University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Tennis Prepares for Saturday Match with USC
02.26.2016 | Men's Tennis
THE MATCHUP
Teams: Asheville (4-2, 0-0 BSC)
University of South Carolina (5-6, 0-0 SEC)
Location: Hoke Sloan Tennis Center/ Clemson, s.C.
Time: 4:00 p.m.
ASHEVILLE – The UNC Asheville Men's Tennis team travels to Clemson, SC to face the University of South Carolina on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
NOTABLES
Last Time Out: The Bulldogs are coming off of a 6-1 win over King University this past Sunday, February 21 at the Asheville Racquet Club. Asheville swept King in doubles play to collect the first point of the match. Coupled with five singles victories, the Bulldogs picked up their fourth straight win on their home court.
Double Trouble: The duo of Thomas Orestis-Panoulas and Reid Dillon are undefeated in doubles play through four matches this season. They collected their first win in the third match of the season against Wofford College (6-4). They have also collected doubles wins against Tennessee Tech (7-6), Furman (7-5), and King University (6-2).
Regional Rivals: Saturday's match will be the second time that these two teams have met this year. The Bulldogs and the Gamecocks faced off in the fall Regional tournament, on October 16-21. This will be the first time the two teams have met in the spring season since Tom Hand headed the program in 2013.
QUOTABLES FORM HEAD COACH TOM HAND
On USC- “This USC team will certainly be a challenge for us, but we were able to see some of their guys in the fall and we know that we can compete.”
UP NEXT
-Following Saturday's match, Asheville will return to the court on Friday, March 4 at 2:00 p.m. when they travel to Radford, Virginia to face the Highlanders in their first conference match of the year.
