May 19, 2022
The East Central Community College men's tennis team's 2022 season came to a close at the JoAnn Medlock Murphy Tennis Center in Tyler, Texas, as the Warriors picked up 8.5 points in the NJCAA DI Men's National Tournament. The event May 16-20 featured the top 25 teams in the country, including five representatives from the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference in Hinds, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Jones College, Meridian, and East Central.
The bulk of the Warriors' wins came on day one as ECCC was able to pick up eight points through four wins. The victories came in the No. 2, No. 4, and No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles flights on Monday. Joseph Fletcher defeated Iowa Central's Andrew Kunaka 7-5, 6-3 at No. 2, while Ian Gordon grabbed a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 4 against New Mexico Military Institute's Sebastian Solo. Kaleb Parish defeated Corey Engel of Sauk Valley, 6-4, 6-4, to round the singles wins. In doubles play, Parish and Turner picked up a victory with a 6-0, 7-6 (5) victory over Coastal Alabama's Cam'Ron Crenshaw and Channing Townshend in the No. 3 flight.
Losses in the first round allowed the players to compete in the consolation bracket as each participant is guaranteed at least two matches in each flight. In consolation play, ECCC's Orren Ladner defeated Coastal Alabama's Torean King, 8-1, before falling to Harford's Mathius Dessureau.
As a team, the Warriors closed out the 2022 season with a 13-11 record and were 9-9 in MACCC play during the regular season. The regular season also saw big wins including tight victories over Hinds, Coastal Alabama-South, and Itawamba.
Singles Results
No. 1 Luke Sanders
- Rd. 1 | vs Mikar Fisher (Tyler) | L, 6-0, 6-0
- Consolation | vs Come Bulte (Harford) | L, 8-0
No. 2 Joseph Fletcher
- Rd. 1 | vs Andrew Kunaka (Iowa Central) | W, 7-5, 6-3
- Rd. 2 | vs Tim Riedel (Tyler) | L, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 Orren Ladner
- Rd. 1 | vs Arturo Socias Salvo (Mesa) | L, 6-2, 6-3
- Consolation | vs Torean King (Coastal Ala.) | W, 8-1
- Consolation Rd. 2 | vs Mathius Dessureau (Harford) | L, 8-3
No. 4 Ian Gordon
- Rd. 1 | vs Sebastian Soto (New Mexico Mil. Inst.) | W, 6-4, 6-1
- Rd. 2 | vs Maxime Guyon (Pratt) | L, 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 Kaleb Parish
- Rd. 1 | vs Corey Engal (Sauk Valley) | W, 6-4, 6-4
- Rd. 2 | vs Karlo Krolo (Seward) | L, 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 Samuel Turner
- Rd. 1 | vs Theo Devals-Hamel (Iowa Central) | L, 6-1, 6-1
- Consolation | vs Lukas Baruffi (Mesa) | L, 8-6
Doubles Results
No. 1 Joseph Fletcher / Orren Ladner
- Rd. 1 | vs Davalos/Palomares (New Mexico Mil Inst.) | L, 6-3, 6-3
- Consolation | vs Carlon/Khan (Mesa) | L, 8-2
No. 2 Ian Gordon / Luke Sanders
- Rd. 1 | vs Telle-Marty/Toscano (Paradise Valley) | L, 6-1, 6-0
- Consolation | vs Bonds/Waggoner (Coastal Ala.) | L, 9-8 (2)
No. 3 Kaleb Parish / Samuel Turner
- Rd. 1 | vs Crenshaw/Townshend (Coastal Ala.) | W, 6-0, 7-6 (5)
- Rd. 2 | Buha/Mulstay (Paradise Valley) | L, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3
Team Standings (as of Thurs., May 19)
1. Cowley CC - 36
1. Seward CC - 36
3. Tyler JC - 34
4. Barton CC - 28
5. Collin College - 26
6. ABAC - 22
6. Eastern Florida State College - 22
6. Iowa Central CC - 22
9. Pratt CC - 19
9. USC-Sumter - 19
9. Wallace State - 19
12. Paradise Valley CC - 17
13. Jones College - 16
14. Mississippi Gulf Coast CC - 15
15. Meridian CC - 14
16. Harford CC - 10.5
17. Jacksonville CC - 10
17. Lewis & Clark CC - 10
17. Mesa CC - 10
20. East Central CC - 8.5
21. New Mexico Military Institute - 7
22. Hinds CC - 5
23. Coastal Alabama CC - 4
24. College of Lake County - 2
25. Sauk Valley - 1
