Pirates Return To The Courts At Richmond Invite

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Following two weeks without any matches, the ECU men's tennis team heads to the Richmond Fall Tournament.

"This event is coming at the perfect time and should be a great test with some very good teams at this event this year," said head coach Shawn Heinchon. "Our guys will get a lot of matches in in a three day period which is a great way to test and push them. We've had a couple weeks off from competition and the guys are ready to go."

Seven of the eight Pirates will head to Richmond for the tournament, as reigning AAC Tennis Player of the Month Diogo Marques will miss out due to injury.

ECU will be led by senior Javier Renones who started his final ECU season with a 3-1 singles ledger at the UNCG Fall Invitational. Along with Renones, Wisse Jonker and Simon Labbe are the retuning Pirates that will play this weekend. Jonker has a 2-2 singles record while Labbe has gone 4-4 so far.

Among the Pirate newcomers, Agustin Tamagnone has hit the ground running. The Southern Utah transfer is second on the team with a 6-2 singles mark to go with a 4-2 doubles ledger. Federico Masetti and Nelson Stafford have started their collegiate careers with 4-3 singles records. Masetti has also formed the top doubles duo for ECU, pairing with Labbe to go 3-1 so far. Rounding out the squad is Daniel Bird who is 2-2 so far in singles and 2-1 in doubles while pairing with Stafford.

Play will start on Friday, Oct. 11 and will run through Sunday, Oct. 13.

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Players Mentioned

Daniel Bird

Wisse Jonker

Simon Labbe

Diogo Marques

Federico Masetti

Javier Renones

Nelson Stafford

Agustin Tamagnone

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