Men:
Harrogate, Tenn. – The King University Men's Tennis team took on Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) in a dual competition where King was able to earn wins in a match in doubles and get a big win in singles.
The first win of the day came from King winning the first doubles match against
Lucas Machado and Canny Neleman, who won 7-5.
The one individual win came in the #2 match, where
Bar Meshel was able to win it in 3 set. He won the first one 6-4. He then fell in the second 6-2. He then was able to get the tough win 1
12-0
10.
Singles competition
- Danny Neleman (King) vs Ethan Hirons (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
- Bar Meshel (King) vs Sebastian Aranzeta (LMU) King wins 2-1
- Lucas Machado (King) vs Victor Bourguignon (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
- Rohan Chalisgaonkar (King) vs Kai Miyatake (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
- Ben Jones (King) vs Patricio Garcia (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
- Maximillian Kellner (King) vs Sandro Pacheco Perez (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
Doubles competition
- Machado/Neleman (King) vs Giuera/ Espejo (LMU) King wins 7-5
- Chalisgaonkar/Meshel (King) vs Bourguignon/ Aranzeta (LMU) LMU wins 6-4
- Jones/ Kellner (King) vs Florea/ Hirons (LMU) LMU wins 6-1
The Tornado will be back on the road next weekend on Saturday, February 14, at Carson-Newman starting at 12:00 pm.
Women:
Harrogate, Tenn. – The King University Women's Tennis team took on Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) in a dual competition where King snuck in a win in the individual matches, winning the #1 singles. King would lose all three of the doubles matches. King lost 1-7.
The shining point for King was
Deniz Aytun, who won her individual match in 3 sets. She fell early to a 6-3 set. She then bounced back, winning the same way she lost the first, 6-3. Finishing the final set 1
10-0
0.
Singles competition
- Deniz Aytun (King) vs Marta Melnichenok (LMU) King wins 2-1
- Shelby Tranchita (King) vs Carla Ramonet (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
- Rani Malhoe (King) vs Adriana Pellizzari (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
- Trinity Moore (King) vs Natalia Reimer (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
- Ruth Robison (King) vs Alexandra Ortiz (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
- Lily Belcher (King) vs Mia Rodriguez (LMU) LMU wins 2-0
Doubles competition
- Aytun/Tranchita (King) vs Ortiz/ Rodriguez (LMU) LMU wins 6-4
- Moore/Robison (King) vs Pellizzari/ Reimer (LMU) LMU wins 6-1
- Sarah Hale/ Rani Malhoe (King) vs Melnichenok/ Palud (LMU) LMU wins 6-2
The Tornado will be back on the road this week on Tuesday, February 10, at 2:00 pm at Lee University (Tenn.).
