Men's Tennis to Compete at Winthrop Fall Invitational

ROCK HILL, S.C. – The UNC Asheville men's tennis team will compete this weekend in the Winthrop Fall Invitational at the Winthrop Tennis Center.

Action began this morning and will run through Sunday afternoon.

Tom Hand's club has not competed in a month as the Bulldogs last participated in the Elon Fall Invitational at the end of September (27-29). Asheville enjoyed some strong doubles efforts at Elon.

The Bulldogs had two doubles team reach the finals of their flights, while two others earned third-place finishes during the tourney.

In the A2 doubles draw, John Schubel and Thomas Panoulas posted wins over teams from Elon (8-6) and East Carolina (8-3) to reach Sunday's finals before they lost to a team from James Madison, 8-3.

In the C1 doubles draw, Will Goldberg and Reid Dillon earned wins over duos from Georgia State (8-3) and North Carolina Central (8-2). They fell to a team from Old Dominion in the finals, 8-2.

Daniel Kripak and Josh Swindler won an opening-round match against a team from N.C. Central (8-5) before losing a close match to Elon, 8-7 (6) in the B2 doubles draw. The duo bounced back to defeat Georgia State, 8-5 to claim third place.

Brett Landau and Alex Croker downed UNC Greensboro, 8-4 before falling in the semifinals against Elon, 8-6. Landau and Croker handily won the third-place match over James Madison, 8-2.

UNC Asheville finishes up the fall season next weekend at Wofford.