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Tournament: Southern Intercollegiate Championships
Location: Athens, Ga.
Key Players: Drew Wendel and David Durham
 
ATHENS, Ga – The Kennesaw State men's tennis team opened its fall campaign at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships in Athens, Georgia. The tournament, which is hosted by UGA, is one of the most recognized tournaments in the nation.
 
Led by Director of Tennis Eduardo Rincon, the Kennesaw State Owls finished the weekend with a 10-6 record in singles and compiled a 3-3 mark in doubles over some of the toughest opponents in the nation.
 
A pair of strong showing from David Durham and Drew Wendel highlighted a big opening weekend for the Owls.
 
Durham defeated Ruy Teixeira from Winthrop (6-4, 6-7, 2-0, ret) in the singles round of 32 and also teamed with Drew Wendel in doubles to defeat A-Sun foe Lipscomb, 8-7(5) in the round of 64.
 
Wendel also has a strong showing at the SIC Tournament, defeating Robert Dudley out of Clemson (3-6, 7-6, 6-2) in the round of 32 in singles competition. The junior out of Lawrenceville, Georgia also competed with Durham in doubles.
 
Simon Pritchard, a junior who hails from Newport, Georgia, also competed over the weekend for the Owls. Pritchard defeated Ramon van Flymen out of Eastern Kentucky (7-3, 6-3), while also competing in doubles action in the opening weekend of play.
 
Rincon also saw sophomores Manuel Castellanos and Alejandro Valencia win single matches over Davidon and Georgia Tech, respectively, in the round of 64. Castellanos defeated J.B. Gough in two sets (6-2, 6-2), while Valencia defeated Casey Kay in two sets (6-4, 7-5) to represent the Owls at the SIC.
 
The Owls return to action on Sept. 25-27 at the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, Ga. Kennesaw State will compete in tournament play.
 
 Quotables
"I'm proud of the team this weekend. They showed good pose and resiliency at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships." – Eduardo Rincon, Director of Tennis.
 
"We play in the fall to identify our strengths and weaknesses and I feel like the team is moving in the right direction. There are multiple areas we need to keep working on and need to improve but the team did well in the opening weekend of the fall." – Eduardo Rincon, Director of Tennis. 
 
Tournament Results

Division I Singles 
Round of 64
[9] Simon Pritchard (Kennesaw State) def. Ramon van Flymen (Eastern Kentucky), 7-5, 6-3
 
Round of 32
Cole Fiegel (Georgia Tech) def. [9] Simon Pritchard (Kennesaw State), 6-3, 7-5

Division II Singles
Round of 64

Manuel Castellanos (Kennesaw State) def. J.B. Gough (Davidson), 6-2, 6-2
Alejandro Valencia (Kennesaw State) def. Casey Kay (Georgia Tech), 6-4, 7-5


Round of 32
Shakeel Manji (Memphis) def. Manuel Castellanos (Kennesaw State), 6-3, 6-1
Alejandro Valencia (Kennesaw State) def. Egon Samaai (Liberty), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

Division III Singles
Round of 64
Sam Slade (Kennesaw State) def. Austin Robles (Arkansas), 6-3, 6-7, 6-4
Byes: Drew Wendel (Kennesaw State), David Durham (Kennesaw State)

Round of 32
Drew Wendel (Kennesaw State) def. Robert Dudley (Clemson), 3-6, 7-6, 6-2
Diego Castano (Liberty) def. Sam Slade (Kennesaw State), 6-4, 6-7, 6-2
David Durham (Kennesaw State) def. Ruy Teixeira (Winthrop), 6-4, 6-7, 2-0, ret.

Division I Doubles
Round of 64
David Durham/Drew Wendel (Kennesaw State) def. Rob Mitchell/John Tougher (Lipscomb), 8-7(5)

Division II Doubles
Mattia Campus/Taylor Powell (Georgia College) def. Simon Pritchard/Sam Slade (Kennesaw State), 8-7(7)
 
Sunday, Sept. 13
Memphis def. David Durham/Drew Wendel (Kennesaw State), 8-1
 
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