Covenant Men's and Women's Tennis Teams Earn Senior Day Wins

  • Monday, April 15, 2024

The Covenant College men's and women's tennis teams honored seniors on Monday with both teams taking wins. 

The men's tennis team cruised to a conference victory over Belhaven before dropping a neutral site match to No. 9 Sewanee.

Game 1 Final: Covenant 9, Belhaven 0 Ben Onufrock and Austin Dreslinski got the job done in the No. 1 slot with an 8-2 result over Abraham Gonzales and Justin Humphrey. Also earning an 8-2 win was Camden Lashley and Solomon Crouch over Jesus Diaz and Josiah Leggett in the No. 2 position.
Gill Dunn and Jeb Barnette narrowly defeated Mark Matviier and Mark Breedlove 8-6 in the final match to give Covenant the doubles sweep.

In singles, Onufrock picked up another win in the No. 1 position against Gonzales 6-1, 6-2.
Dreslinski earned two points on his Senior Day, defeating Humphrey 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 2 slot.
Caleb Domkowski picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win in the No. 3 slot over Matviier. In the No. 4 slot, Crouch secured another win on his Senior Day, defeating Diaz 6-1, 6-4. Another Senior earning two points was Dunn as he won 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 5 position against Breedlove. Graham Hayes secured a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Hayden Lassiter in the final singles match.

Game 2 Final: Covenant 2, No. 9 Sewanee 7 Dreslinski and Onufrock were upended by Jordan Theron and Quinn Wicklund 3-8 in the No. 1 position. In the No. 2 slot, Crouch and Lashley also were defeated 3-8 as they took on Gil Weston and Liam Baer. Sewanee earned the doubles sweep as Domkowski and Dunn suffered a 4-8 loss to Talman Ramsey and Jakobi Andre-Remi.

In singles, Onufrock earned a point for Covenant in the No. 1 position with a 7-6, 7-6 win over Wicklund. Dreslinski was defeated by Weston 0-6, 3-6 in the No. 2 slot.
Domkowski earned a victory in the No. 3 ranked match as his opponent retired. In the No. 4 slot, Dunn was defeated by Henry Hyden 6-7, 0-6. Hayes played in the No. 5 position and lost 3-6, 2-6 to Drew Rukavina. Gavin Patton lost the final match of the day, 0-6, 1-6 to George Thomas Alexander.

Covenant travels to Maryville on Saturday for its final match of the regular season.

 

The women's tennis team sent its two seniors out with a bang in their final home match, defeating Belhaven 9-0. 

Final: Covenant 9, Belhaven 0 Seniors Alexis Baker and Dani Rappuhn cruised to an 8-1 win over Lily Grace and Evey Moore in the No. 1 slot. Freshmen Zoe Giuntoli and Christina Englished teamed up for an 8-2 win over Kendra Williams and Lillian Williams in the No. 2 ranked match.  Macy Matson and Angel Traylor earned a point for Covenant by way of a forfeit. 

In singles, No. 1 position Addi Gunyon got the job done with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Grace.
Carr played a near perfect match in the No. 2 slot, defeating Moore 6-0, 6-0. 
Matson earned another point for Covenant with a 6-1, 6-0 win over K. Williams in the No. 3 ranked match.  Baker secured a two-point day on her Senior Day by defeating L. Williams 6-2, 6-0 in the No. 4 slot. Rappuhn also delivered two points on her Senior Day after taking down Goggans 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 5 ranked match.  Estee Verdery won the final match by way of a forfeit. 

Covenant ends the regular season at Maryville on Saturday. 

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