Men's Tennis Fall Wrap-up

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville men's tennis team has concluded the fall portion of its 2015-16 schedule. The Bulldogs competed in four tournaments this fall, compiling a 25-34 overall singles record and a 15-17 overall doubles record.

“Overall I've been fairly pleased with our four performances,” head coach Tom Hand said. “We have a lot of experience on this team and that will obviously help us in the spring. We have four seniors who will play an important role this year. Having been through this already, they know what we expect of them and of each other. Our two freshmen have settled in really well. I like the chemistry among this group and they have turned in some impressive results this fall. You never know until we start the matches but I feel pretty good about what's ahead of us in the spring.”

Freshman Henry Patten led the way in singles, compiling a team-high six wins. Senior Alex Croker and junior Josh Swindler tallied five victories apiece. In doubles, the Bulldogs were paced by the tandem of Croker and Swindler who each posted five wins.

Competing in the ITA Regionals Oct. 16-21, two Bulldogs advanced to the round of 32 in the singles main draw. Croker advanced to the round of 32, defeating opponents from UNC Greensboro and Coastal Carolina along the way. Patten also advanced to the round of 32, defeating opponents from Wofford and North Carolina.

In the final tournament of the fall at Winthrop (Oct. 30 – Nov. 1), the duo of Croker and freshman Olly Cull finished runner-up in the doubles bracket.

RESULTS

USC Upstate Open

Sept. 11-13

Singles:

Olly Cull (AVL) def. Jack Thomas (Unattached) 6-4, 6-3

Bruce (Unattached) def. Cull (AVL) 6-4, 7-6

Alex Croker (AVL) def. Weaver (Unattached) 7-5, 6-3

Croker (AVL) def. Haupt (USC Up) 7-6, 6-2

Simonetti (USC Up) def. Croker (AVL) 6-3, 6-2

Ewers (USC Up) def. Josh Swindler (AVL) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6

Brett Landau (AVL) def. Yates (USC Up) 2-6, 7-6, 7-6

Manzanas (Unattached) def. Landau (AVL) 6-3, 7-5

Henry Patten (AVL) def. Broyhill (Unattached) 6-1, 6-1

Garrido (USC Up) def. Patten (AVL) 6-2, 6-4

Bennion (USC Up) def. Thomas Panoulas (AVL) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Doubles:

Ewers/Bennion (USC Up) def. Kripak/Cull (AVL) 6-3

Dillon/Panoulas (AVL) def. Schoen/Thomas (Unattached) 6-4

Bruce/Manzanas (Unattached) def. Dillon/Panoulas (AVL) 7-6

Patten/Swindler (AVL) def. Massinople/Arney (Furman) 6-0

Simonetti/Garrido (USC Up) def. Patten/Swindler (AVL) 6-2

Croker/Landau (AVL) def. Broyhill/Weaver (Unattached) 6-3

Croker/Landau (AVL) def. Simonetti/Garrido (USC Up) 6-3

Bruce/Manzanas (Unattached) def. Croker/Landau WD

Rhodes/Steryous (Furman) def. Kripak/Cull (AVL) 6-2

Elon Invite (Hidden dual format)

Oct. 9-11

vs. Elon

1. Robert Lindgren (ELON) def. Daniel Kripak (AVL) 6-2, 1-0

2. Mario Paccini (ELON) def. Josh Swindler (AVL) 6-3, 6-4

3.Petar Tomic (ELON) def. Henry Patten (AVL) 6-1, 6-2

4. Thomas Panoulas (AVL) def. Chris Humphreys (ELON) 6-4, 6-3

5. Felipe Osses-Konig (ELON) def. Brett Landau (AVL) 4-6, 6-4, 13-11

6. Taylor Foote (ELON) def. Reid Dillon (AVL) 6-2, 6-0

1 Doubles: Croker/Landau (AVL) def. Lindgren/Paccini (ELON) 6-2

2 Doubles: Tomic/Humphreys (ELON) def. Kripak/Panoulas (AVL) 7-6(4)

3 Doubles: Patten/Swindler (AVL) def. Konig/Foote (ELON) 6-1

vs. George Washington

1. Alex Croker (AVL) def. Chris Fletcher (GW) 6-4,5-7, 10-7

2. Daniel Kripak (AVL) def. Christos Hadjigeorgiou (GW) 6-0, 6-4

3. Henry Patten (AVL) def. Chris Reynolds (GW) 6-4, 6-2

4. Cahit Kapukiran (GW) def. Josh Swindler (AVL) 6-2, 6-3

5. Fernando Sala (GW) def. Brett Landau (AVL) 6-2, 7-6

6. Jabari Stafford (GW) def. Olly Cull (AVL) 7-6, 7-6

1 Doubles: Fletcher/Hadjigeorgiou (GW) def. Croker/Landau (AVL) 6-4

2 Doubles: Reynolds/Kapukiran (GW) def. Kripak/Panoulas (AVL) 6-2

3 Doubles: Sala/Stafford (GW) def. Patten/Swindler (AVL) 6-4

vs. USC Upstate

7. Lenhard Haupt (USCU) def. Olly Cull (AVL) 6-4, 6-4

1 Doubles: Croker/Landau (AVL) def. Simonetti/Garrido (USCU) 8-3

2 Doubles: Bennion/Ewers (USCU) def. Patten/Swindler (AVL) 8-5

3 Doubles: Kripak/Dillon (AVL) def. Djarmo/Haupt (USCU) 8-5

ITA Regionals

Oct 16 – Oct. 21

Singles Main Draw:

Brett Clark (UNC) def. Thomas Panoulas (AVL) 6-1, 6-1

Alex Croker (AVL) def. James Flynn (UNCG) 6-2, 7-6(6)

Alex Croker (AVL) def. Stefan Jacubov (Coastal) 6-2, 6-1

Brett Clark (UNC) def. Alex Croker (AVL) 6-2, 6-2

Daffra Sanon (Clemson) def. Josh Swindler (AVL) 6-2, 6-2

Henry Patten (AVL) def. Parks Thompson (Wofford) 6-2, 6-0

Henry Patten (AVL) def. Bo Boyden (UNC) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

Adrian Chamdani (Duke) def. Henry Patten (AVL) 7-6(4), 6-3

Olly Cull (AVL) def. Logan Walker (UNCG) 6-3, 6-1

Vasily Kichigin (Coll. of Charleston) def. Olly Cull (AVL) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2

Jake Munns (Furman) def. Brett Landau (AVL) 6-4, 6-4

Yaroslav Prostakov (Gardner-Webb) def. Reid Dillon (AVL) 6-2, 6-1

Singles Consolation Draw:

Ollie Casey (App State) def. Thomas Panoulas (AVL) 6-3, 6-4

Josh Swindler (AVL) def. Santtu Leskinen (UNCW) 6-3, 7-5

Josh Swindler (AVL) def. Fredric Lehfeldt (ECU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2

Josh Swindler (AVL) def. Ollie Casey (App State) Walkover

Josh Swindler (AVL) def. Ramon Simonetti (USCU) Walkover

Wood Benton (S. Carolina) def. Josh Swindler (AVL) 6-4, 7-5

Robert Lindgren (Elon) def. Brett Landau (AVL) 6-3, 6-3

Connor Thompson (UNCG) def. Reid Dillon (AVL) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0

Main Doubles:

Sam Bloom/Anthony Delcore (Wake Forest) def. Reid Dillon/Thomas Panoulas (AVL) 7-5, 6-3

Shamael Chaudry/David Hager (Davidson) def. Henry Patten/Josh Swindler (AVL) 2-6, 6-1, 1-0(11)

Alex Fennell/Tom Mayronne (S. Carolina) def. Alex Croker/Brett Landau (AVL) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles Consolation:

Gabriel Cucalon/Tamina Kienka (NCCU) def. Reid Dillon/Thomas Panoulas (AVL) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (8)

Henry Patten/Josh Swindler (AVL) def. Alan Poric/Haris Poric (Wofford) 6-4, 6-2

Alex Croker/Brett Landau (AVL) def. Danny Mack/Logan Walker (UNCG) 6-4, 6-3

Winthrop Invite

Oct. 30 – Nov. 1

Singles:

Mitchell (Winthrop) def. Croker (AVL) 6-4, 6-3

Castellano (Longwood) def. Croker (AVL) 6-3, 3-6, 10-2

Patten (AVL) def. Patrick (Winthrop) 6-1, 6-3

Webster (App St) def. Patten (AVL) 6-4, 7-6

Patten (AVL) def. Aramberri (Bluefield) 6-1, 6-4

Panoulas (AVL) def. Steryous (Furman) 6-3, 6-3

Panoulas (AVL) def. Bost (App St) 6-2, 7-5

Chen (Winthrop) def. Panoulas (AVL) 6-3, 6-3

Swindler (AVL) def. Scown-Vasquez (Bluefield) 6-0, 6-0

Maddocks (App St) def. Swindler (AVL) 6-3, 7-5

Brea (App St) def. Landau (AVL) 6-2, 6-1

Watkins (Davidson) def. Landau (AVL) 6-4, 6-3

Cull (AVL) def. Mahan (App St) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0

Cull (AVL) def. Sanker (Longwood) 6-1, 6-0

Gokhale (Winthrop) def. Cull (AVL) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles:

Mitchell/Patrick (Winthrop) def. Swindler/Patten (AVL) 8-3

Landau/Panoulas (AVL) def. Castellano/Farthing (Longwood) 8-4

Landau/Panoulas (AVL) def. Saad/Zepetero (Davidson) 8-1

Kleynhans/Webster (App St) def. Landau/Panoulas (AVL) 8-5

Croker/Cull (AVL) def. Marcano/O'Brien (Winthrop) 8-2

Croker/Cull (AVL) def. Scown-Vasquez/Tugman (Bluefield) 8-3

Croker/Cull (AVL) def. Chen/Teixeira (Winthrop) 8-4

Zverkov/Gokhale (Gardner-Webb) def. Croker/Cull (AVL) 8-7

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Players Mentioned

Alex Croker

Olly Cull

Reid Dillon

Daniel Kripak

Brett Landau

Henry Patten

Josh Swindler

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