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Bulldogs Host Blue Hose in Conference Matchup Wednesday
04.02.2019 | Men's Tennis
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville men's tennis team is set to host Presbyterian on Wednesday, April 3 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown. The match is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
The Bulldogs are currently second in the Big South Conference after being picked to finish fifth in the preseason rankings. The Bulldogs are 4-1 in conference play and are an impressive 17-3 overall. UNC Asheville has the most overall wins of any team in the Big South Conference this season and is an undefeated 8-0 on their home courts.
BULLDOG BITES
Breaking Down the Bulldogs
Two-time Big South Player of the Year Henry Patten leads the Bulldogs with 14 wins in singles on the season. Patten has played all of his matches at No. 1.
Charlie Morkel is right on his heels with 13 wins on the season, playing at No. 1-5. Freshman Leo Bierbaum currently has 12 wins and has played at No. 4-6 thus far. Oli Nolan and Sirawit Daosaengsawang have both put together impressive springs as well with 10 wins each. Nolan has played all his matches at No. 1-2, while Daosaengsawang has played at No. 1-4.
In doubles, Oli Nolan and Henry Patten are an impressive 7-0 in the spring season. Despite still being undefeated on the year the pairing is now ranked second nationally after spending much of the spring ranked No. 1.
Nolan and Patten went undefeated playing together during the fall and won three titles including the national championship victory at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex.
Big South Conference Honors
UNC Asheville swept the Big South Men's Tennis weekly awards, the league announced on March 27, 2019, with Henry Patten named Player of the Week and Leo Bierbaum chosen Freshman of the Week.
Patten has now been named Big South Men's Tennis Player of the Week twice in the 2019 spring season.
Bierbaum's honoring is the first of his career.
Patten opened up league play last week a perfect 2-0 in singles and doubles. In singles, Patten bested Radford's No. 1 Yevhen Sirous 6-1, 6-2. The next day he downed Winthrop's No. 1 Diego Quieroz 6-0, 6-7, 6-3.
In doubles, the Manningtree, Essex, United Kingdom native teamed with Olly Cull to down Radford's No. 1 doubles duo of Sirous and Rodrigo Magalhaes 6-1 before collecting a 6-3 win over Winthrop's No. 1 doubles duo of Gabriel Dias and Aditya Gokhale.
Bierbaum was an impressive 2-0 last week for the Bulldogs to open league play. The Nürnberg, Germany native first bested Andres Silva of Radford 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 at No. 6 singles. He followed that up with a 7-6, 7-6 win over Lluis Miralles of Winthrop at No. 6 singles.
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Scouting Presbyterian
Presbyterian is 9-12 overall on the season. They are 3-2 in the Big South Conference and currently sit in fifth place. The Blue Hose have defeated Hampton and USC Upstate at home and have fallen to Campbell at home and Gardner-Webb on the road.
Up Next
UNC Asheville has two regular season matches left in the 2019 spring season. The Bulldogs will play their final home match on Saturday, April 6 versus Hampton at 1 p.m. The match will be played at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown and will include a celebration of the Bulldog seniors.
The Bulldogs final match of the regular season will take place on Tuesday, April 9 against Gardner-Webb at 3 p.m. in Boiling Springs, N.C.
**Story by Aaron Cantrell**
The Bulldogs are currently second in the Big South Conference after being picked to finish fifth in the preseason rankings. The Bulldogs are 4-1 in conference play and are an impressive 17-3 overall. UNC Asheville has the most overall wins of any team in the Big South Conference this season and is an undefeated 8-0 on their home courts.
BULLDOG BITES
Breaking Down the Bulldogs
Two-time Big South Player of the Year Henry Patten leads the Bulldogs with 14 wins in singles on the season. Patten has played all of his matches at No. 1.
Charlie Morkel is right on his heels with 13 wins on the season, playing at No. 1-5. Freshman Leo Bierbaum currently has 12 wins and has played at No. 4-6 thus far. Oli Nolan and Sirawit Daosaengsawang have both put together impressive springs as well with 10 wins each. Nolan has played all his matches at No. 1-2, while Daosaengsawang has played at No. 1-4.
In doubles, Oli Nolan and Henry Patten are an impressive 7-0 in the spring season. Despite still being undefeated on the year the pairing is now ranked second nationally after spending much of the spring ranked No. 1.
Nolan and Patten went undefeated playing together during the fall and won three titles including the national championship victory at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex.
Big South Conference Honors
UNC Asheville swept the Big South Men's Tennis weekly awards, the league announced on March 27, 2019, with Henry Patten named Player of the Week and Leo Bierbaum chosen Freshman of the Week.
Patten has now been named Big South Men's Tennis Player of the Week twice in the 2019 spring season.
Bierbaum's honoring is the first of his career.
Patten opened up league play last week a perfect 2-0 in singles and doubles. In singles, Patten bested Radford's No. 1 Yevhen Sirous 6-1, 6-2. The next day he downed Winthrop's No. 1 Diego Quieroz 6-0, 6-7, 6-3.
In doubles, the Manningtree, Essex, United Kingdom native teamed with Olly Cull to down Radford's No. 1 doubles duo of Sirous and Rodrigo Magalhaes 6-1 before collecting a 6-3 win over Winthrop's No. 1 doubles duo of Gabriel Dias and Aditya Gokhale.
Bierbaum was an impressive 2-0 last week for the Bulldogs to open league play. The Nürnberg, Germany native first bested Andres Silva of Radford 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 at No. 6 singles. He followed that up with a 7-6, 7-6 win over Lluis Miralles of Winthrop at No. 6 singles.
For more info, please click HERE.
Scouting Presbyterian
Presbyterian is 9-12 overall on the season. They are 3-2 in the Big South Conference and currently sit in fifth place. The Blue Hose have defeated Hampton and USC Upstate at home and have fallen to Campbell at home and Gardner-Webb on the road.
Up Next
UNC Asheville has two regular season matches left in the 2019 spring season. The Bulldogs will play their final home match on Saturday, April 6 versus Hampton at 1 p.m. The match will be played at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown and will include a celebration of the Bulldog seniors.
The Bulldogs final match of the regular season will take place on Tuesday, April 9 against Gardner-Webb at 3 p.m. in Boiling Springs, N.C.
**Story by Aaron Cantrell**
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