1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

With a string of wins, including the State
Championship and the Metro Conference Tournament
Hokies Net Success
1983 Men's Tennis
19 wins 6 losses
Ted!
Oppo!1e111
a AplW'lachian State I
7 HamplOn InsUMe 1
8 Rochesler I
a EdInboro SlIIle I
8 Georte MoI""n I
) Vlllin'" /)
') Ohio Unlvefsity
, More .... ad SUile •
') Htch Poinl 0
• N c. SUite S
, Wake FOfesl •
I Duke a
o North caroll.... /)
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J
Div\d""n
Furman
1
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1 Georgia 7
/) t:.sl Stn>ud5bu" I
5 VCU 1
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H;" ...... d 0
') H"mpton·Sydney 0
S Old Dominion
a Rkhmond ,
7 ",mes MadIson 1
6 Radlord 0
7 Wi1!lam & Miry 1
2nd Metro Conference Toum"menl
~I YflOf the IM1l'S tennis INm lied fo<
first pl~e In the Dlvklon I Stale Collq:~te
CNmplonlhlp held In the r~lI. They defe.ated
e .... ryone In Ih .. SUlle .. xcept the
University 01 VI'll"'" durin& their ,..,ular
spo1nll 5e~5011 The Hokles' ove",11 record
III'lIS ~n Impressive I~. They WOn all but
ooe 01 their home matcll .... and shut oul
Hl,h Polnl. Hlrvlrd. Hampden·Sydney.
"nd bdford Themell'lIennlsteam pIKed
a stronc ~ In the Metro Conference
Tou"""",,,"t. They ....... upheld !heIr h""
perfo,..",.nce over Ihe ""51 ~ .... n 10 .. I,1It
,.. •.
Ion R.omthun.le.ilm QPtilin lind four.y .....
.... 1 .."'". ""'" .. tOP ten junior In Florida He
UJ'S"1 til .. number flve pia yer In the nallon.
Alan Mille. Jmm u.e Unlvel'ilty 01 ~.
aJthouclo !he ttokJfs lost to Ceoriia ~raIl .
RoImthun also won Ihe M"11O sln&I".!IIte al
numbe1" one. Alan ~nl\ld;ly. ""1\0 ...... th.,
lOp pLo~r In the boll. won the number two
MelrQ sln.lu championship Mark
Sl:ephens WOII lhe Slale title ",me number
rwo position In the t.n He wa~ ranted III 12
.... Uo .... lly by the UST A In the Uhnd·unde.
dlvlslon, number one In Ihe MIddle Stales,
"nd numbe. one In Philadelphia lerry
_ "".._, 5c" S/>erman '""'" '" hit. boll
tippNOftt ..........
Dorenleld __ the Stale si",1es cl\i.mp al
the n\lmber II..., pMlUon and WHIIII .... lisI
in doubles competition Scotl SM:rm"n
finished 5eOOf\d in the SUite 'ou~menl al
Ihe number sl;o slot Junlof Klmbo Clilrt; has
been "II key member 01 I~e Tech squad,­
since his f~hman year. He was ranked
third on the team hi. 5OPhomore year,and
placed hlih In Ihe lineup IiIsl '1111 David
Wolfe, .!>Other member who hu ~n on
Ihe tum since his fres~"....n ~lIr, WilS In·
lured In the summer Ind could not plily
mllC~ In 1M: fi,11. The ~ar before he ~yed
In .n 1M: top foul poslUont. Tim Splno5il,
another four·ye .. r member of the squad.
wasa topten playerfrom lheMlddleStates
Ind sophomore Kevin Kraft was ranked
ISth In Ne .... Enlland as a lunlor
toe Collins. ",ho ",,"s been (OII(hlni the
men's lennls leam since 1971, ",Id that the
caliber of the players ",,"5 Improved. and
the pl.a~rs are m"'~ sllOI'IIer now than
...t.en he f1rsl staned COIChl .... List ye"l's
te.m. he WId, __ one 01 the best - "They
were strlolrs .. boul playlfll' ther worked
"""rd. lind Ihey were determIned "
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