ECU Ends Season With Quarterfinal Loss To Tulane

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RECAP
DALLAS – ECU's record-setting 2018 season came to an end Friday afternoon as the seventh-seeded Pirates lost to No. 2 seed Tulane in the quarterfinals of The American Men's Tennis Championship, 4-1.
The Pirates finished the year with a program-record 22 victories against just five losses.

RECORDS
TULANE (16-6); ECU (22-5)

NEWS & NOTES

Senior Kasey Countee earned the Pirates' lone singles victory of the match with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Luis Erlenbusch at the No. 4 position.
The doubles team tandem of Wisse Jonker and Javier Renones recorded their 17^th win as a duo with a 7-5 victory from the No. 3 position over Erlenbusch and Tim Ruetzel. Jonker and Renones finished the season with a doubles record of 17-2.
ECU junior Vlad Anghel defeated No. 14 Constantin Schmitz, 7-6 in the first set and was tied with him 3-3 in the second when the match ended.

COACH'S QUOTES
"Congratulations to Tulane. As it got close towards the end of doubles point, they played just a little bit better than us. Our guys fought hard in the singles. Tulane was just a bit stronger than us today."

"Both Ian and I would like to thank all of our players for all their hard work and commitment this year. They accomplished some amazing things this spring and hopefully one day they will all look back at it and be very proud of their achievements, we as coaches certainly are." – ECU Head Coach Shawn Heinchon

RESULTS
No. 29 TULANE 4, ECU 1

Singles competition
1. #14 Constantin Schmitz (TLN) vs. Vlad Anghel (ECU) 6-7 (2-0), unfinished
2. #105 Ewan Moore (TLN) vs. Freddie McGeehan (ECU) 6-7 (3-0), unfinished
3. Hamish Stewart (TLN) def. Ronny Georgi (ECU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Kasey Countee (ECU) def. Luis Erlenbusch (TLN) 6-4, 6-2
5. Tyler Schick (TLN) def. Wisse Jonker (ECU) 7-5, 6-2
6. Tim Ruetzel (TLN) def. Javier Renones (ECU) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. #52 Constantin Schmitz/Ewan Moore (TLN) def. Vlad Anghel/Freddie McGeehan (ECU) 7-6 (0-1)
2. Tyler Schick/Hamish Stewart (TLN) def. Kasey Countee/Ronny Georgi (ECU) 6-3
3. Wisse Jonker/Javier Renones (ECU) def. Luis Erlenbusch/Tim Ruetzel (TLN) 7-5

Players Mentioned

Vlad Anghel

Kasey Countee

Ronny Georgi

Wisse Jonker

Freddie McGeehan

Javier Renones

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