Nov. 15, 2015
ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Notre Dame men’s tennis team wrapped up the fall season Sunday with a successful final day of play at the Bulldog Scramble at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia.
With eight players in action on the weekend in Athens, Georgia, the Irish went 4-4 in singles play Sunday and 3-1 in doubles.
Senior Kenneth Sabacinski finished the weekend with a 3-1 singles record, picking up a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Harvard’s Grant Solomon on Sunday, while sophomore Brendon Kempin notched his second singles win in a row with a 6-0, 6-2 decision over Oklahoma’s John Milstead.
Seniors Eric Schnurrenberger and Nicolas Montoya also notched wins Sunday, with Schnurrenberger defeating Georgia Tech’s Michael Kay 7-6, 3-6, 6-1 and Montoya upending Harvard’s Kelvin Lam, 6-1, 6-3.
In doubles, Montoya and Kempin beat Georgia Tech’s Daniel Yun and Elijah Melendez, 6-2, while Schnurrenberger and Sabacinski downed Oklahoma’s Austin Siegel and Milstead 7-5. Additionally, freshman Grayson Broadus and junior Eddy Covalschi beat Georgia Tech’s Carlos Benito and Andrew Li, 6-1.
The Irish will return to action in 2016 when the dual season begins on January 16. The Irish will host Michigan State and Youngstown State in a doubleheader that day at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.
Bulldog Scramble
Dan Magill Tennis Center
Athens Georgia
November 13-15, 2015
Sunday
Singles
Eric Schnurrenberger (Notre Dame) def. Michael Kay (Georgia Tech), 7-6, 3-6, 6-1
Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) def. Grant Solomon (Harvard), 6-3, 6-1
Nicolas Montoya (Notre Dame) def. Kelvin Lam (Harvard), 6-1, 6-3
Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame def. John Milstead (Oklahoma) 6-0, 6-2
Conor Haughey (Harvard) def. Nathan Griffin (Notre Dame), 1-6, 7-6, 7-6
Andy Zhou (Harvard) def. Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame) 6-1, 6-4
Emil Reinberg (Georgia) def. Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame), 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
Austin Siegel (Oklahoma) def. Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
Nicolas Montoya / Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame) def. Daniel Yun / Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech), 6-2
Grayson Broadus / Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame) def. Carlos Benito / Andrew Li (Georgia Tech), 6-1
Eric Schnurrenberger / Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) def. Austin Siegel / John Milstead (Oklahoma), 7-5
Conor Haughey / Kelvin Lam (Harvard) def. Nathan Griffin / Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame), 6-4
Saturday
Singles
Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) def. Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech), 6-4, 6-4
Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame) def. Conor Haughey (Harvard), 7-6(3), 6-2
Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame) def. Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard), 6-3, 6-1
Andy Martinez (Georgia) def. Nathan Griffen (Notre Dame), 7-5, 6-4
Kelvin Lam (Harvard) vs. Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame), 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
Brian Yeung (Harvard) def. Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-1, 7-6(3)
Andy Zhou (Harvard) def. Nicolas Montoya (Notre Dame), 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
Nicolas Montoya / Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame) def. Conor Haughey / Kelvin Lam (Harvard), 6-2
Eric Schnurrenberger / Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) def. Chris Morrow / Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard), 6-1
Casey Kay / Michael Kay (Georgia Tech) def. Eddy Covalschi / Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-3
Carlos Benito / Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech) def. Nicolas Montoya / Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame), 7-6
Conor Haughey / Kelvin Lam (Harvard) def. Eric Schnurrenberger / Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame), 6-4
Chris Morrow / Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard) def. Nathan Griffin / Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame), 6-2
Sebastian Beltrame / Kenny Tao (Harvard) def. Eddy Covalschi / Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-3
Elijah Melendez (GT) / John Milstead (OU) def. Nathan Griffin / Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame), 6-3
Friday
Singles
Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame) def. Carlos Benito (Georgia Tech), 7-5, 6-4
Nathan Griffin (Notre Dame) def. Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard), 6-1, 6-3
Nathan Griffin (Notre Dame) def. Grant Solomon (Harvard), 7-6, 6-7, 7-5
Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame) def. Kelvin Lam (Harvard), 7-6, 2-6, 6-2
Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame) def. Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech), 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) def. Kenny Tao (Harvard), 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
Nick Wood (Georgia) def. Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame), 6-2, 6-2
Walker Duncan (Georgia) def. Eric Schnurrenberger (Notre Dame), 7-6, 6-3
Michael Kay (Georgia Tech) def. Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
Austin Siegel (Oklahoma) def. Nicolas Montoya (Notre Dame), 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3
Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech) def. Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame), 6-4, 6-4
Alex Fennell (South Carolina) def. Eric Schnurrenberger (Notre Dame), 6-1, 6-2
Andy Zhou (Harvard) def. Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
Kelvin Lam (Harvard) def. Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame), 6-4, 6-0
Doubles
Eddy Covalschi / Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame) def. Brian Yeung / Andy Zhou (Harvard), 6-3
Walker Duncan / Nick Wood (Georgia) def. Grayson Broadus / Eric Schnurrenberger (Notre Dame), 6-1
Chris Morrow / Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard) def. Nicolas Montoya / Kenny Sabacinski (Notre Dame), 6-4
Elijah Melendez / Daniel Yun (Georgia Tech) def. Nathan Griffin / Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame), 7-5
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Joanne Norell, athletics communications assistant at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since 2014 and coordinates communications efforts for the Notre Dame women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and fencing programs. Norell is a 2011 graduate of Purdue University and earned her master’s degree from Georgetown University in 2013.