The men's tennis team earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team status and freshman Luke Eafano was named to the ITA Scholar-Athlete list for the 2018 season.
A pair of victories for the men, including a Peach Belt Conference win over Augusta, propels the Hurricanes to their highest win total in a season as an NCAA Division II program (since 2007). The ladies lost a couple of close 6-3 matches, but picked up singles victories at No. 1 and No. 2 both days.
The GSW tennis teams completed a busy weekend of action with both the men's and women's squads winning one of three matches over a three-day window. Both the men and women defeated Fort Valley State on Friday, 9-0, before suffering 9-0 setbacks at Georgia College on Saturday and against nationally-ranked Columbus State on Sunday.The men's team exits the weekend with a 3-8 overall record and a 0-4 mark in Peach Belt Conference action. The women's team stands at 6-9 overall, 0-4 in the PBC.
Steven Blythe picked up wins at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles for GSW on Wednesday afternoon at the Susan K. Smith Tennis Complex against Montevallo, but the visiting Falcons swept the non-conference doubleheader by winning the men's match, 7-2, and the women's match, 9-0.
Steven Blythe and Nacho Garcia de Sola opened the 2018 season with a pair of singles victories to lead the GSW men's tennis team to a 2-0 start with wins over Christian Brothers University and Shorter University over the weekend. The ladies came up on the short end of a pair of 5-4 scores against the same schools.