The #7 nationally ranked
ABAC Men's tennis team defeated #3 ranked Georgia Perimeter College 5-4
at the Red Hill Tennis Center to claim the 2012 Men's GCAA State Tennis
Championship. The match lasted over
6 hours and was played in
front of a large pro-ABAC crowd. The Stallions had to save 2
tournament points in the final doubles match of the day to defeat GPC.
The State title came down to #3 doubles and an exciting 6-0, 3-6,
7-6 (7-4) win. GPC's Menford Owusu was the GCAA MVP.
Coach Alan Kramer was Coach of the Year. Hernan Hatem, Trutz Hennsen,
Taylor Hardy and Danilo Faria
are All-Region at their singles flights and Tim Kueckelhaus and Ricky
Symanski were All-Region at their #3 doubles flight.
ABAC (7-7) will now prepare for the Men's National Tennis tournament
which will be held in Dallas, Texas May 12-18.
The ABAC Tennis Teams
pose for a picture after the ABAC Tennis Clinic Saturday, January 28,
2012 at the Red Hill Complex. The teams raised $1200. $600
for ABAC Relay For Life Team and $600 for Tift County Foundation for
Educational Excellence.
The Fillies and Stallions Tennis teams
volunteered Saturday morning to work TRMC's Stepping Out For A Cure 5k,
1 Mile Run and Heart Walk.
The Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College tennis camp finished up
with forty-eight participants. They had fun in the sun with the
technical, tactical and mental components of the game of tennis during
the week-long camp. The next tennis camp will be June 4-7, 2012. To register,
please visit
http://www.abac.edu/PE/mentennis/Tennis%20Camp%202012.pdf
