Columbus, GA – The SCAD Atlanta Men's and Women's Tennis teams hit the road this weekend to play against Columbus State University, a top DII program that provided the opportunity for high level matchplay. Going into the competition, CSU was ranked #11 in the nation for men and #10 for women. SCAD was ranked #21 for men and #6 for women. This is one of the highest rankings in SCAD Atlanta Women's program history. SCAD Men's Tennis lost 7-2 and Women's Tennis lost 8-1, which was still a positive performance for SCAD, considering it was a tough opponent.
WOMEN'S SINGLES
- Shalimar Talbi (Minsk, Belarus / UX Design) vs Nikoline Gullacksen - Loss, 3/6 - 2/4
- Carmine Becoude (Cotonou, Benin / Advertising & Branding) vs Monika Temkova - Loss, 2/6 - 4/6
- Manuella Eloundou Nga (Yaounde, Cameroon / Business Management) vs Sofia Lauretti - Loss, 4/6 - 3/6
- Joann Leijten (Amsterdam, Netherlands / Film & Television) vs Claudia De Lucas - Loss, 2/6 - 1/6
- Adrianna Kluska (Glogow, Poland / Interior Design) vs Laura Pesickova - Loss, 1/6 - 1/6
- Nella Kusa (Szczecin, Poland / Advertising & Branding) vs Isabell Ek - Loss, 1/6 - 1/6
WOMEN'S DOUBLES
- Talbi & Kluska vs Gullacksen & De Lucas - Loss, 3/6
- Leijten & Stella De Vera (Rogers, Ark. / Industrial Design) def. Pesickova & Ek - Win 6/3
- Becoude & Eloundou vs to Markosov & Lauretti - Loss, 5/7
MEN'S SINGLES
- Valentino Capararo (Reconquista, Argentina / UX Design) vs Hugo Didier - Loss, 6/4 - 2/6 - 5/10
- Joewyn Pascua (Manila, Philippines / Advertising & Branding) vs Thomas Cardona - Loss, 4/6 - 3/6
- Maximo Nagele (Tenerife, Spain / UX Design) vs Samer Al Tori - Win 6/3 - 6/7 (4/7) - 11/9
- Firas Ben Chouikha (Tunis, Tunisia / UX Design) vs Benedek Szombathelyi - Loss, 6/7 (4/7) - 4/6
- Nicolas Fertonani (Santa Fe, Argentina / Advertising & Branding) vs Andrea Sandrone - Loss, 2/6 - 2/6
- Jakub Bojarski (Tarnãw, Poland / Advertising & Branding) vs Yike Liu - Loss, 5/7 - 3/6
MEN'S DOUBLES
- Pascua & Ben Chouikha vs Sandrone & Peter - Loss, 3/6
- Capararo & Fertonani vs Al Tori & Cardona - Loss, 2/6
- Bojarski & Nagele vs Hammond & Szombathelyi - Win, 6/4
WHAT'S NEXT? The
SCAD Tennis teams will compete at Columbia College on February 14th in South Carolina.
