Photo Credit | Kourtney Kawata (From TeamAU, thank you Kourtney!)


HILTON HEAD, SC. --- Asbury tennis kicked off their spring break competition in Hilton Head, S.C., with matches on Tuesday. The men's team swept Indiana University East 9-0 to start their week while the AU women fell 4-5 to Edgewood College. 

Men's Tennis
The Asbury men's tennis team (5-1) continued their strong 2022-2023 season with a clean sweep to start the week of spring break. AU defeaterd IU East 9-0 in their first meeting since the River States Conference Championship in 2021 when AU defeated the Red Wolves in a 4-3 thriller. 

Asbury took all three doubles matches and were led by No. 3 group Franco Patino and Ignacio Ardiles taking a convincing 8-1 win over IU East. 

In a dominant overall match for AU it was again the freshman Igancio Ardiles from Buenos Aires, Argentina, sweeping his entire No. 6 sinlges match over IU East, 6-0, 6-0. Freshman Yousef Ismail was right behiind with a strong 6-0, 6-1 singles win in the No. 5 match. 

AU moves to 5-1 on the spring season and 1-0 in their spring break week. 

Women's Tennis
Asbury women's tennis (1-2) competed in their first match since February 21 and battled a first time opponent in Edgewood College (10-4). The teams battled back and forth throughout the match before Asbury fell for a tough lost to Edgwood, 4-5. 

Asbury No. 1 doubles group Ariadna Zegarra and Megan Moore jumped right in for the Eagles with an 8-5 win. Edgewood responded with a key No. 2 doubles 8-6 win over Asbury's Kourtney Kawata and Fernanda Heredia. Edgewood took the No. 3 doubles match as well to grab the doubles point. 

In singles it was Zegarra falling in a tight tiebreak to Edgewood in the No. 1 match. Asbury's Megan Moore took a strong win in the No. 2 match, 6-4, 6-2. Mikada West and Fernanda Heredia also took wins for AU, both in tiebreaks. 

The match came down to the No. 6 singles match with Edgewood's Christina Ekkela was able to win in a tiebreak over Olivia Rogowski. 

The Asbury women move to 1-2 on the season and will look to respond Wednesday in their match with Concordia University (Wis.).

Men's Doubles 

Ingles/Caceres (AU) def Francisco/Sebastian (IU East), 8-4

Ismail/Lewis (AU) def Matthew/Kyle(IU East), 8-2

Franco/Patino (AU) def Clay/Leonardo (IU East, 8-1

Men's Singles

Gregorio Ingles (AU) def Francisco F. (Hanover), 6-2, 6-2

Joseph Lewis (AU) def Sebastian T. (Hanover), 6-2, 6-3

Alejandro Caceres (AU) def Matthew N. (Hanover), 6-1, 6-3

Franco Patino (AU) def Kyle H. (Hanover),  6-2, 6-3

Yousef Ismail (AU) def Clay C. (Hanover), 6-0, 6-1

Ignacio Ardiles (AU) def Leonardo C. (Hanover),  6-0, 6-0

Women's Doubles

Moore/Zegarra (AU) def Fuchs/Commaghty (Edgewood), 8-5

Lindwall/Coophans (Edgewood) def Kawata/Heredia (AU) , 8-6

Murphy/Taylor (Edgewood) def Rogowski/West (AU) 8-1


Women's Singles

Cecile Fuchs (Edgewood) def Ariadna Zegarra (AU) 3-6, 7-5 (4-0)

Megan Moore (AU) def Jewel Lindwall (Edgewood), 6-4, 6-2

I. Roberts (Hanover) def Mikaela West (AU) def Evelyn Taylor (Edgewood) 3-6, 6-4 (9-1)

Ellie Murphy (Edgewood) def Kourtney Kawata (AU), 6-3, 6-2

Fernanda Heredia (AU) def Maddy Coopmans (Edgewood), 3-6, 7-5, (6-1)

Christiana Ekkela (Edgewood) def O. Rogowski (AU),6-3, 2-6, (6-1)

Men's Doubles
D3 Franco Patino and Ignacio Ardilles; 8-1

Men's Singles
S6 Ignacio Ardiles; 6-0, 6-0 

Women's Doubles
D1 Megan Moore and Ariadna Zegarra; 8-5

Women's Singles
S2 Megan Moore; 6-4, 6-2



AU men's tennis and women's tennis will meet Concordia University (Wis.) Wednesday, both playing at 12:30 pm. 


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