Troy University Athletics
Friday, February 24
Johnson City, Tenn.
2 p.m.
Troy University
at
East Tennessee State
Photo by: Joey Meredith
Menβs Tennis Takes Winning Streak on the Road
2/23/2023 2:59:00β―PM | Tennis (M)
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TROY, Ala. βΒ Winners of nine straight, the Troy men's tennis team opens a five-match road swing Friday at East Tennessee State; first serve is set for 2 p.m. from the Dave Mullins Tennis Complex.
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Troy (9-1) has not lost since its opening match at Miami and is off to its best start since the spring of 2021 when the Trojans opened that season 16-1 with winning streaks of six and 10 matches to open the year.
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Freshman Mario Martinez Serrano is 17-4 to open his collegiate career, including a 9-1 mark during the spring, playing all but one of his matches on court one. He has won nine straight singles matches and is one of three Trojans riding a winning streak of three or more.
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Francisco Erramuspe has provided the Trojans solid depth at the back of the lineup, where he is 5-0 on court six and has won six straight matches overall. Vito Llinares is another strong anchor for head coach Rolando Vargas' squad, winning his last three matches and posting a 6-1 record this spring.
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Carles Anton joins Martinez as a strong 1-2 punch at the top of the lineup as the Trojans are a combined 16-2 between the pair on courts one and two, while Noah Martens is 3-1 in limited action this spring. Two other freshmen have rotated in and out of Vargas' lineup, with Jules Fabre and Yeray Andres Pastor both logging matches on the middle courts.
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Troy has won 75.5 percent of its singles matches this spring (40-13) and 66.7 percent of its doubles matches (18-9). Vargas has tinkered with his doubles lineups but has found recent success with Llinarnes and Martnes (4-0) plus Anton and Fabre (3-1).
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ETSU (0-8) has gotten off to a slow start against a tough schedule that featured five teams from the SEC and ACC in addition to South Alabama, Air Force and Abilene Christian.
TROY, Ala. βΒ Winners of nine straight, the Troy men's tennis team opens a five-match road swing Friday at East Tennessee State; first serve is set for 2 p.m. from the Dave Mullins Tennis Complex.
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Troy (9-1) has not lost since its opening match at Miami and is off to its best start since the spring of 2021 when the Trojans opened that season 16-1 with winning streaks of six and 10 matches to open the year.
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Freshman Mario Martinez Serrano is 17-4 to open his collegiate career, including a 9-1 mark during the spring, playing all but one of his matches on court one. He has won nine straight singles matches and is one of three Trojans riding a winning streak of three or more.
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Francisco Erramuspe has provided the Trojans solid depth at the back of the lineup, where he is 5-0 on court six and has won six straight matches overall. Vito Llinares is another strong anchor for head coach Rolando Vargas' squad, winning his last three matches and posting a 6-1 record this spring.
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Carles Anton joins Martinez as a strong 1-2 punch at the top of the lineup as the Trojans are a combined 16-2 between the pair on courts one and two, while Noah Martens is 3-1 in limited action this spring. Two other freshmen have rotated in and out of Vargas' lineup, with Jules Fabre and Yeray Andres Pastor both logging matches on the middle courts.
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Troy has won 75.5 percent of its singles matches this spring (40-13) and 66.7 percent of its doubles matches (18-9). Vargas has tinkered with his doubles lineups but has found recent success with Llinarnes and Martnes (4-0) plus Anton and Fabre (3-1).
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ETSU (0-8) has gotten off to a slow start against a tough schedule that featured five teams from the SEC and ACC in addition to South Alabama, Air Force and Abilene Christian.
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