Edio Castanhel Bio
10/6/2008 4:18:00 AM | General
SOPHOMORE (2009-10): Competed mainly at the six seed in dual singles play...Wins came in the opening two matches against Gabriel Echeverry of Florida Gulf Coast and Kip Jackson of Bethune-Cookman...Win over Echeverry clinched the match for GS...Paired with Gregory Bekkers in doubles action at the three seed...Tandem went 5-5 in dual action including a 4-3 conference mark...Captured doubles conference wins over Wofford, The Citadel, Appalachian State and Chattanooga...Saw action in the GSU Invitational, Seminole Invitational and UNF Invite...Picked up a win in the season-opening GSU Invite over teammate Sebastien Felt, 7-6(4), 6-1...Teamed with Alain Garrido, Sebastien Felt and Justin Flynn in doubles...With Garrido, tandem went 2-0 garnering wins over The Citadel and Kennesaw State...Won the “B” draw of the GSU Invite defeating Kennesaw State's Bouttell/Ozdemir, 8-5.
FRESHMAN (2008-09): Had an outstanding freshman campaign posting an overall singles mark of 15-12 and 7-2 SoCon ledger...Competed between the five and six seeds in singles play...Recorded an 8-1 mark at No. 6...Tied for second on the team with most wins at 15...Clinched the first dual match of the season over Hampton, dropping only one game en route to the straight set victory...Also clinched the Chattanooga match with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over van de Bovenkamp ...Was undefeated in tiebreakers with a 3-0 record...Went undefeated in the month of April, going 7-0, to close out the season on a seven match win streak…Opened his collegiate debut with a strong fall tournament campaign...Defeated eventual conference foe Derek Dickey of The Citadel in the Georgia Southern Invite with a striking 6-1, 6-4 mark...Reached the semifinals of the GSU Invite...Partnered mainly with Alain Garrido in doubles action...En route to the quarterfinals of the UNC Fall Invitational, Eagle duo dominated #13 North Carolina's Maclane Wilkinson and Taylor Meyer.
PREP: Graduate in 2006 from Colégio Energia...Was No.1 in the state Santa Catarina five years in a row...Ranked in the Top 10 in Brazil for three years...Practiced at Larri Parros Tennis his last year...Larri Parros was Gustavo Kuerten's coach.
PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1989 in Criciuma, Brazil...Son of Edio and Carmen Castanhel...Majoring in Economics and Spanish.
FRESHMAN (2008-09): Had an outstanding freshman campaign posting an overall singles mark of 15-12 and 7-2 SoCon ledger...Competed between the five and six seeds in singles play...Recorded an 8-1 mark at No. 6...Tied for second on the team with most wins at 15...Clinched the first dual match of the season over Hampton, dropping only one game en route to the straight set victory...Also clinched the Chattanooga match with a 7-6, 6-4 victory over van de Bovenkamp ...Was undefeated in tiebreakers with a 3-0 record...Went undefeated in the month of April, going 7-0, to close out the season on a seven match win streak…Opened his collegiate debut with a strong fall tournament campaign...Defeated eventual conference foe Derek Dickey of The Citadel in the Georgia Southern Invite with a striking 6-1, 6-4 mark...Reached the semifinals of the GSU Invite...Partnered mainly with Alain Garrido in doubles action...En route to the quarterfinals of the UNC Fall Invitational, Eagle duo dominated #13 North Carolina's Maclane Wilkinson and Taylor Meyer.
PREP: Graduate in 2006 from Colégio Energia...Was No.1 in the state Santa Catarina five years in a row...Ranked in the Top 10 in Brazil for three years...Practiced at Larri Parros Tennis his last year...Larri Parros was Gustavo Kuerten's coach.
PERSONAL: Born March 12, 1989 in Criciuma, Brazil...Son of Edio and Carmen Castanhel...Majoring in Economics and Spanish.
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