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Men's Tennis By Jake Dorow

MTN: Wilton To Be Honored On Senior Day

Jorge Wilton will be honored Saturday for his excellent career.

Match 18: Kennesaw State vs. Lipscomb
Date: Saturday, April 16; 4 p.m.
Location Betty L. Siegel Student Recreation & Activities Center |  Kennesaw, Ga.
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The Kennesaw State men's tennis squad will wrap-up its regular season on Saturday, hosting A-Sun opponent Lipscomb to campus. Jorge Wilton will be honored on senior day for his excellent career at Kennesaw State on its home courts Saturday afternoon.
 
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Record
Career Singles Record: 12-17
Career Doubles Record: 29-14

Honors
2013 ITA Scholar Athlete
2014 ITA Scholar Athlete
2014 A-Sun Academic All-Conference Team Member
2015 A-Sun All-Conference Doubles Team (No. 2)
 
2014-15: Valuable Member of the first KSU men's tennis team to make it to the A-Sun Conference Tournament...Went 6-7 on the dual-match season in singles at the No. 6 position... Finished the season 3-0 in singles with wins over Northern Kentucky, Lipscomb and USC Upstate... Teamed With Simon Pritchard at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles positions to record a 9-3 mark on the season, including a win over No. 73 Georgia Tech at the No. 2 spot.

2013-14: Was 10-14 on the season, going 6-10 in dual match action and 4-4 in tournament play... Competed at both the No. 2 and No. 3 singles positions, earning three wins at each spot... Earned one Atlantic Sun Conference match at Lipscomb (3/15)... Grabbed an impressive 13 wins in doubles play, three of those coming in A-Sun action...

2012-13: Participated in several fall tournaments, including the 45th Annual Southern Intercollegiates, the UTC/Steve Baras Fall Classic, the Georgia Southern Championships and the Wake Forest Spring Invite...  Did not see action during the spring dual match season...
 
The Last Time Out
The Kennesaw State men's tennis team dropped Sunday's Atlantic Sun Conference dual match to host USC Upstate at the USC Upstate Tennis Complex, 5-2.

The Owls (9-8, 1-4) got a solid overall performance from Manuel Castellanos, who won his doubles match with teammate Simon Pritchard, 6-1, before taking his singles match in three sets (6-2, 4-6, 6-4) and recorded a perfect day.

Sam Slade also came out victorious in singles play for Kennesaw State, taking a hard-fought three-set match (3-6, 6-3, 10-7) over Rajanvir Dharni of USC Upstate to help the Owls earn their second point of the day.

Next Up
The Owls will enter the 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament on April 22 in Spartanburg, S.C.

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Players Mentioned

Manuel Castellanos

Manuel Castellanos

6' 4"
Sophomore
Simon Pritchard

Simon Pritchard

6' 1"
Junior
Jorge Wilton

Jorge Wilton

6' 0"
Senior
Sam  Slade

Sam Slade

6' 2"
Freshman
Alpharetta, Ga.

Players Mentioned

Manuel Castellanos

Manuel Castellanos

6' 4"
Sophomore
Simon Pritchard

Simon Pritchard

6' 1"
Junior
Jorge Wilton

Jorge Wilton

6' 0"
Senior
Sam  Slade

Sam Slade

6' 2"
Freshman
Alpharetta, Ga.