February 3, 2019
The spring 2019 tennis season opened in style for 杏吧视频 as both the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams picked up wins on the road against Marion Military Institute in Marion, Ala., Friday, Feb. 1.
The 杏吧视频 Warriors shutout the No. 17 nationally ranked Marion Tigers 9-0, while the Lady Warriors picked up an 8-1 tennis win over the shorthanded Marion Lady Tigers.
鈥淚t was a gritty effort by our men鈥檚 team and a tremendous first match,鈥 said 杏吧视频 head coach Jay Pacelli. 鈥淭heir effort and spirit made a big difference. On the women鈥檚 side, we played well against an undermanned Marion Military Institute team.鈥
Men鈥檚 Doubles Results:
EC鈥檚 Chris Lawrance (York, Western Australia) and Isaac Santitto (Innisfail, Queensland, Australia) defeated Blake Brown and Nathen Johnson, 8-0; EC鈥檚 Dylan Barnett (Newton County) and Peyton Chaney (Newton County) defeated Dominique Ingram and Vance Llewellyn 9-7; and EC鈥檚 Isaac Keen (Winston Academy) and Jake Wofford (East Webster) defeated Thomas Chairs and Dustin Matthews, 8-6.
Men鈥檚 Singles Results:
EC鈥檚 Lawrance defeated Brown, 6-2, 7-5; EC鈥檚 Santitto defeated Chairs, 6-0, 6-1; EC鈥檚 Barnett defeated Ingram, 6-2, 6-4; EC鈥檚 Keen defeated Llewellyn, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8; EC鈥檚 Wofford defeated Johnsen, 6-1, 6-3; and Dominick Donaldson (Florence) defeated Alex Mathaos, 6-4, 6-2.
Women鈥檚 Doubles Results:
EC鈥檚 Ali Grace Walker (Newton County) and Josie Hurst (Newton County) defeated Ksenia Vasilyev and Gianna Azzaro, 8-5.
Women鈥檚 Singles Results:
Vasilyev beat EC鈥檚 Gabriela Gomez (Bogota, Colombia), 8-2; EC鈥檚 Bethany Wellerman (Newton County Academy) defeated Azzaro, 8-5; and EC鈥檚 Kayla Baucum (Newton County) defeated Samika Lewis, 8-0.
The Lady Warriors won all other matches by default.
Next up for East Central are the home openers against Jones College on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 2 p.m. at the Tennis Complex on the 杏吧视频 campus in Decatur. The Jones men are ranked No. 25 in the most recent Oracle/ITA NJCAA national rankings, while the Jones Lady Bobcats are ranked No. 17.
The Warriors and Lady Warriors will host Blue Mountain College (Miss.) Friday, Feb. 8, also at 2 p.m. in Decatur.
