COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Action will start early Friday morning for the six Tennessee Tech tennis players competing this weekend at the 32nd UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic, hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Because of expected inclement weather, play will be scattered at several locations, with the main matches scheduled at the Champions Club in Chattanooga.
To get all of the matches played, the tournament will branch out to Baylor High School, McCallie High School, and the Hixson Racquet Club (address of each site is listed below).
Men's teams in the tourney include Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Murray State, Covenant College, Belmont, Lipscomb, Chattanooga, Tennessee State and Tennessee in addition to the Golden Eagles.
Competition begins at 7 a.m. CT each day and runs Friday through Sunday. Complete results will be available on GoMocs.com each day, and a story wrapping up the Golden Eagles outcomes will be posted Sunday on TTUsports.com.
In singles play, Tech has two entries in Flight 2, three in Flight 3 and one on Flight 4. Tech's doubles pairs are listed in Flights 1, 2 and 4.
In Flight 2, Stanislov Smirnov will open play at 7 a.m. against John Peacey of UTC, and Carlos Tejas will meet Will True of Murray State at 8:30 a.m. Both of those contests will be played at McCallie.
All three Tech matches in Flight 3 singles begin at 7 a.m. Alvaro Cintas (in photo) meets Austin Boaz of UTC at Baylor. Over at McCallie, Othon Lima will face Simday Bhat of Tennessee, and Artem Tarasov, seeded second in the flight, will meet Lipscomb's Thais Minet.
Redshirt freshman Yusuke Yodono will make his Golden Eagle debut with a 7 a.m. match at Baylor against third-seeded Carson Panovec of Jacksonville State.
Tarasov and Smirnov will team up for Tech in the Flight 1 Doubles draw, where they open against No. 2 seeded Peacey and Nic Wilson of UTC at 5:30 p.m. at the Racquet Club. Tejas and Lima meet the Tenessee State pair of Darryl Hale and Joseph Daniels in Flight 2 with a 4:30 p.m. match at the Racquet Club. In Flight 4, with a 3 p.m. start also at the Racquest Club, Cintas and Yodono meet Chris Cox and Michael O'Brien of Covenant College.
First Round Matches for Golden Eagle players:
Flight 2 Singles
Stanislov Smirnov vs. John Peacey, UTC, 7 a.m. McCallie
Carlos Tejas vs. Will True, MSU, 8:30 a.m. McCallie
Flight 3 Singles
Alvaro Cintas vs. Austin Boaz, UTC, 7 a.m. Baylor
Othon Lima vs. Simday Bhat, Tennessee, 7 a.m. McCallie
#2 seed Artem Tarasov vs. Thais Minet, Lipscomb, 7 a.m. MCallie
Flight 4 Singles
Yusuke Yodono vs. #3 seed Carson Panovec, JSU, 7 a.m. Baylor
Flight 1 Doubles
Tarasov/Smirnov vs. #2 seed Peacey/Nic Wilson, UTC, 5:30 p.m. Racquet Club
Flight 2 Doubles
Tejas/Lima vs. Darryl Hale/Joesph Daniels, TSU, 4:30 p.m. Racquet Club
Flight 4 Doubles
Cintas/Yodono vs. Chris Cox/Michael O'Brien, CC, 3 p.m. Racquet Club
McCallie High School
500 Dodds Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37404
Hixson Racquet Club
4817 Adams Rd, Hixson, TN 37343
Phone:(423) 842-9622
UTC Indoors
501 Houston Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403
Baylor High School
171 Baylor School Rd Chattanooga, TN 37405
Directions to Champions Club:
Address: 3400 Lupton Dr.
Phone: (423) 870-3112
- From Hixson Pike go east on Lupton Dr. ½ mile
- Pass Chattanooga Fire Dept Station 16 on left
- Chattanooga Fire Dept #16, 3423 Lupton Drive, (423) 643-5600
- Right on Dixie Drive (Rivermont sign)
- Keep left, Follow signs to Champions Club tennis courts