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Men’s tennis drops pair of Florida matches

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University men’s tennis team traveled to Florida this weekend to play the University of Miami and FSU. Troy fell in another tight match against the Hurricanes, losing 4-3 on Saturday, Jan. 30, but the Sunday match with the Seminoles was not as close. The Trojans lost 4-1. Senior Daniel Bustamante had a great match against the No. 23 player in the country, beating sophomore Piotr Lomacki 6-4, 6-2. Junior Francisco Yim Kim’s match was a different outcome, though, as he lost easily to No.…

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Women’s tennis splits opening two matches

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer Last year, the Troy University women’s tennis team faced Stetson and UCF to start its season, losing both matches. This year, the Lady Trojans split their matches against the same teams, but in reverse order. On Saturday, Jan. 23, the women’s tennis team hoped to start its season with a victory, but it lost 1-6 to UCF. Sophomore Nancy Karaky won Troy’s only singles match against freshman Natalia Serrano, 6-4, 6-2. Sophomore Jiayuan Xue lost line one singles to senior Caroline Eberhart 6-2, 6-4. Freshman Hannah…

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Troy tennis drops first two matches

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Thomas Gleaton Chief Copy Editor Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University men’s tennis team notched its first win of the season, defeating UTSA, but it dropped its following meet to No. 2 Oklahoma. In its match against UTSA on Saturday, Jan. 23, the team only needed six of its nine matches to beat the Roadrunners 4-0. Senior Giovani Samaha won his line three singles match 6-3, 6-3 against sophomore Christian Carrillo, and Junior Pablo Moreno took care of his match, downing sophomore Mark Ginting 6-1, 6-0. Sophomore Andre Baldo…

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Troy men’s tennis off to slow start

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Thomas Gleaton Chief Copy Editor Ty Ammons Staff Writer Troy’s men’s tennis team dropped its first three regular season meets, losing 1-4 to Louisville and falling 1-6 to both Florida and Ole Miss. Troy (0-3) dropped all but one of its matches against No. 36 Louisville on Friday, Jan. 15, as well as No. 24 Florida (1-0) on Sunday, Jan. 17. Competition was stiff over the weekend, as the Trojans faced three top 40 teams in a five-day span. In their opening match against the Cardinals, the Trojans struggled to…

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Baseball and softball programs add coaches

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer The Troy University baseball and softball teams have hired additional assistant coaches this year, Blake Beck and Jaycee Affeldt, respectively. The baseball team hired Beck, a native of Hamilton, who served two years as Troy’s video coordinator and two years as Mississippi State’s video coordinator, a position he left last year. Beck moves into the position of volunteer assistant coach following Logan Pierce’s departure to the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Beck is one of four coaches on Troy’s staff, working alongside assistant coaches Brad Phillips and Shane…

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