Eagles aim to put stamp on fall season at Eagle Invitational

Eagles aim to put stamp on fall season at Eagle Invitational

VIDEO: Jim Frederick Previews Eagle Invitational

KNOXVILLE, TN – The Carson-Newman men's tennis team will participate in their final event of the fall season when they host the Eagle Invitational in Knoxville, Tennessee on Oct. 26th and 27th.

The tournament will pit the Eagles against Tennessee Wesleyan, Martin Methodist College, the University of the Cumberlands and Maryville College.

"Tennessee Wesleyan is probably the best of that group," Carson-Newman coach Jim Frederick said. "Their doubles team won the ITA Regional Tournament so they're good and we played them last year and lost to them last year so they're probably the best."

The tournament will consist of four separate eight-person draws for both the men and women. Each player will take part in two singles and one doubles match on the first day while participants will play two doubles and one singles match the following day.

Freshman Hugo Castets (Gradignan, France) looks to continue his impressive start to his college career after winning two matches at the Georgia Gwinnett Invitational on Oct. 11th and 12th in Lawrenceville, Ga. 

"The biggest thing he's got to improve on is his mental consistency," Frederick said. "He can hit any shot in the book, he sometimes picks the wrong shot to try and that causes mistakes."

The Eagles look to end their fall season on a high note by capitalizing on the skills they've been working on since the team first arrived on campus in August.

"Our situation in order to improve is all mental," Frederick said. "I mean, we've got some physical skill. We've got to get better mentally match by match and we don't have the consistency yet mentally that we need to have so that's kind of what we're preaching this week."


Be sure to keep up with Carson-Newman men's tennis all season long on all of C-N's social media platforms and on cneagles.com.

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