MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Men's Tennis Team opens the Conference Carolinas Tennis Championships on Friday, April 20 against King (Tenn.) in the Quarterfinals.
WHEN Friday, April 20 | 12:00pm
WHERE Sumter, S.C. (Palmetto Tennis Complex)
FOLLOW GAME DAY CENTRAL
The Hawks will kick off the 2018 Conference Carolinas Men's Tennis Championship on Friday, April 20 in the quarterfinals against the No. 6 seeded King (Tenn.).
The semifinals and championship match of the Conference Carolinas will be Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22 respectively.
HAWKS HIGHLIGHTS
Chowan finished the regular season as the No. 3 seed with a 12-7 overall record and posted an 8-2 mark in Conference Carolinas in their first season of competition. The Hawks are on a five match win streak.
Ghassan Alansi, ranked No. 70 in the country, leads the team with a 15-4 record in singles action including an 8-2 record against Conference Carolinas opponents. Adi Kaliakperov has posted a 14-4 mark this season in singles action.
THEIR OPPONENT
King comes into the Conference Carolinas Men's Tennis Championship with a 6-12 overall record and 5-5 mark in the league.
Chowan and King battled to a 5-4 decision in favor of the Hawks on April 8 in Bristol, Tenn. Chowan would take two of the three doubles to start the match. Ghassan Alansi, Louis Proulx, and Rafael Goncalves picked up singles victories to secure the win.
