CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 20, 2024) – The top-seeded ETSU men's tennis team captured its 13
th Southern Conference Tournament Championship on Saturday afternoon with a 4-2 win over Samford. ETSU, now 13-9 on the season, won nine straight matches en route to capturing the SoCon's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
It looked like early on that Samford might get the early advantage on the Bucs as they won the first doubles match that completed. However, ETSU's teams of
Dimitri Badra/
Adam Nagoudi and
Pedro Cressoni/
Alberto Garcia both won their matches to clinch the first point of the contest for the Bucs.
The Bulldogs won a pair of points back in singles action. However, the Bucs got those points back and then some from
Lucas Britez,
Peter Kalocsai and
Dimitri Badra. Badra, who was named the Most Outstanding Player for the tournament after going a combined 5-0 (2-0 singles, 3-0 doubles), clinched the match for ETSU.
In addition to his singles win, Kalocsai won the Pinnacle Award as the student-athlete with the highest GPA on the championship-winning team.
Singles Competition
1.
Dimitri Badra (ETSU) def.
Maxwell Giddens (SAM) 6-0, 3-6, 6-0
2.
Sandeep Mohandoss (SAM) def.
Milledge Cossu (ETSU) 6-4, 6-3
3.
Peter Kalocsai (ETSU) def.
Darcy Nicholls (SAM) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
4. Maksim Bogdanovich (SAM) def.
Pedro Cressoni (ETSU) 6-3, 6-4
5.
Francisco Lamas (ETSU) vs.
J.B. Pickard (SAM) unfinished
6.
Lucas Britez (ETSU) def.
Santiago Arredondo (SAM) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles Competition
1.
Maxwell Giddens/
Sandeep Mohandoss (SAM) def.
Milledge Cossu/
Francisco Lamas (ETSU) 6-1
2.
Dimitri Badra/
Adam Nagoudi (ETSU) def.
Santiago Arredondo/
J.B. Pickard (SAM) 6-2
3.
Pedro Cressoni/
Alberto Garcia (ETSU) def.
Darcy Nicholls/Will Gray (SAM) 6-4
The Bucs will learn their postseason opponent on Monday, April 29, with an announcement on
NCAA.com at 6 p.m.
For more information on Buccaneer men's tennis, visit
ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's tennis tab.
