Eagles Add Two to 2013-14 Roster
4/24/2013 6:46:00 PM | Men's Tennis
STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern Men's Tennis Head Coach Nick Zieziula announces the addition of two players to the 2013-14 roster. Fresh off one of the biggest turnarounds in program history, the Eagles are looking to continue success with the talents of Christian Kerrigan and Nico de Groof.
Kerrigan joins rising Eagle senior Oliver Webb from London, England, where he is ranked No. 28 among under-18 players in all of the United Kingdom and No. 1 in his county Surrey.
"Christian has an excellent academic track record and his tennis is catching on fire," said Zieziula. "In the last month Christian's national ranking improved over 60 spots into the top 30 by notching wins over players ranked No. 58, 32, 23, and 5 in the country in his last tournament."
De Groof hails from Hulshout, Belgium where he is currently ranked 127th in the National Men's Open Rankings.
"Nico has also done a great job balancing excellence in the classroom and on the court. Nico has scored some big wins over players ranked inside the top 80 nationally and that experience is going to help our program immediately," said Zieziula.
Kerrigan and De Groof will solidify the roster for next season, adding youth to an experienced team that upset the two top-ranked teams in the Southern Conference last year and finished 2013 with a winning record for the first time since 2009.
"Both of these players are improving tremendously at this point in their careers and they are very hungry to get into our system and continue that improvement," said Zieziula.
The Eagles went 11-9 (6-4 SoCon) this year, while advancing to the SoCon quarterfinals for the second consecutive year in Zieziula's three years at the helm.
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