2019 UNC Asheville Tennis Media Guide
UNC Asheville men’s tennis will open its 2019 spring schedule at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, by playing host to Mars Hill at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown.
One day later the Bulldogs will welcome Lenoir-Rhyne to the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown for a 3 p.m. match on Sunday, Jan. 27.
Both matches will be played indoors.
BULLDOG BITES
Historic Fall of 2018
UNC Asheville men’s tennis put together a strong fall of 2018 as a team and individually.
Individually, Oli Nolan and Henry Patten put together the best fall in program history. The duo is currently ranked second nationally in the latest Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings that were released on Nov. 14, 2018.
Nolan and Patten secured a national championship on Sunday, Nov. 11, with a 6-2, 6-1 win over nationally 42nd-ranked Bjorn Thomson and Parker Wynn of Texas Tech in the championship match of the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships at the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex.
In addition to the national championship win, Patten was also voted by the ITA Officials at the event to receive the Sportsmanship Award for the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships.
The championship match win for Nolan and Patten was part of a tremendous fall of 2018 for the pairing. Nolan and Patten went undefeated playing together during the fall and won three titles including the national championship.
Scouting Mars Hill and Lenoir-Rhyne
Both Mars Hill and Lenoir-Rhyne will be playing exhibitions against the Bulldogs, but both matches will count as part of the 2019 spring record for UNC Asheville men’s tennis. Mars Hill is 5-2 overall so far, while Lenoir-Rhyne is 2-0.
Up Next
UNC Asheville men’s tennis will face off against George Mason (11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2) and East Carolina (12 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3) in Greenville, N.C.
