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2018 Ohio Valley Conference Tennis Championship April 20-22 Centennial Sportsplex Nashville, Tenn. 2 CENTENNIAL SPORTSPLEX TENNIS CENTER ... NASHVILLE, TENN. 22018018 OVCOVC TENNISTENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPCHAMPIONSHIP MESSAGE FROM THE OVC COMMISSIONER Greetings OVC friends and family, On behalf of the member institutions of the Ohio Valley Conference it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to the 2018 OVC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championship. Over the course of this championship you will be privileged to witness the best of intercollegiate athletics as our fi ne OVC student-athletes demonstrate their keen intellectual understanding of the sport, their exemplary athletics skills and their commitment to sportsmanship. Please join me in commending our participants, whose hard work in the class room and on the courts has resulted in their participation in this event. Let us all be committed to ensuring our student-athletes have a wonderful championships experience by cheering and demonstrating exemplary sportsmanship. To our fans, please know we are glad you could be part of such an important event in the lives of our student-athletes for this is an experience they will cherish for the rest of their lives. We thank you for your support of OVC athletics. As for our participating student-athletes, play hard, represent yourself and your institution with class and enjoy the experience! Sincerely, Beth DeBauche Commissioner OVC TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP STAFF Kate Barnett, OVC ...................................................................Tournament Director Heather Brown, OVC ...................................................Director of Communications Zach White, OVC..............................................................Championship Assistant Curtis Tyler, OVC ............................................................Media Relations Assistant Jasmyne Mitchell, OVC .....................................................Championship Assistant Larry Slone ............................................................................. Tournament Referee PROGRAM CREDITS: The 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Tennis Championship Program was produced by the Ohio Valley Conference. Special thanks to the media relations offi ces of the conference schools for providing content. 2018 OVC TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS ... FRI.-SUN., APRIL 20-22, 2018 1 22018018 MEN’SMEN’S TEAMSTEAMS #1 - BELMONT BRUINS ... 13-10 OVERALL ... 6-0 OHIO VALLEY Mauricio Antun BelmontBruins.com HEAD COACH BU YEAR HOMETOWN Jake Briggs ...............Fr. ........................ Marietta, Ga. David Faulkner ......... Fr. ..................Birmingham, Ala. Stephen Goldman..... Sr. .............................. Lutz, Fla. Marko Ilic .................. Fr. ....................Zagreb, Croatia Hendrick Inno ...........So. ..................Someru, Estonia Grant Kelly ................Fr. ..........................Atlanta, Ga. Zak Khan ...................Jr. ...... London, United Kingdom Caio Niel ...................Sr. ................. Sao Paulo, Brazil Vincent ......................So. .................Antwerp, Belgium Location / Enrollment ....................... Nashville, Tenn. / 8,080 OVC Tennis Titles / Last ....................................................N/A Mascot / Colors ....................Governors / Navy, Red & White Coach of the Year’ Honorees / Last................................N/A President .................................................Dr. Robert C. Fisher Player of the Year Honorees / Last .......................... 1/ 2014 Director of Athletics........................................... Scott Corley Freshman of the Year Honorees / Last ................... 3/ 2017 #2 - TENNESSEE TECH GOLDEN EAGLES ... 8-11 OVERALL ... 5-1 OHIO VALLEY Kenny Doyle TTUsports.com HEAD COACH TTU YEAR HOMETOWN Wenceslao Albin ........Jr. ............. Salliquelo, Argentina Jorge Alfonzo ............Sr. .............Valencia, Venezuela Gonzalo Garcia......... Fr. ................. Barcelona, Spain Arthur Justo .............. Fr. ..................Campinas, Brazil Riku Kubota .............. Fr. ..... Takasaki, Gunma, Japan Eduardo Mena ..........Sr. ..Bultrago del Lozoya, Spain Mark Mila ..................So. .................Barcelona, Spain Marlon Ngo ............... Fr. ..................Cookeville, Tenn. Location / Enrollment ...................Cookeville, Tenn. / 10,504 OVC Tennis Titles / Last ............................................. 7/ 2017 Mascot / Colors .....................Golden Eagles / Purple & Gold Coach of the Year Honorees / Last ....................... 12/ 2017 President .....................................................Dr. Philip Oldham Player of the Year Honorees / Last ........................ 13/ 2017 Director of Athletics........................................... Mark Wilson Freshman of the Year Honorees / Last ................... 7/ 2017 #3 - JACKSONVILLE STATE GAMECOCKS ... 14-4 OVERALL ... 4-2 OHIO VALLEY Andres Amores JSUgamecocksports.com HEAD COACH JSU YEAR HOMETOWN Guillermo Agost ........So. ....................Logrono, Spain Jordi Blanchar........... Fr. ................. Barcelona, Spain Pablo Caff arena ........So. ....................Valencia, Spain Paolo Cucalon ..........So. ................Palmira, Colombia Andres Gomez.......... Sr. ......... Maracaibo, Venezuela Sergio Lizarraga .......So. San Jose’ del Cabo, Mexico Marc Roura ...............Fr. ......................Gerona, Spain Joaquin Vallejo ......... Fr. ...............Asuncion, Paraguy Alexander Vishnevskiy ...Fr. ..................Moscow, Russia. Location / Enrollment ....................Jacksonville, Ala. / 8, 314 OVC Tennis Titles / Last ............................................. 4/ 2014 Mascot / Colors ............................Gamecocks / Red & White Coach of the Year Honorees / Last ......................... 3/ 2009 President ......................................................Dr. John Beehler Player of the Year Honorees / Last .................................N/A Director of Athletics.............................................. Greg Seitz Freshman of the Year Honorees / Last ................... 1/ 2006 2 CENTENNIAL SPORTSPLEX TENNIS CENTER ... NASHVILLE, TENN. 22018018 MEN’SMEN’S TEAMSTEAMS #4 - EASTERN KENTUCKY COLONELS ... 7-18 OVERALL ... 3-3 OHIO VALLEY Rob Oertel HEAD COACH EKUsports.com EKU YEAR HOMETOWN Parth Aggarwal .........So. ...................New Delhi, India Eduardo Cabral ........ Fr. .....................Porto, Portugal Nicolas Castaldo.......So. .....Aix-en-Provence, France Carlos Dodero .......... Fr. .......................Madrid, Spain Colin Hart.................. Sr. ........................ Stanford, Ky. Joshua Piunti ............So. ...........Gold Coast, Australia Gabriel Ruiz ............R-Sr. ......................Tarija, Bolivia Guillem Sanchis.........Jr. ..................... Valencia, Spain Location / Enrollment ....................... Richmond, Ky. / 17,034 OVC Tennis Titles / Last ............................................. 5/ 2015 Juan Soria ................ Fr. ............ San Juan, Argentina Mascot / Colors ........................... Colonels / Maroon & White Coach of the Year Honorees / Last ..........................5/ 2011 Ramon Van Flyman .. Sr. ..... Oosthuizen, Netherlands President .............................................Dr. Michael T. Benson Player of the Year Honorees / Last ...........................3/ 2011 Director of Athletics............................ Stephen Lochmueller Freshman of the Year Honorees / Last ................... 2/ 2013 #5 - AUSTIN PEAY GOVERNORS ... 2-16 OVERALL ... 1-4 OHIO VALLEY Ross Brown HEAD COACH letsgopeay.com APSU YEAR HOMETOWN Evan Bottorff .............Fr. .................... Newburgh, Ind. Aleh Drobysh ............Sr. ..................... Minsk, Blearus Christian Edison ....... Fr. .............Bandung, Indonesia Timo Kiesslich ..........So. .....................Diez, Germany Jacob Lorino ............. Fr. ....................Knoxville, Tenn. Almantas Ozelis.........Jr. ..........Marijampole, Lithuania Hunter Sanders ........So. ............Overland Park, Kan. Chad Woodham .........Jr. ............... Chattanooga,Tenn. Location / Enrollment ................... Clarksville, Tenn. / 10,463 OVC Tennis Titles / Last ............................................ 2 / 2013 Mascot / Colors............................ Governors / Red & White Coach of the Year’ Honorees / Last......................... 4/ 2015 President ..........................................................Dr. Alisa White Player of the Year Honorees / Last ......................... 7 / 2012 Director of Athletics............................................... Ryan Ivey Freshman of the Year Honorees / Last ...................1 / 2011 #6 - EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS ... 5-16 OVERALL ... 1-5 OHIO VALLEY Sam Kercheval HEAD COACH EIUPanthers.com EIU YEAR HOMETOWN Logan Charbonneau .Fr. .................. New Albany, Ind. Braden Davis ............So. .......................St. Louis, Mo. Marko Stefan Janjusic ..So. ................... Malmo, Sweden Gage Kingsmith ........So. ....................Calgary, Alberta Kaisel Kuroki............. Fr. ........................Tokyo, Japan Freddi O’Brien ..........So. .......Surrey, United Kingdom Grant Relman ........... Sr. ............................ Morton, Ill. Trent Reiman ............Sr. ............................ Morton, Ill. Location / Enrollment .........................Charleston, Ill.. / 7,415 OVC Tennis Titles / Last ....................................................N/A