 4 , No. 8 UNCG 0</td><td>Final</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LA00tr6fMEc3diFr9uM9UAFyE4uO%2bMvha5fnkUuUPsxz1h%2fyyOA3M99JRnn%2f%2fCgNNifIuHip9RhB%2bZFs%2b5rQx%2b2A%3d%3d&path=wten">Box Score</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/galleries/wten/2024-women-tennis-championship/908">Photos</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2024/4/18/womens-tennis-championship-day-one-complete.aspx">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td>Match 2</td><td>No. 5 Mercer 4, No. 4 Wofford 2&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Final&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LAlbeF6awc3R9qbSSyO1xuBLNFjjHJmcQySSGPvmern5Q91aVUF9a2Namgch8f15c7r77DGDDuwwx65nLoU0QfIQ%3d%3d&path=wten">Box Score</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/galleries/wten/2024-women-tennis-championship/908">Photos</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2024/4/18/womens-tennis-championship-day-one-complete.aspx">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td>Match 3</td><td>No. 3 Samford 4, No. 6 Chattanooga 1</td><td>Final</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LABRkXpbmbEmw3rzMRrHLFA8pbZdON6GmpEeJoRRTBKsEsx8BWXjcwqgE87RnGOjqqB9JeI4e%2bBVjMJrNhNtWy%2fw%3d%3d&path=wten">Box Score</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/galleries/wten/2024-womens-tennis-championshi/907">Photos</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2024/4/18/womens-tennis-championship-day-one-complete.aspx">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><td>Match 4</td><td>No. 2 Furman 4, No. 7 Western Carolina 0</td><td>Final</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LAn2gVZy9kZK%2fk76U2CnH0EG3Y1p%2ff5MjZVr%2bULEiuF1SQlT0GNn%2bdgBdPr54fpXPYzrXz7ez7DpGrNAGyHKJcHQ%3d%3d&path=wten">Box Score</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/galleries/wten/2024-womens-tennis-championshi/907">Photos</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2024/4/18/womens-tennis-championship-day-one-complete.aspx">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4">Semifinals // Friday, April 19</th></tr><tr><th>Match</th><th>Teams</th><th>Time</th><th>Stats/Photos</th></tr><tr><td>Match 5</td><td>No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 5 Mercer 1</td><td>Final</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LA00tr6fMEc3diFr9uM9UAFyE4uO%2bMvha5fnkUuUPsxz3wRzEY1sqOD5U4iB8%2brL8Unb81IqeOQDRUSq8t6fnjbg%3d%3d&path=wten">Box Score</a></td></tr><tr><td>Match 6</td><td>No. 2 Furman 4, No. 3 Samford 3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Final</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LAn2gVZy9kZK%2fk76U2CnH0EG3Y1p%2ff5MjZVr%2bULEiuF1Rkw0Cl5vqaDNw0I9NXHH0eF7NVZ7nwO1D1i6vU7SmXhg%3d%3d&path=wten">Box Score</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4">Final&nbsp;// Saturday, April 20/21</th></tr><tr><th>Match</th><th>Teams</th><th>Time</th><th>Stats/Results</th></tr><tr><td>Match 7</td><td>No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 2 Furman 1</td><td>Final&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LA00tr6fMEc3diFr9uM9UAFyE4uO%2bMvha5fnkUuUPsxz2CIMiP%2btr%2fKgYnZD3r8MsOW06TgZIc5kxxvy7CcZGXcA%3d%3d&path=wten">Box Score</a></td></tr></tbody></table><hr/><h2>Men's tournament schedule&nbsp;(all times Eastern and subject to change)</h2><table border="1" cellpadding="5" style="text-algin: centre;width: 100%;display: table;text-align: left;"><tbody style="text-align: left;"><tr><th colspan="4">Quarterfinals // Thursday, April 18</th></tr><tr><th>Match</th><th>Teams</th><th>Time</th><th>Stats/Photos/Recap</th></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><td>Match 1</td><td>No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 8 UNCG 0</td><td style="text-align: left;">Final</td><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LA00tr6fMEc3diFr9uM9UAF9aQF4UxzLBqd3ADnPqktSDesP%2fNbRE9P%2bMVY90umg0E6RL30DQeOPvDQPjaBE7jPw%3d%3d&path=mten" style="text-align: left;">Box Score</a>/<a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/galleries/mten/2024-mens-tennis-championship-/909" style="text-align: left;">Photos</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2024/4/18/three-of-top-four-seeds-advance-at-mens-tennis-championship.aspx" style="text-align: left;">Recap</a></td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><td style="text-align: left;">Match 2</td><td style="text-align: left;">No. 5 Chattanooga 4, No. 4 Mercer 1</td><td style="text-align: left;">Final</td><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LABRkXpbmbEmw3rzMRrHLFA%2f3un%2biL2TCWA8%2fgl2mdbcWY9xoIRbsy6SwCPTIVXBZ5P7OAm%2b3wbEnRDCX%2btlr3yg%3d%3d&path=mten" style="text-align: left;">Box Score</a>/<a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/galleries/mten/2024-mens-tennis-championship-/909" style="text-align: left;">Photos</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2024/4/18/three-of-top-four-seeds-advance-at-mens-tennis-championship.aspx" style="text-align: left;">Recap</a></td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><td style="text-align: left;">Match 3</td><td style="text-align: left;">No. 3 Furman 4, No. 6 Wofford 2</td><td style="text-align: left;">Final</td><td style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LAn2gVZy9kZK%2fk76U2CnH0EDIvNfMiRJgNgF9ZfpOLf5GK9SXw2iDCLyGuLcrkyRmESCFZwb07UabNhPLEc3BAYQ%3d%3d&path=mten" style="text-align: left;">Box Score</a>/<a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/galleries/mten/2024-mens-tennis-championship-/910" style="text-align: left;">Photos</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2024/4/18/three-of-top-four-seeds-advance-at-mens-tennis-championship.aspx" style="text-align: left;">Recap</a></td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><td style="text-align: left;">Match 4</td><td style="text-align: left;">No. 2 Samford 4, No. 7 The Citadel 1</td><td style="text-align: left;">Final</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LAvdVHIJBiOQdBKEYfVKHHdaIzWVWUhDTHQ45Nb%2bMIOK1GWIDN4Nnrrb2RvCYENnw4FaPpDHv2p%2b7QeGxq3EW8ZQ%3d%3d&path=mten">Box Score</a>/<a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/galleries/mten/2024-mens-tennis-championship-/910">Photos</a>/<a href="https://soconsports.com/news/2024/4/18/three-of-top-four-seeds-advance-at-mens-tennis-championship.aspx">Recap</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4">Semifinals // Friday, April 19</th></tr><tr><th>Match</th><th>Teams</th><th>Time</th><th>Stats/Photos</th></tr><tr><td>Match 5</td><td>No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 5 Chattanooga 0</td><td>Final</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LA00tr6fMEc3diFr9uM9UAF9aQF4UxzLBqd3ADnPqktSACmHMDMOc%2fD64N4mMsT35rB6Gn%2fp%2foGnVwCt%2b8LbpZ9A%3d%3d&path=mten">Box Score</a></td></tr><tr><td>Match 6</td><td>No. 2 Samford 4, No. 3 Furman 2</td><td>Final</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LA00tr6fMEc3diFr9uM9UAF9aQF4UxzLBqd3ADnPqktSD1zTT3pJZ%2fIsE2STNk%2bkDe0y6qv29g%2b1Lml2GgYephMw%3d%3d&path=mten">Box Score</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4">Final&nbsp;// Saturday, April 20/21</th></tr><tr><td>Match 7</td><td>No. 1 ETSU 4, No. 2 Samford 2</td><td>Final</td><td><a href="https://admin.soconsports.com/boxscore.aspx?id=JcLFfL9RUu0H5ystoOMbjdMC0SZxY7w3l22IE6869LRmGepxET86HAWl2JxH45LA00tr6fMEc3diFr9uM9UAF9aQF4UxzLBqd3ADnPqktSDKXYP1f7ScpD4oQRM4yrq3%2fnplh9M9D0i29CvvHqZ0FQ%3d%3d&path=mten">Box Score</a></td></tr></tbody></table><hr/>2024&nbsp;Men's and Women's Champion - ETSU &nbsp;<img asset_uid="blt6dd7edb081b61ca4" src="https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt90a281f2ef4c465c/blt6dd7edb081b61ca4/6655a42120b6e04723fac64c/2024_Men_s_and_Women_s_Champion_-_ETSU_.png" alt="2024 Men's and Women's Champion - ETSU .png" height="auto"/></div><div class="noprint" style="margin-top: 10px;"></div></article>

Tennis Championship Cover Image.png

The Southern Conference

2024 Tennis Championship

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – ETSU’s Dimitri Badra has been named the Southern Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Year for the fourth straight season, as the league announced its 2024 awards Wednesday. Chattanooga’s Jakub Jupa has been named the SoCon Freshman of the Year, while ETSU coach Ricky Rojas earned his second career SoCon Coach of the Year honor. Mercer’s Victor Putter was named the winner of the Don Bunch/Buddy Hartsell Sportsmanship Award. 
  
Postseason balloting was conducted by the league’s eight head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes. 
  
Badra, already one of just eight players in league history to be named the SoCon Player of the Year multiple times, now becomes the first to earn the honor four times. Following last season, he joined ETSU’s Yaser Zaatini and College of Charleston’s Or Dekel as the only three-time winners of the award and is the Bucs’ 12th Player of the Year selection overall. The redshirt senior from Maracay, Venezuela, enters postseason play with a 13-4 singles mark at No. 1, including a perfect 7-0 SoCon record, with his overall winning percentage of .765 leading the league at the top flight. In doubles play, he owns a 4-3 mark at the No. 2 spot in league action, while playing with teammate Adam Nagoudi. Badra earned SoCon Player of the Week honors on three occasions this season (Feb. 27, March 12 and April 16), extending his SoCon record to 15 career selections. Badra earned first-team All-SoCon honors in singles. 
  
Jupa is Chattanooga’s sixth SoCon Freshman of the Year selection and the first since former standout Kerim Hyatt captured the honor following the 2019 campaign. The rookie from the Czech Republic is 14-5 overall in singles play this season, including a 7-1 mark at No. 1 and a 6-1 SoCon record, with his only setback coming to Badra, the player of the year. In doubles play, Jupa is 10-4 overall - all at the No. 1 flight - including a 5-2 league mark. In addition to earning a spot on the All-Freshman team, Jupa was a first-team All-SoCon selection in both singles and paired with Peyton Gatti to claim first-team doubles recognition. 
  
Rojas, who served as head coach for ETSU’s women’s tennis program from 2016-23, and now oversees both the men’s and women’s programs, earned his second SoCon Men’s Coach of the Year accolade since 2017 after leading the Bucs to a 10-9 overall record and a 7-0 SoCon mark. He claimed his third straight SoCon Women’s Coach of the Year honor last season. 
 
In addition to Badra, ETSU saw Alberto Garcia earn All-Freshman Team honors for the Bucs and Milledge Cossu and Francisco Lamas claimed second-team doubles accolades. 
 
Putter is Mercer’s first winner of the Don Bunch/Buddy Hartsell Sportsmanship award. The graduate student from Centurion Gauteng, South Africa, posted a 4-2 mark at No. 6 singles in league matches for the Bears this season. 
  
Furman’s Elijah Poritzky, Samford’s Sandeep Mohandoss and Maxwell Giddens, along with UNCG’s Tymofiy Khrystyuk rounded out the singles All-SoCon first team, while Giddens and Mohandoss, along with The Citadel’s Hayden Shoemake and Sebastian Kamieniecki earned the other two first-team doubles spots. 
  
The Mercer duo of Nemanja Stefanovic and Marceau Fouilhoux were named as second-team All-SoCon singles selections, along with Shoemake. After earning all-freshman team recognition a year ago, Furman’s Thomas Kennedy claimed second-team singles honors and paired with Poritzky to represent the Paladins as second-team doubles selections. Wofford’s Robbie Young and Chattanooga’s Gabriel Castillo rounded out the second-team all-conference singles selections. 
  
The Mocs’ Cortland Grove and Jordan McClure also captured second team all-SoCon doubles accolades, with Furman’s Walker Allen, Samford’s Sebastian Harrison, the Spartans’ Tejas Wall and Chattanooga’s Ethan Carr rounding out the all-freshman squad. 
 
The SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship begins Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with all eight league teams vying for the title. 
 
  
2024 Southern Conference Player of the Year 
Dimitri Badra, R-Sr., ETSU 
  
2024 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year 
Jakub Jupa, Chattanooga 
  
2024 Southern Conference Coach of the Year 
Ricky Rojas, ETSU 
  
2024 Southern Conference Don Bunch/Buddy Hartsell Sportsmanship Award 
Victor Putter, Gr., Mercer 
 
 
2024 All-Southern Conference Men’s Tennis 
First team 
Singles 
Dimitri Badra, ETSU 
Jakub Jupa, Chattanooga 
Elijah Poritzky, Furman 
Sandeep Mohandoss, Samford 
Maxwell Giddens, Samford 
Tymofiy Khrystyuk, UNCG 
 
Doubles 
Jakub Jupa/Peyton Gatti, Chattanooga 
Maxwell Giddens/Sandeep Mohandoss, Samford 
Hayden Shoemake/Sebastian Kamieniecki, The Citadel 
  
Second team 
Singles 
Hayden Shoemake, The Citadel 
Thomas Kennedy, Furman 
Nemanja Stefanovic, Mercer 
Robbie Young, Wofford 
Gabriel Castillo Sanchez, Chattanooga 
Marceau Fouilhoux, Mercer 
 
Doubles 
Milledge Cossu/Francisco Lamas, ETSU 
Elijah Poritzky/ Thomas Kennedy, Furman 
Cortland Grove/Jordan McClure, Chattanooga 
  
All-Freshman Team 
Jakub Jupa, Chattanooga 
Walker Allen, Furman 
Alberto Garcia, ETSU 
Sebastian Harrison, Samford 
Tejas Wall, UNCG 
Ethan Carr, Chattanooga

SoCon men's tennis postseason awards announced image for article

SoCon men's tennis postseason awards announced(32246)

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – For the third time this season, ETSU’s Dimitri Badra has been named the Southern Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for all competition from April 9 – April 15. The selection is made by the league office. 
 
The senior from Maracay, Venezeula improved to 7-0 in SoCon singles’ matches with a 6-3, 6-4 win over The Citadel's Hayden Shoemake last Wednesday (April 10). The victory clinched the match, as well as the SoCon Regular Season Championship for the Bucs. Dating back to last season, Badra has now won 10 consecutive singles matches against SoCon opponents.   
 
ETSU finished the regular season with a 10-9 overall record and a 7-0 league mark. The top-seeded Bucs will square off with No. 8 seed UNCG (6-15, 0-7 SoCon) in the first round of the SoCon tournament on Thursday (April 18) at 1 p.m. 
  
Also nominated: Jakub Jupa (Chattanooga), Teo Cariov (The Citadel), Elijah Poritzky (Furman) and Sandeep Mohandoss (Samford) 
 
 
2024 SoCon Men’s Tennis Players of the Week 
Jan. 16        Francisco Lamas, R-Jr., ETSU 
Jan. 23        Leonardo Dal Boni, Fr., Furman 
Jan. 30        Darcy Nicholls, So., Samford 
Feb. 6        Leonardo Dal Boni, Fr., Furman 
Feb. 13        Leonardo Dal Boni, Fr., Furman 
Feb. 20           John Gabelic, So., UNCG 
Feb. 27        Dimitri Badra, R-Sr., ETSU     
March 5    Elijah Poritzky, Jr., Furman     
March 12    Dimitri Badra, R-Sr., ETSU 
March 19    Marceau Fouilhoux, Jr., Mercer 
March 26    Jakub Jupa, Fr., Chattanooga 
April 2        Samuel MacLeod, Sr., Mercer 
April 9        Samuel MacLeod, Sr., Mercer 
April 16        Dimitri Badra, R-Sr., ETSU

ETSU’s Badra named SoCon Men’s Tennis Player of the Week image for article

ETSU’s Badra named SoCon Men’s Tennis Player of the Week(32239)

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Regular-season Southern Conference champion ETSU earned the No. 1 seed in the upcoming SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship, which will be contested April 18-20 at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 
  
The Bucs finished the regular season with a 4-3 win at The Citadel last Wednesday (April 10), pushing their overall record to 10-9 and their league mark to a perfect 7-0. ETSU, which has won the tournament every year it has been contested since rejoining the SoCon in 2014-15, will square off with No. 8 seed UNCG (6-15, 0-7 SoCon) in the first round of the tournament on Thursday at 1 p.m. The matchup will mark the first meeting between the two squads in the quarterfinal round of the tournament since 2015. ETSU is 3-0 all-time against the Spartans in the tournament, also winning their matchups in 2001, 2002 and 2017. 
  
On the same side of the bracket, No. 4 seed Mercer faces No. 5 seed Chattanooga at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Bears, who reached last year’s semifinals, went 7-12 overall and 4-3 in SoCon play this season, including a 5-2 decision over the Mocs on April 7. Chattanooga (9-14, 3-4 SoCon), which won its first SoCon regular-season title in program history a year ago, will be seeking its first SoCon tournament title since 2000 and its 13th overall. Thursday’s matchup will mark the first meeting between the Bears and Mocs in the SoCon tournament. 
  
In the bottom half of the bracket, No. 3 seed Furman faces No. 6 seed Wofford at 3 p.m. Thursday. The Paladins, who will be vying for their league-record 15th tournament title and first since claiming consecutive crowns in 2008 and 2009, went 12-11 overall and 5-2 in league action this season, downing Mercer, 4-3, on Sunday. The Terriers, who finished league play with a 7-11 overall record and a 2-5 league mark, will be seeking their first SoCon title. Furman captured a 6-1 home win over Wofford on April 10 and the Paladins are 4-0 against the Terriers all-time in the tournament, including three wins in quarterfinal matchups. 
  
No. 2 seed Samford faces No. 7 seed The Citadel (8-21, 1-6) on Thursday at 3 p.m. Samford, which reached the 2022 tournament title match, went 13-7 overall and 6-1 in SoCon play this season, including a 7-0 decision over The Citadel on March 27. Thursday’s matchup will mark the teams’ first meeting in the SoCon tournament. 
  
Friday’s semifinals are at 2 p.m., with Saturday’s title match set for 1 p.m. 
  
April 21 will serve as the rain date for the championship. 
  
2024 SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship 
Chattanooga, Tenn. – Champions Club 
Thursday, April 18 
Match 1: No. 1 ETSU vs. No. 8 UNCG, 1 p.m. 
Match 2: No. 4 Mercer vs. No. 5 Chattanooga, 1 p.m. 
Match 3: No. 3 Furman vs. No. 6 Wofford, 3 p.m. 
Match 4: No. 2 Samford vs. No. 7 The Citadel, 3 p.m. 
  
Friday, April 19 
Match 5: Match 1 winner vs. Match 2 winner, 2 p.m. 
Match 6: Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner, 2 p.m. 
  
Saturday, April 20 
Match 7: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner, 1 p.m.

SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship Pairings Announced image for article

SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship Pairings Announced(32233)

<a href="https://furmanpaladins.com/news/2024/4/14/mens-tennis-poritzky-clinches-win-for-furman-in-regular-season-finale-at-mercer.aspx">Furman 4, Mercer 3</a>

Sunday’s Men’s Tennis Roundup image for article

Sunday’s Men’s Tennis Roundup(32231)

<a href="https://citadelsports.com/news/2024/4/13/mens-tennis-bulldogs-take-senior-day-tilt-with-the-cougars.aspx">The Citadel 4, College of Charleston 3</a> 
<a href="https://gomocs.com/news/2024/4/13/mens-tennis-mens-tennis-earns-7-0-shutout-over-uncg-on-senior-day.aspx">Chattanooga 7, UNCG 0</a>

SoCon Men’s Tennis News

Headlines

ETSU Men’s Tennis to Face No. 7 seed Tennessee in NCAA Tournament

Must See Moments

ETSU wins Sixth Straight SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship

ETSU, Samford advance to Men’s Tennis Championship title match

Three of top four seeds advance at Men’s Tennis Championship

2024 Tennis Championship

SoCon men's tennis postseason awards announced

ETSU’s Badra named SoCon Men’s Tennis Player of the Week

SoCon Men’s Tennis Championship Pairings Announced

Sunday’s Men’s Tennis Roundup

Saturday’s Men’s Tennis Roundup