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Southern Intercollegiate Championships
Tennis Freshmen off to Winning Start
September 12, 2014 | Men's Tennis
ATHENS, Ga. -- Tennessee's three freshmen won their collegiate debut matches Friday to open the Southern Intercollegiate Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
Newcomers Jess Jones, Luis Valero and Igor Smelyanski each won in straight sets to advance to the round of 32 in the first tournament of the college tennis season.
Jones collected the biggest win of the day, ousting 94th-ranked Alex Arovin of Tennessee Tech 6-1, 6-2 to collect a ranked victory to start his career. Valero defeated Johan den Toom of Arkansas 6-4, 6-2, and Smelyanski beat Florian Nicoud of Virginia Tech 6-1, 6-2.
In other Tennessee matches, junior Bartosz Sawicki lost to Vanderbilt's No. 3 player, Kris Yee, 7-5, 6-4. Senior Andrew Dromsky lost to Clemson's Austin Ansari 6-1, 6-0.
The first two rounds of doubles rounded out the day, resulting in a pair of Tennessee victories.
Valero scored a second win Friday against den Toom as he and Sawicki defeated the Arkansas pair of den Toom and Juan Marino 8-6. Dromsky and Smelyanski, seeded fifth, beat Winthrop's Dylan Comerford and Peter Nagovnak 8-5.
Saturday's tournament schedule includes a round of doubles to start the morning at 8 a.m., followed by two rounds of singles throughout the day.
Southern Intercollegiate Championships
Friday's Results
Division I Singles
Round of 64
Jess Jones (Tennessee) def. #94 [10] Alex Arovin (Tennessee Tech), 6-1, 6-2
Luis Valero (Tennessee) def. Johan den Toom (Arkansas), 6-4, 6-2
Igor Smelyanski (Tennessee) def. Florian Nicoud (Virginia Tech), 6-1, 6-2

Kris Yee (Vanderbilt) def. Bartosz Sawicki (Tennessee), 7-5, 6-4

Austin Ansari (Clemson) def. Andrew Dromsky (Tennessee), 6-1, 6-0

Division I Doubles
Round of 32
Bartosz Sawicki/Luis Valero (Tennessee) def. Johan den Toom/Juan Marino (Arkansas), 8-6
[5] Andrew Dromsky/Igor Smelyanski (Tennessee) def. Dylan Comerford/Peter Nagovnak (Winthrop), 8-5
