University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Historic Fall Sets Up for Strong Spring of 2019 for UNC Asheville Men’s Tennis
11.28.2018 | Men's Tennis
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – It was a historic fall of 2018 for UNC Asheville men's tennis and the Bulldogs look to take their strong momentum into the spring of 2019.
The 2019 spring schedule for UNC Asheville men's tennis features 10 home matches at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown.
UNC Asheville will open the 2019 spring schedule at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, by playing host to Mars Hill at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown. One day later the Bulldogs will welcome Lenoir-Rhyne to the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown for a 3 p.m. match on Sunday, Jan. 27.
The Bulldogs will officially open Big South play by traveling to Rock Hill, S.C. to take on Winthrop at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 3.
UNC Asheville men's tennis put together a strong fall of 2018 as a team and individually.
Individually, Oli Nolan and Henry Patten put together the best fall in program history. The duo is currently ranked second nationally in the latest Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings that were released on Nov. 14, 2018.
Nolan and Patten secured a national championship on Sunday, Nov. 11, with a 6-2, 6-1 win over nationally 42nd-ranked Bjorn Thomson and Parker Wynn of Texas Tech in the championship match of the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex.
In addition to the national championship win, Patten was also voted by the ITA Officials at the event to receive the Sportsmanship Award for the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships.
The championship match win for Nolan and Patten was part of a tremendous fall of 2018 for the pairing. Nolan and Patten went undefeated playing together during the fall and won three titles including the national championship.
To learn more about UNC Asheville men's tennis, please visit uncabulldogs.com. You can follow UNC Asheville men's tennis on Twitter @uncatennis and on Instagram at @uncavlmtennis.
To see the full 2019 spring schedule, please visit HERE.
The 2019 spring schedule for UNC Asheville men's tennis features 10 home matches at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown.
UNC Asheville will open the 2019 spring schedule at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, by playing host to Mars Hill at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown. One day later the Bulldogs will welcome Lenoir-Rhyne to the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown for a 3 p.m. match on Sunday, Jan. 27.
The Bulldogs will officially open Big South play by traveling to Rock Hill, S.C. to take on Winthrop at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 3.
UNC Asheville men's tennis put together a strong fall of 2018 as a team and individually.
Individually, Oli Nolan and Henry Patten put together the best fall in program history. The duo is currently ranked second nationally in the latest Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings that were released on Nov. 14, 2018.
Nolan and Patten secured a national championship on Sunday, Nov. 11, with a 6-2, 6-1 win over nationally 42nd-ranked Bjorn Thomson and Parker Wynn of Texas Tech in the championship match of the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex.
In addition to the national championship win, Patten was also voted by the ITA Officials at the event to receive the Sportsmanship Award for the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships.
The championship match win for Nolan and Patten was part of a tremendous fall of 2018 for the pairing. Nolan and Patten went undefeated playing together during the fall and won three titles including the national championship.
To learn more about UNC Asheville men's tennis, please visit uncabulldogs.com. You can follow UNC Asheville men's tennis on Twitter @uncatennis and on Instagram at @uncavlmtennis.
To see the full 2019 spring schedule, please visit HERE.
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