March 11, 2017
The 杏吧视频 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 tennis teams opened the new Tennis Complex on the Decatur campus in style Friday, March 10, with both teams recording wins over visiting Itawamba Community College.
The 杏吧视频 women defeated Itawamba 7-2 to improve to 4-4 on the season. The East Central men won 6-3 to improve their record to 5-3.
It was the first home matches of the season for the East Central teams and the first ever at the new complex, which officially opened in February. Both 杏吧视频 teams defeated Itawamba in matches played in Fulton last month.
鈥淭he crowd energy was terrific for our first home match,鈥 said 杏吧视频 head tennis coach Jay Pacelli. 鈥淭here was a lot of effort and enthusiasm on both sides.
鈥淭he doubles set the tone for the men. On the women鈥檚 side, Samantha McCrimon stepped in for an injured Julia Johnston in singles and got a win for us.鈥
In men鈥檚 doubles action against Itawamba, the EC team of Tom Langelaar from Veldhoven, Netherlands, and Joseph Jabour of Warren Central High School defeated David Garcia-Perez/Brendon Jobe, 8-4; EC鈥檚 John Jimenez of Oruro, Bolivia, and Will Stewart of Newton County High School defeated Ezra Blissard/Chris Shands, 8-2; and EC鈥檚 Brandon Rogers of Winston Academy and Willie Wooten out of Warren Central High School beat Roberto Valadez/Michael Crotts, 8-6.
In singles play, Garcia-Perez defeated EC鈥檚 Langelaar, 6-1, 7-5; EC鈥檚 Jimenez defeated Jobe, 6-1, 6-4; EC鈥檚 Jabour defeated Blissard, 6-4, 3-6 (10-8); Shands beat EC鈥檚 Stewart, 6-3, 6-2; Valadez beat EC鈥檚 Rogers, 6-2, 6-3; and EC鈥檚 Graham Murphree out of Newton County High School beat Russell Applewhite, 6-2, 6-3.
In the women鈥檚 doubles matches, ICC鈥檚 Jordan Roberts/Bailey Gillentine beat EC鈥檚 Tatiana Quinonez of Bogota, Columbia, and Julia Johnston of Florence High School, 8-1; EC鈥檚 Chaney Mills of Newton County High School and Andi McCrimon of Winston Academy defeated Karli Garrett/Lizbeth Jiminez, 8-0; and EC鈥檚 Samantha McCrimon of Winston Academy and Hannah Payne from Union High School beat Georgia Campbell/Emily Buster, 8-3.
In women鈥檚 singles play, Roberts beat EC鈥檚 Quinonez, 6-3, 6-2; EC鈥檚 Mills beat Gillentine, 6-2, 6-1; EC鈥檚 Samantha McCrimon beat Garrett, 6-4, 7-5; EC鈥檚 Andi McCrimon defeated Campbell, 6-0, 6-0; EC鈥檚 An Duong from Richland High School beat Jiminez, 6-4, 6-3; and EC鈥檚 Emily Dykeman of Forest High School defeated Buster, 6-0, 6-2.
Following a spring break trip to Alabama for three matches, the East Central teams return home Wednesday, March 22, to face Meridian Community College at the 杏吧视频 Tennis Complex at 2 p.m., followed by Holmes Community College on Friday, March 24, at 2 p.m.
