THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team will continue its road conference slate with matches against No. 16 Notre Dame and Louisville this weekend.
#45 Georgia Tech at #16 Notre Dame
- Friday, March 6
- 5 p.m.
- Eck Tennis Pavilion
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- Live Stats
#45 Georgia Tech at #44 Louisville
- Sunday, March 8
- 12 p.m.
- Bass-Rudd Tennis Center
- Watch
- Live Stats
STORYLINES:
Tech holds an 8-4 record through the opening half of the season. The Jackets have notched notable victories over No. 59 Liberty, No. 69 Samford, No. 72 Texas Tech, and North Alabama. Tech dropped road matches to No. 4 Wake Forest and No. 23 NC State.
The Jackets hold a three-match winning streak over Notre Dame while taking victories over Louisville in three of the last four meetings. The Jackets have won the last three matches in conference play against the Cardinals, splitting the last two meetings in the ACC Championships over the last two years.
Christophe Clement has claimed five singles wins on Court 1 this season and has won 10 of the 12 sets in completed matches. Freshman Hidde Schoenmakers has two singles win on Courts 1 and 2 while sophomore Gianluca Carlini was unbeaten over the weekend to start ACC play with two set wins.
The Jackets’ backcourt has been clinical with Jonathan Irwanto leading the way with eight singles wins on Courts 3-4. Elias Shokry has claimed six wins on Courts 4-5 as Richard Biagiotti holds seven victories on Courts 5-6.
Links for this weekend’s matches are available online at ramblinwreck.com.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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