HARROGATE, Tenn. – It's a big weekend at the LMU Tennis Complex as the LMU men's tennis team will host their home South Atlantic Conference opener on Saturday and local rival UVa-Wise Sunday morning.
LMU comes into the weekend with a 4-1 record, which is their best start since the 2012-13 season. Their lone loss was at NCAA Division I Eastern Kentucky last Sunday.
In singles play,
Pepe Batalla (Barcelona, Spain) and
David Segarra (Sabadell, Spain) enter the weekend with 5-0 records. Zavier Marti (Tortosa, Spain) and
Joshua Peress (Montreal, Quebec) both have 4-1 records while Mortiz Hoerner (Erlangen, Germany) has a 3-2 record.
The duo of Batalla and Segarra have a 4-1 record at doubles, as does
Jake Tuchmann (Kennesaw, Ga.) and
Carlos Zunino (Samborondón, Ecuador).
Wingate, the defending SAC Co-Champion, is currently 5-1 overall and 2-0 in SAC play with wins over Mars Hill and Catawba. LMU is 3-9 vs. the Bulldogs in the
Benny Collins era.
UVa-Wise enters the weekend with a 3-3 record. The Cavaliers have yet to play a Mountain East Conference match this season. LMU is 1-0 vs. the Cavs in the
Benny Collins era, but this is the first time the two teams have met (after several scheduled matches were cancelled due to weather) since UVa-Wise joined the NCAA Division II in 2013.
Saturday's match vs. Wingate starts at 11 a.m. and Sunday's match vs. UVa-Wise is set for a 10 a.m. start time. Both matches will have live stats available at the links above or at www.lmurailsplitters.com.
