Men’s tennis has solid start in John McWilliams Fall Invitational
By Chuck Tidmore
Sports Information Intern
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Huntingdon men's tennis team battled hard on the first day of the 2014 John McWilliams Invitational at Lagoon Park on Friday and ended with solid results in both singles and doubles.
After the first day of play, the Hawks lead the tournament with 14 points. Millsaps College sits in second with 11 points while Birmingham Southern College claimed 10 points to grab the third spot. Point University took 6 points while LaGrange College failed to score a point.
In singles play, Bobby Foroughian (No. 2), Zac Baldwin (No. 3), Aaron Triplett (No. 5) and John Jones (No. 6) took wins with Jones winning in straight sets.
The Hawks took four of five doubles matches with the teams of Foroughian-Baldwin (No. 1), Meyer Schwartzberg-Trey Pirtle (No. 2), Tyler Chaffee-Triplett (No. 3) and Justin McQueen-Bailey Burns (No. 4) winning.
Second round play starts on Saturday at 8 a.m. at Lagoon Park.
HuntingdonCollegeResults
Red Draw Singles
No. 1 Meyer Schwartzberg
Friday
Rd. 1 - lost to Jacob Weinacker (BSC) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Bobby Foroughian
Friday
Rd. 1 - def. Daniel Blanchard (Point) 6-4, 4-6, 10-4
No. 3 Zac Baldwin
Friday
Rd. 1- def Emerson Brundick (Millsaps) 7-5, 6-7, 10-4
White Draw Singles
No. 4 Ben Marier
Friday
Rd. 1 .- lost to Alex Centrion (Millsaps) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 Aaron Triplett
Friday
Rd. 1 - def. George Chunn (BSC) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
No. 6 John Jones
Friday
Rd.1 - def Cameron Doles (Millsaps) 6-3, 6-3
Grey Draw
No. 7 David May
Friday
Rd. 1 - lost to Rami Jamileh (Millsaps) 8-3
No. 8 Seth McClendon
Friday
Rd. 1- lost to Zach Justice (LaGrange) 8-5
Doubles
No. 1 Foroughian-Baldwin
Friday
Rd. 1 - def. Sizenado-Corley (LaGrange) 8-5
No. 2 Schwartzberg-Trey Pirtle
Friday
Rd. 1 - def. Glass-Cantrell (LaGrange) 8-5
No. 3 Tyler Chaffee-Triplett
Friday
Rd. 1 - def. Fegley-Thyner (LaGrange) 8-4
No. 4 Justin McQueen-Bailey Burns
Friday
Rd. 1 - def. Thomas-Solomonoff (Millsaps) 8-5
No. 5 McClendon-Eric Busch
Friday
Rd. 1 - lost to Rowe-Goodloe (BSC) 8-5
Team Standings
1. Huntingdon College – 14 points
2. Millsaps – 11 points
3. Birmingham-Southern – 10 points
4. Point University – 6 points
5. LaGrange College – 0 points