North Carolina State University Athletics
Men's Tennis Begins Fall Season at UNCW, Penn State
9/11/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH, N.C. - The NC State men’s tennis team begins its fall season by competing in two tournaments this weekend. Redshirt freshman Eric Turner and freshman newcomer Akash Gujarati will head to Wilmington, N.C. on Friday, Sept. 12 for the UNC Wilmington Invite. Seniors Derek Stephens, Jay Weinacker, and Christian Welte, junior Frideric Prandecki, sophomores David Chermak and Rob Lowe, redshirt freshman Julian Sullivan, and freshman Jaime Pulgar will all travel to State College, Pa. for the Penn State Fall Classic beginning on Friday. Both tournaments will last through Sunday, Sept. 14.
Last season, Turner went 5-8 in singles and 3-5 in doubles in the fall, before he received a medical redshirt in the beginning of the spring season. Weinacker had a solid fall performance his junior year with a 4-3 singles and 8-2 doubles record. His current overall records for the fall season are 14-9 in singles and 15-5 in doubles.
Welte’s fall overall record in singles is 18-13 after he went 6-8 in his junior season, and is 12-12 in doubles after going 6-7 last year. Prandecki competed in his first fall tournaments last season, going 2-4 in singles and 3-2 in doubles competition.
Lowe went 3-4 in singles and 3-2 in doubles in the fall in his freshman year. Chermak and Sullivan did not compete in the 2007 fall season.
Gujarati and Pulgar are two of the four newcomers to the Pack squad. Gujarati, a freshman from Pune, India, joined NC State after being ranked fifth in singles by the All India Tennis Associations Under-18 in 2007. Pulgar, who is from Madrid, Spain, will go into fall play after a successful prep career in which he was ranked 83rd nationally in Spain in the senior division singles competition.
Last season, Turner went 5-8 in singles and 3-5 in doubles in the fall, before he received a medical redshirt in the beginning of the spring season. Weinacker had a solid fall performance his junior year with a 4-3 singles and 8-2 doubles record. His current overall records for the fall season are 14-9 in singles and 15-5 in doubles.
Welte’s fall overall record in singles is 18-13 after he went 6-8 in his junior season, and is 12-12 in doubles after going 6-7 last year. Prandecki competed in his first fall tournaments last season, going 2-4 in singles and 3-2 in doubles competition.
Lowe went 3-4 in singles and 3-2 in doubles in the fall in his freshman year. Chermak and Sullivan did not compete in the 2007 fall season.
Gujarati and Pulgar are two of the four newcomers to the Pack squad. Gujarati, a freshman from Pune, India, joined NC State after being ranked fifth in singles by the All India Tennis Associations Under-18 in 2007. Pulgar, who is from Madrid, Spain, will go into fall play after a successful prep career in which he was ranked 83rd nationally in Spain in the senior division singles competition.
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