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1 Contact: Matt Posey - Athletic Communications Student Intern...posey@goblueraiders.com Overall: 11-2 Home: 7-1 Away: 4-1 Neutral: Austin Peay W, Chattanooga W, Vanderbilt L, UAB W, Alabama State W, UTSA W, TSU W, George Washington W, St. John s W, Indiana L, Wichita State W, Wisconsin W, Rice W, Tulane 2 PM North Florida 4 PM Old Dominion * 2 PM Charlotte * 2 PM Florida Atlantic * 2 PM South Alabama 11 AM Drake 10 AM Alabama A&M 2 PM VCU 11 AM William & Mary 11 AM ETSU 2 PM Georgia State 2 PM C-USA Championship ^ TBD * - C-USA Pod at the ^ - hosted by Rice in Houston, Texas Gian Issa Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore Luis Morillo Diaz Miguel Negre Fernandez Jan Porteset Max Rauch Sebastian Rey John Kreis GEE-ahn EE-sah Rash-ah-TOR-ee Lou-EES Mor-EE-yo NEG-ray Yan Rr-ou Ray Chris Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders VS. Tulane Green Wave Middle Tennessee vs. No. 22 Tulane (5-3) PM Gian Issa is 13-0 in dual matches and is two wins away from a share of 8th on the MT men s tennis all-time singles wins list. Chris Edge is in the top 10 in program history in doubles victories as a freshman, and he s two singles wins from the top 10 freshman singles wins list. Middle Tennessee has won three consecutive and nine of its last 10 matches after defeating Conference USA foe Rice on Wednesday in Houston. Tulane holds the all-time record over the Blue Raiders, 7-6, including last year s 7-0 win in New Orleans. Nicolas Buitrago Machado So. Bogota, Columbia Chris Edge Fr. Carlisle, Great Britain Gian Issa Sr. Paramaribo, Suriname Tom Moonen So. Rotterdam, Netherlands Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore Jr. Perth, Australia Luis Morillo Diaz Jr. Santiago, Spain Miguel Negre Fernandez Sr. Palma de Mallorca, Spain Jan Porteset Sr. Trier, Germany Jacob Pugh Jr. Dacula, GA Max Rauch So. Heidelberg, Germany Jimmy Borendame Sebastian Rey John Kreis Head Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant

2 Location: Founded: 1911 Enrolled: 22,050 President: Dr. Sidney McPhee Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro Nickname: Blue Raiders Colors: Royal Blue & White Conference: Conference USA On-campus courts: Buck Bouldin Tennis Center Off-campus courts: Record: C-USA Championship: 4th seed Quarterfinals: MT 4, CHA 0 Semifinals: Rice 4, MT 2 Letterwinners returning/lost: 8/0 Newcomers: 2 Season of Tennis: 49th First Season: 1969 All-time record: NCAA Tournament Appearances: Team: 11 Singles: 10 Doubles: NCAA Doubles Champions Tulane returns four starters from last year s 7-0 win over MT, and current MT assistant coach Sebastian Rey will coach against his old team. Constantin Schmitz is 5-3 at the top singles spot in the lineup and has 15 wins since the start of the fall, best on the team. The Green Wave has a winning record at each doubles and singles position. Tulane is 2-3 against ranked opponents, with losses coming against No. 12 Stanford, No. 11 Oklahoma State and No. 39 Mississippi State. Ranked wins came against No. 19 Cal and most recently No. 21 Texas Tech, 7-0, on Feb. 25. Blue Raider Athletics MTSU Men @mtsutennis

3 Rank School Conf. 1 Wake Forest ACC 2 Stanford Pac 12 3 Ohio State Big Ten 4 UCLA Pac 12 5 Columbia Ivy League 6 North Carolina ACC 7 Texas A&M SEC 8 Michigan Big Ten 9 Illinois Big Ten 10 Duke ACC 11 USC Pac Florida State ACC 13 Arizona State Pac Oklahoma Big Oklahoma State Big NC State ACC 17 Georgia SEC 18 Florida SEC 19 Dartmouth Ivy League 20 Texas Big Notre Dame ACC 22 Tulane AAC 23 Harvard Ivy League 24 Utah Pac Tennessee SEC 26 TCU Big Mississippi State SEC 28 Kentucky SEC 29 South Carolina SEC 30 Ole Miss SEC 31 Texas Tech Big Baylor Big Minnesota Big Ten 34 Vanderbilt SEC 35 Louisville ACC 36 San Diego WCC 37 Loyola Marymount WCC 38 Old Dominion C-USA 39 Western Michigan MAC 40 Oregon Pac Memphis AAC 42 Iowa Big Ten 43 Utah State MWC 44 Alabama SEC 45 Georgia State Sun Belt 46 New Mexico MWC 47 Washington Pac BYU WCC 49 Cal Poly Big West 50 Clemson ACC Team C-USA Overall Next Match MT /2 vs. No. 22 Tulane Southern Miss /3 vs. New Orleans Florida Atlantic /5 vs. Georgetown/Valpo No. 46 ODU /2 vs. Utah UAB /3 vs. Eastern Kentucky UTSA /7 vs. Texas A&M-CC Charlotte /3 at Penn Rice /2 at Abilene Christian As of Feb. 28, 2018 DOUBLES Rank Players School 49 Remi Chancerel/Gabriel Sidney FAU As of Feb. 20, 2017 SINGLES Rank Player School Year 77 Luca Keist Charlotte Fr. 109 Aziz Kijametovic ODU Jr. As of Feb. 20, 2017 September: Jacob Nicolussi, ODU October: Aziz Kijametovic, ODU November: Miguel Negre Fernandez, MT Jan. 17: Tom Moonen, MT Jan. 24: Aziz Kijametovic, ODU Jan. 31: Luca Keist, Charlotte Feb. 7: Eric Rutledge, Rice Feb. 14: Aziz Kijametovic, ODU Feb. 21: Tim Dollman, UAB Feb. 28: Aziz Kijametovic, ODU As of Feb. 27, 2018

4 Overall: 11-2 Home: 7-1 Away: 4-1 Neutral: 0-0 vs. Ranked Teams: 0-0 vs. AAC: 1-0 vs. Atlantic 10: 1-0 vs. Big East: 1-0 vs. Big Ten: 1-1 vs. C-USA: 3-0 vs. OVC: 2-0 vs. SEC: 0-1 vs. SoCon: 1-0 vs. SWAC: Austin Peay W Chattanooga W at Vanderbilt L UAB W Alabama State W UTSA W TSU W at George Washington W at St. John s W Indiana L at Wichita State W Wisconsin W at Rice W In January: 6-1 In February: 5-1 In March: 0-0 In April: 0-0 On Sunday: 5-0 On Monday: 2-0 On Tuesday: 0-0 On Wednesday: 1-0 On Thursday: 0-0 On Friday: 1-2 On Saturday: 2-0 Doubles Point: When MT wins it: 9-2 When MT loses it: 2-0

5 8th Season Butler, 2002 After seven successful campaigns, Jimmy Borendame continues to help Middle Tennessee men s tennis ascend to the top. Borendame has amassed the third most wins in program history. He has wasted no time making an impact on the MT program, rightfully earning back-to-back Sun Belt Coach of the Year honors after leading the Blue Raiders to a pair of conference tournament titles and NCAA tournament berths in his first two seasons at the helm. Since taking over the team with 7-20 record in 2010 and ranked No. 165 in the ITA national rankings, the team has been ranked as high as No. 32 in the nation in Borendame came to Murfreesboro after serving a oneyear stint as the head men s tennis coach at Drake in Des Moines, Iowa. He led the Bulldogs to a 15-9 record, which included seven wins in an eight-match stretch from late February to mid-march. While at Drake, he tutored Mauricio Ballivian to Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year accolades and his third-consecutive All-MVC First Team honor. Ballivian paired with freshman James McKie as the All-MVC First Team doubles tandem. Borendame arrived at Drake after a successful five-year tenure as the assistant men s tennis coach at Virginia Tech, including the campaign as the program s associate head coach. The Hokies posted a (.556) mark, including three NCAA tournament appearances, during his stay in Blacksburg. He also has spent one year each as an assistant coach at West Virginia ( ) and William & Mary ( ). While Coach Years Overall Record Bouldin (.452) Castle (.628) Smithwick (.333) LaLance (.643) Short (.612) McNamara (.410) Borendame 2011-pres (.582) with the Tribe, he helped W&M to a No. 38 national ranking and victories over nationally-ranked VCU and Tennessee. In 2016, Borendame added a certification from Etcheberry Experience for tennis specific strength and conditioning to his résumé. He is a USPTA certified instructor and was picked to coach the 2006 and 2007 Mid-Atlantic National Junior teams which participated in the national championships in Champaign, Illinois. The Chicago, Illinois, native has led his Blue Raider programs to multiple ITA All-Academic Team and Raiders Choice Awards honors for academic excellence. Borendame received his bachelor s degree with honors in finance from Butler in 2002 and a master s degree in sport management from West Virginia in His concentration was collegiate athletic administration/sport marketing. He is married to the former Genevieve McNeill, who was a standout swimmer at the University of Arkansas. They have two children, one daughter, Lynden and one son, Rocco (.586) as head coach (.582) in seven seasons at MT Two trips to NCAA Tournament ( 11 and 12) 10 Sun Belt Players of the Week Six All-Sun Belt Doubles Five All-Sun Belt Singles Two SBC Tournament Most Outstanding Players Two SBC Coach of the Year Awards Seven C-USA Players of the Week 10 All-C-USA Doubles Eight All-C-USA Singles Final team ranking of 46 in 2012 Final team ranking of 48 in 2013 Final singles ranking of 95 for Ettore Zito in 2014

6 Assistant Coach 1st Season Tulane, 2017 Middle Tennessee men s tennis head coach Jimmy Borendame announced the hiring of Sebastian Rey as assistant coach in mid-june Rey played four seasons at Tulane, helping the Green Wave climb to a national ranking of No. 30 at the end of his senior season. A Wantage, United Kingdom, native, Rey was in singles play and had a record of in doubles at Tulane. His list of accomplishments and recognition includes ITA Southern Region Senior Player of the Year, three-time LSWA First Team All-Louisiana, and Second Team All-Conference USA. Rey cracked the ITA singles rankings for the first time as a senior, reaching as high on the list as No He rounded out his career ranked No. 66 in the country in doubles. Prior to his college career at Tulane, Rey attended Monkton Combe School in Oxford in the United Kingdom, where he was ranked in the top 10 in the British Junior rankings. Juniors: Monkton Combe School Top 10 in British Junior rankings College: Tulane ( ) Singles career record: Doubles career record: Team captain as a senior Also a graduate student at Middle Tennessee Volunteer Assistant 2nd Season Tennessee, 1983 John Kreis joined Jimmy Borendame s Middle Tennessee men s tennis coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in fall 2016, after being hired by the Adams Tennis Complex in Murfreesboro as its first professional in April Kreis previously held the position of Director of Tennis at the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club in Norfolk, Virginia, since Along with his experience at tennis clubs and resorts, Kreis had head coaching stints at Tennessee, Mississippi State and Alabama. He is responsible for 8 All-Americans, 22 All-SEC performers, and 11 Academic All-SEC award winners. In the mid-1990s, Kreis served as chairman of the NCAA Division I Men s Tennis Committee, directing the largest amateur tennis event in the world during the 1996 Championship at the University of Georgia and 1997 Championship in Los Angeles. During a five-year stint on the Committee, he helped guide the NCAA Tennis Championships from a 20-team event to a 64-team event with 8 regional qualifiers : Assistant Tennis Coach at Tennessee : Head Men s & Women s Tennis Coach at Mississippi State : Head Men s Tennis Coach at Alabama : Head Men s Tennis Coach at Tennessee 2016-pres.: Volunteer Assistant at MT Served as Chairman of NCAA DI Men s Tennis Sub-Committee 1989 NCAA National Coach of the Year finalist 20-plus years experience as a Tennis Director at private clubs, resorts and public facilities

7 SO. 6-1 BOGOTA, COLUMBIA Helped the Blue Raiders defeat Rice on Feb. 28 with a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles with Max Rauch. Swept Jan. 28 with two singles wins and a doubles win with Gian Issa. Won a singles match and was 1-1 in doubles action on Jan. 21 vs. UAB and Alabama State. Opened the spring season with a victory at No. 4 against Chattanooga s Luke Plastaid, 6-2, 6-2. Had a win streak of seven matches from Sept. 23 to Oct. 13. Swept the Dick LaLance Showdown on Sept. 29-Oct. 1 with all three wins coming in straight sets W L1 2-8 Career W Career FR.-HS 6-1 CARLISLE, GREAT BRITAIN Clinched the 4-3 win over Rice on Feb. 28 and also clinched the doubles point with partner Tom Moonen. Earned a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 4 against Wisconsin on Feb. 25 to help the Blue Raiders knock off the Badgers, 4-3. Notched a national ranking of No. 48 in doubles with partner Tom Moonen on Feb. 7 with a record of 8-1. Won a pair of doubles matches with Tom Moonen at No. 1 on Jan. 28 and was 1-1 in singles on the day. Extended his singles win streak to five matches after wins over UAB and Alabama State on Jan. 21. Paired with Tom Moonen for a win over the No. 36-ranked doubles team on Jan. 19 at Vanderbilt W2 7-3 Career W Career

8 SR.-3L 5-11 PARAMARIBO, SURINAME Earned a win in straight sets over Rice on Feb. 28 to help the Blue Raiders knock off the Owls, 4-3. Won over Wisconsin, 6-1, 6-3, on Feb. 25 to help the Blue Raiders knock off the Badgers, 4-3. Moved to 11-0 in dual match singles with a match-clinching win at No. 5 over Wichita State on Feb. 17. Took a win over Indiana on Feb. 9 to improve his win streak to 10 matches. Won twice in singles on Jan. 28 against UTSA and TSU and added a doubles win in his first doubles action of the year. Improved his singles win streak to five matches with wins over UAB and Alabama State on Jan W L L W4 5-2 Career W Career SO.-1L 6-2 ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS Won at No. 2 on Feb. 25 over Wisconsin in three sets to complete the Blue Raider comeback over the Badgers. Earned a three-set win at the top singles spot on Feb. 17 at Wichita State and added a doubles win with Edge. Notched a national ranking of No. 48 in doubles with partner Chris Edge on Feb. 7 with a record of 8-1. Won two doubles matches with Chris Edge and a singles match at No. 1 against UTSA on Jan. 28. Paired with Chris Edge against Vanderbilt on Jan. 19 for a 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles against the No. 36-ranked pair. Named Conference USA Player of the Week on Jan. 17 following two singles and doubles wins to open the year L W2 5-3 Career L Career

9 JR.-2L 6-2 PERTH, AUSTRALIA Paired with Miguel Negre Fernandez to clinch the doubles point over Wichita State on Feb. 17 and won in singles. Won at No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles against Indiana on Feb. 9. Only gave up five games in four singles sets in wins over George Washington (Feb. 2) and St. John s (Feb. 3). Boasted singles wins over UTSA and TSU on Jan. 28, with wins coming at No. 2 and 1, respectively. Paired with Miguel Negre Fernandez at No. 2 doubles at Vanderbilt to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 win. Took down Austin Peay s Almantas Ozelis, 6-4, 6-4, at the top spot in the lineup on Jan L W L1 4-4 Career L Career JR.-2L 5-11 SANTIAGO, SPAIN Was first off the courts against Rice on Feb. 28, winning by a score of 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 to help MT win, 4-3. Helped the Blue Raiders come from behind to beat Wisconsin on Feb. 25 with a 6-4, 6-0 win at No. 6. Took a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6 over Wichita State on Feb. 17. Won over TSU s Kato Richardson at No. 6, 6-0, 6-1, in his first dual match of the 2018 season. Closed out the fall with wins in a third set match-tiebreak over opponents from IUPUI and Tennessee Tech in the consolation bracket of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional in Knoxville W L L2 3-5 Career W Career

10 JR.-2L 6-1 PALMA de MALLORCA, SPAIN Split singles action on Jan. 28, falling to UTSA but rebounding for a win at No. 2 over TSU. Won over C-USA s UAB at the No. 3 spot, 6-4, 6-0, on Jan. 21 at the. Paired with Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore at No. 2 doubles at Vanderbilt to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 win. Opened the spring season with a singles victory over Austin Peay in straight sets at the No. 2 spot on Jan. 15. Partnered with Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore for a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles over Chattanooga on Jan. 15. Named Conference USA Men s Tennis Player of the Month in November L L W L4 5-5 Career L Career SR.-TR 5-11 Trier, Germany Returned from an injury to pair with Gian Issa on Feb. 9 for a win at No. 3 doubles over Indiana, 6-3. Began his first and only fall as a Blue Raider with a season-best four-match win streak, with three victories coming in straight sets at the Penn Invitational over Princeton, Penn and No. 23 Columbia. Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Louisville Invitational with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Butler s Mason Dragos. Won in the Round of 128 at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional over Xavier s Jan Vrba, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Transferred from Armstrong State with a career singles record of and a doubles mark of in 3 years L4 5-5 Career L Career

11 JR.-2L 6-1 DACULA, GA. Opened the fall season with a sweep of the Penn Invitational. Straight set wins at the Penn Invitational came against opponents from Penn (twice) and No. 23 Columbia. Won over Lipscomb s David Skrabut at the Dale Short Shootout by a score of 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, his only match of the fall season that advanced past the second set. Took a victory over Austin Peay s Jacob Lorino at the Dale Short Shootout, 6-4, 7-5. An injury sustained against TSU at the Dick LaLance Showdown sidelined Pugh for the remainder of the fall L W W1 3-7 Career L Career FR. 6-0 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY Helped the Blue Raiders defeat Rice on Feb. 28 with a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles with Nicolas Buitrago Machado. Took two singles wins and a doubles win on a two-match road trip to George Washington and St. John s. Won two matches on Jan. 21 at the No. 6 spot in the lineup vs. UAB and Alabama State. Opened the spring on Jan. 15 with straight set wins at No. 6 against Austin Peay and Chattanooga. Earned a Round of 128 win at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional over Tate Allwardt of Vanderbilt in three sets, and followed that up by claiming the first set over No. 77 Trey Yates of Kentucky in the Round of L W4 6-4 Career L Career

12 Middle Tennessee 7 Austin Peay Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Almantas Ozelis (APSU) 6-4, Miguel Negre F. (MT) def. Christian Edison (APSU) 6-2, Tom Moonen (MT) def. Timo Kiesslich (APSU) 6-1, Chris Edge (MT) def. Aleh Drobysh (APSU) 6-1, Gian Issa (MT) def. Chad Woodham (APSU) 6-0, Max Rauch (MT) def. Jacob Lorino (APSU) 6-2, Chris Edge/Tom Moonen (MT) def. Almantas Ozelis/Christian Edison (APSU) Gonzalo Morell R./Miguel Negre F. (MT) vs. Timo Kiesslich/Aleh Drobysh (APSU) 4-3, unfinished 3. Max Rauch/Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) def. Evan Bottorff/Chad Woodham (APSU) 6-2 Middle Tennessee 7 Chattanooga Tom Moonen (MT) def. Niklas Gerdes (UTC) 6-4, Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Simon Bustamante (UTC) 6-0, Chris Edge (MT) def. Pablo Llebeili (UTC) 6-2, Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) def. Luke Plaisted (UTC) 6-2, Gian Issa (MT) def. Jacob Marshall (UTC) 6-2, Max Rauch (MT) def. Cooper Long (UTC) 6-2, Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MT) def. Niklas Gerdes/Simon Bustamante (UTC) Gonzalo Morell R./Miguel Negre F. (MT) def. Jacob Marshall/Cooper Long (UTC) Max Rauch/Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) vs. Pablo Llebeili/Luke Plaisted (UTC) 6-5, unfinished Middle Tennessee 3 Vanderbilt Currey Tennis Center Nashville, Tenn. 1. #50 Daniel Valent (VANDY) def. Tom Moonen (MT) 6-0, Cameron Klinger (VANDY) def. Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) 6-0, Baker Newman (VANDY) def. Miguel Negre F. (MT) 6-2, Chris Edge (MT) def. Billy Rowe (VANDY) 7-5, Gian Issa (MT) def. Maxwell Freeman (VANDY) 6-4, 5-7, George Harwell (VANDY) def. Max Rauch (MT) 6-3, Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MT) def. #36 Lachlan McPhee/Billy Rowe (VANDY) Miguel Negre F./Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Cameron Klinger/ Maxwell Freeman (VANDY) Max Rauch/Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) vs. Daniel Valent/George Harwell (VANDY) 5-5, unfinished Middle Tennessee 5 UAB 2 1. Tim Dollman (UAB) def. Tom Moonen (MT) 6-2, 4-6, Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Kenton Parton (UAB) 6-2, Miguel Negre F. (MT) def. Stefan Gonzalez (UAB) 6-4, Chris Edge (MT) def. Anru Fourie (UAB) 6-1, Gian Issa (MT) def. Giovani Pasini (UAB) 6-4, Max Rauch (MT) def. Nikolai Manchev (UAB) 4-6, 6-1, Tim Dollman/Stefan Gonzalez (UAB) def. Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MT) Gonzalo Morell R./Miguel Negre F. (MT) vs. Henry Paiste/Nikolai Manchev (UAB) 5-3, unfinished 3. Kenton Parton/Anru Fourie (UAB) def. Max Rauch/Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) 6-4 Middle Tennessee 7 Alabama State Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Ion Efrim (ASU) 6-4, Tom Moonen (MT) def. Alexis Collard (ASU) 6-2, Chris Edge (MT) def. Tomas Fernandez (ASU) 6-1, Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) def. Carl-Louis Luckmann (ASU) 6-1, Gian Issa (MT) def. Alejo Calvis (ASU) 6-2, Max Rauch (MT) def. Andrej Trajkovski (ASU) 6-3, Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MT) def. Ion Efrim/Alexis Collard (ASU) Gonzalo Morell R./Miguel Negre F. (MT) vs. Andrej Trajkovski/Alejo Calvis (ASU) 4-1, unfinished 3. Max Rauch/Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) def. Tomas Fernandez/ Carl-Louis Luckmann (ASU) 6-1 Middle Tennessee 5 UTSA Tom Moonen (MT) def. Juri Reckow (UTSA) 6-3, Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Gabriel Bugiga (UTSA) 4-6, 6-1, Kai Breitbach (UTSA) def. Miguel Negre F. (MT) 3-6, 6-3, 2-1 (10-2) 4. Javier Gonzalez (UTSA) def. Chris Edge (MT) 6-3, Gian Issa (MT) def. Joao Ceolin (UTSA) 6-3, Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) def. Igor Cantanhede (UTSA) 6-4, Chris Edge/Tom Moonen (MT) def. Gabriel Bugiga/Juri Reckow (UTSA) Gonzalo Morell R./Miguel Negre F. (MT) vs. Kai Breitbach/Christian Carrillo (UTSA) 5-4, unfinished 3. Gian Issa/Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) def. Javier Gonzalez/Joao Ceolin (UTSA) 6-3

13 Middle Tennessee 7 TSU 0 1. Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Jackson Gwinn (TSU) 6-1, Miguel Negre F. (MT) def. Larry Sloan (TSU) 6-3, Chris Edge (MT) def. Shashank Nautiyal (TSU) 6-4, Gian Issa (MT) def. Stefan Koruga (TSU) 6-1, Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) def. Pavle Popovic (TSU) 6-4, Luis Morillo Diaz (MT) def. Kato Richardson (TSU) 6-0, Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MT) def. Shashank Nautiyal/Stefan Koruga (TSU) Miguel Negre F./Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Kato Richardson/ Larry Sloan (TSU) Nicolas Buitrago M./Gian Issa (MT) vs. Jackson Gwinn/Pavle Popovic (TSU) 4-2, unfinished Middle Tennessee 7 George Washington 0 1. Tom Moonen (MT) def. Chris Fletcher (GW) 6-7, 7-6, Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Chris Reynolds (GW) 6-1, Miguel Negre F. (MT) def. C. Hadjigeorgiou (GW) 6-3, Chris Edge (MT) def. Dennis Afanasev (GW) 6-4, Gian Issa (MT) def. Jakub Behun (GW) 6-3, Max Rauch (MT) def. Amlan Sahoo (GW) 6-1, Trump Nat l Golf Course Washington, DC 1. Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MT) def. Chris Reynolds/Jakub Behun (GW) Chris Fletcher/C. Hadjigeorgiou (GW) vs. Gonzalo Morell R./Miguel Negre F. (MT) unfinished 3. Max Rauch/Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) def. Dennis Afanasev/Amlan Sahoo (GW) 6-1 Middle Tennessee 5 St. John s National Tennis Center Queens, N.Y. 1. Luka Sucevic (SJU) def. Tom Moonen (MT) 6-3, 1-6, Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Andrei Crapcenco (SJU) 6-1, Alan Nunez Aguilera (SJU) def. Miguel Negre F. (MT) 7-6, 2-1, retired 4. Chris Edge (MT) def. Dusan Vukicevic (SJU) 6-4, Gian Issa (MT) def. Igor Maslov (SJU) 6-4, Max Rauch (MT) def. Ognjen Trejgut (SJU) 6-3, Chris Edge/Tom Moonen (MT) def. Luka Sucevic/Andrei Crapcenco (SJU) Miguel Negre F./Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Alan Nunez Aguilera/ Dusan Vukicevic (SJU) Ognjen Trejgut/Alex Roszkowski (SJU) vs. Max Rauch/Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) 5-3, unfinished Middle Tennessee 3 Indiana Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Raheel Manji (IND) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4) 2. Antonio Cembellin (IND) def. Tom Moonen (MT) 7-5, Keivon Tabrizi (IND) def. Miguel Negre F. (MT) 6-3, Bennett Crane (IND) def. Chris Edge (MT) 6-4, 5-7, Gian Issa (MT) def. Afonso Salgado (IND) 6-2, Zac Brodney (IND) def. Max Rauch (MT) 6-4, Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MT) vs. Raheel Manji/Keivon Tabrizi (IND) 4-3, unfinished 2. Gonzalo Morell R./Miguel Negre F. (MT) def. Afonso Salgado/Antonio Cembellin (IND) Jan Porteset/Gian Issa (MT) def. Bennett Crane/Payam Ahmadi (IND) 6-3 Middle Tennessee 5 Wichita State Genesis Health Club Wichita, Kan. 1. Tom Moonen (MT) def. Haru Inoue (WSU) 7-6, 4-6, Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) def. Marius Frosa (WSU) 6-2, Murkel Dellien (WSU) def. Miguel Negre F. (MT) 2-6, 6-3, Miroslav Herzan (WSU) def. Chris Edge (MT) 6-2, Gian Issa (MT) def. Eddie Stoica (WSU) 7-6, Luis Morillo Diaz (MT) def. Andrea Trapani (WSU) 6-2, Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MT) def. Murkel Dellien/Marius Frosa (WSU) Gonzalo Morell R./Miguel Negre F. (MT) def. Eddie Stoica/Haru Inoue (WSU) Andrea Caligiana/Miroslav Herzan (WSU) def. Jan Porteset/Gian Issa (MT) 6-0 Middle Tennessee 4 Wisconsin Josef Dodridge (WIS) def. Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) 7-6 (7-5), Tom Moonen (MT) def. Chema Carranza (WIS) 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, Daniel Soyfer (WIS) def. Miguel Negre F. (MT) 6-4, Chris Edge (MT) def. Osgar O Hoisin (WIS) 6-3, Gian Issa (MT) def. Chase Colton (WIS) 6-1, Luis Morillo Diaz (MT) def. Jesper Freimuth (WIS) 6-4, Josef Dodridge/Osgar O Hoisin (WIS) def. Chris Edge/Tom Moonen (MT) Miguel Negre F./Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) vs. Daniel Soyfer/Chase Colton (WIS) 4-4, unfinished 3. Chema Carranza/Jesper Freimuth (WIS) def. Jan Porteset/Gian Issa (MT) 6-2

14 Middle Tennessee 4 Rice Brown Tennis Center Houston, Texas 1. Eric Rutledge (RICE) def. Tom Moonen (MT) 6-0, Sumit Sarkar (RICE) def. Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) 6-2, Chris Edge (MT) def. Jacob Eskeland (RICE) 6-1, 3-6, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (RICE) def. Miguel Negre F. (MT) 6-2, 2-6, Gian Issa (MT) def. Conrad Russell (RICE) 6-2, Luis Morillo Diaz (MT) def. Jared Aiman (RICE) 6-0, Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MT) def. Eric Rutledge/Jacob Eskeland (RICE) 7-6 (7-3) 2. Sumit Sarkar/Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (RICE) def. Miguel Negre F./ Gonzalo Morell R. (MT) Max Rauch/Nicolas Buitrago M. (MT) def. Conrad Russell/Jared Aiman (RICE) 6-2

15 GUIDE TO COLLEGE TENNIS The Fall September through November Individual play only in flighted tournaments usually consisting of one to four divisions Flight placement is based on talent level as well as talent level of the competition Singles and doubles records count towards an individual s overall career records, as well as a player s national ranking for the remainder of the academic season The Spring Dual matches played in the spring Matches played indoors in January and February Matches played outdoors starting in March, weather permitting The Conference USA Championship determines the conference champion and an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament Points First player to four points wins the game Love is the score of zero in a game 15 is equivalent to one point, 30 to two and 40 to three No-ad scoring in college tennis (when a game goes to deuce [40-40 or three points-all], the returner chooses which side of the court to return from and whoever wins that sudden death point wins the game Games The first doubles team or singles player to six games wins the set (must win by two) If the set score reaches six games-all, a tiebreaker is played to determine the set winner In the tiebreaker, players receive one point for each point won. The winner is the first to seven points (must win by two) Sets In doubles, only one set per match is played In singles, the winner has to win two out of three sets Sometimes in singles if two opponents split the first and second set, a 10-point tiebreaker is played to determine the winner (players receive one point for each point won; first to 10 points, win by two) Dual Match Rules Lineup consists of three doubles positions and six singles positions Typically, the No. 1 position is considered to be the best singles player or doubles pair on the team, and so on down the lineup Seven team points awarded in a match: one in doubles and six in singles No-ad scoring in both singles and doubles (when a game goes to deuce, the next point wins); tiebreak at 6-all Doubles played first (first team to six games win by two) The team that wins two out of three doubles matches wins the first point in the match Singles played after a 10 minute intermission (two out of three sets) The winner in each singles match earns a point towards the final team score A team clinches the victory with four points Clinch/Clinch: When the doubles point is clinched, the remaining doubles match will be stopped. When a team clinches the victory (has four points), the remaining matches will be stopped. Coaches can meet prior to the match and agree to play out the remaining matches after a team has already clinched the victory. GoBlueRaiders.com Twitter Instagram - mtathletics Facebook - Blue Raider Athletics