Fresno State Athletics
`Dogs Open Fall at UCSB Classic
10/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
By Josh Mitchell
jomitchell@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State men's tennis team will open up its fall season on Friday at the Fourth Annual UCSB Classic, a three-day tournament. The Bulldogs will have four competitors in the field; junior Euan McIntosh, freshman Jeremy Moser, senior Nikolas Papic and junior Alexandros Georgios Vakouftsis.
The tournament will see players from Pac-12 schools in UCLA, Stanford and Cal, as well as others from UC Davis and Loyola Marymount.
Papic and McIntosh will complete in the singles A Flight. In his first round match, Papic will face Oregon's Daan Maasland while McIntosh will meet James Wade of UC Davis.
In the singles C Flight, Moser will face Anders Holm of UCSB in his first collegiate match and Vakouftsis will play Adam Levie of UC Davis.
Moser will join McIntosh in the doubles A Flight as the two are paired against Oregon's team of Massland and Simone Stevens. In Flight C, Papic and Vakouftsis drew Loyola Marymount's Jamie Thorp and Alex Bourgeois in their first doubles match.
Doubles matches will begin at 1 p.m., PT on Friday with singles matches to follow.
Bringing Back Experience
Fresno State returns two of its top performers from the 2014-15 season in senior Nikolas Papic and junior Euan McIntosh. Papic finished the spring with an 11-7 record, playing at all six positions. He also posted a 14-7 record in doubles play. McIntosh was 12-7 in the spring, playing No. 1-5 five spots. He was 11-8 in doubles.
New Leadership
With the departure of former head coach Evan Austin, three-time ITA All-American Luke Shields was hired in October to guide the Bulldog program. Shields came to Fresno State with seven years of experience with stops at Marshall, Washington and his alma mater, Boise State. He spent the last two seasons as an Associate Head Coach with the Broncos.
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