

It was a dinner cruise with wonderful food, a beautiful cake and lots of laughs. Gabriele Datei (Georgia State) def.My 50 th birthday party was the best I’ve ever had! Nick invited about 150 of our dearest friends to a huge celebration he’d planned for a year. Miguel Perez Pena/ Thomas Paulsell (UGA), 8-4ġ. Nevin Arimilli (Texas)/ Gabriele Datei (Georgia State) def. #36 Peter Makk /Lodewijk Westrate (USC), 8-2ģ. Blake Croyder/ Britton Johnston (UGA) def. #2 Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye (USC) def. (This is a singles and doubles tournament with no team score)ġ. Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Bulldogs on or by following the team on Twitter and Instagram Southern Intercollegiate Championships Up next for the Bulldogs are the ITA All-America Championships and the ITA Regional in October. "College tennis is definitely something you have to get used to and I feel like I acclimated pretty well." And getting to play in front of the crowd finally after seeing it (last spring) was nice. "Just getting to feed off Blake next to me (on court 2) these last two matches, it's so much fun. "Just how much fun college tennis is," he said. After needing three sets to knock off Dostanic the first two times, Quinn said "to beat him in two was pretty nice."Īnd Quinn's main takeaway from the weekend? After dropping the first set, Giusca was down a break late in the second before rallying to win 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2.įor Quinn, it was his third time playing Dostanic - and his third win over the senior and 2022 All-American and Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year.


93, closed out the Southern Intercollegiate for the Bulldogs with a three-set, come-from-behind win over Southern Cal's 41st-ranked Peter Makk. And fifth-year transfer Teodor Giusca, ranked No. 44-ranked Bradley Frye in three sets, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. 73 Trent Bryde, also earned a tough singles win, besting USC's No. And now we're playing together as fifth-year seniors and it's pretty sweet."Īnother fifth-year senior, No. "We were like, no, we're never playing again. "I think it was (the Southern Intercollegiate) in 2018, and we lost first round," Croyder said. And I'm just trying to have fun at the same time, always with a smile on my face," Croyder said.Ĭroyder and Johnston didn't have too much experience playing together before this weekend. I mean, this is my last go-round, so I'm just leaving everything I have out there. 117, won five of his six matches over the weekend. Between singles and doubles, Croyder, ranked No. 36-ranked team of Peter Makk and Lodewijk Westrate of USC, and were named the doubles champions.Ī fifth-year senior, Croyder also picked up a strong singles win Sunday, beating USC's No. Georgia's doubles team of Blake Croyder and Britton Johnston went 3-0 this weekend, including Sunday's 8-2 win over the No. 21 Jeffrey Von Der Schulenberg of Virginia on Saturday, and was named the singles champion in his first event playing for the Bulldogs. Quinn, a redshirt freshman, won all three of his singles matches over the three-day competition, including a three-set win over No.

The day's action included four singles wins over ranked Southern California opponents, highlighted by a 6-2, 6-3 victory by Ethan Quinn over Stefan Dostanic, the ITA preseason No. The Georgia men's tennis team wrapped up a busy and productive 55th Southern Intercollegiate Championships on Sunday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
