BEAUMONT, Texas – Securing wins over Abilene Christian and Nicholls to close out the regular season, the University of the Incarnate Word men's tennis team earned a spot in the four-team Southland Conference Men's Tennis Tournament. The postseason is set to begin on Sunday, April 25, at the Beaumont Municipal Tennis Center as the Cardinals take on top-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 10 a.m.
Lamar and New Orleans square off in the bottom half of the bracket for a trip to the Championship final on Monday, April 26, at 10 a.m.
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The Cardinals are back in the Southland Conference postseason for the third year in a row and are looking to take down the defending champion, Islanders who bounced the Cardinals from the 2019 championships.
"It has been a roller coaster of a season, with several unexpected changes in our lineup due to quarantines and other various reasons. Despite everything, the guys have rallied tremendously, showing true grit and battling until the end," UIW coach
Jonas Andersson said. "We also have some freshmen players that stepped up and got some huge wins against ACU and Nicholls that helped us qualify for our third conference tournament in a row. I'm really proud of this young team and how far we've come this year."
UIW went 5-8 overall and 2-3 in Southland Conference play this season. The Cardinals look to maintain momentum into the conference championships after a 5-2 win over the Colonels to finish the regular season last Sunday and avenge a 6-1 loss they suffered to the Islanders last Wednesday.
Leading the charge for UIW is senior
Warren Fulgenzi Jr. who is riding a three-match individual win streak and a two-match doubles win streak with
Joao Sasso. Fulgenzi Jr. is 7-4 overall this season as
Dennis Boisseau,
Marko Galic and Sasso all have four individual wins this year. Fulgenzi Jr. and Sasso also hold a 7-4 overall mark at the No. 2 doubles position.
The Boisseau and
Marwin Kralemann tandem have gone 2-3 at the No. 1 doubles slot and look to gain momentum after a win at Nicholls.
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