Cougars Open 2019 Season At Virginia Tech

Thursday, January 17

Blacksburg, VA

5:00 PM

College of Charleston

Virginia Tech

Photo by: CofCSports.com

1/16/2019 4:59:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Live Scoring

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston men's tennis team kick off the 2019 season with a road trip to ACC powerhouse Virginia Tech on Thursday evening in Blacksburg, Va. Matches will begin at Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center at 5 p.m. with live stats available at the following link.

Scouting Virginia Tech
The Hokies, who finished last season ranked No. 40 in the country by the ITA collegiate tennis rankings, are led by senior Jason Kros who advanced to the quarterfinal rounds of the 2018 ITA Fall Nationals by defeating two top-50 seeds, before falling to the nation's top-ranked player. The Hokies had three student-athletes ranked in the ITA Singles last fall including Mitch Harper (No. 26), Jason Kros (No. 30) alongside two top-50 doubles rankings in Carlo Donato & Mitch Harper (No. 42) and Henrik Korsgaard & Alex Ribeiro (No. 43).

The Cougars
Charleston returns four letter-winners from a 2018 squad who finished 7-12 in the CAA Quarterfinal round. This year the Cougars are led by three-time All-CAA selection Benedikt Henning alongside junior Easton Thomas. Ksawery Pociej and Youssef Dabbabi are the sophomores while head coach Jay Bruner welcomes six newcomers including three-star recruit Robby Krick (Ashland, Ky.). Other freshman include Johnny Wang (Chinese Taipei), Andre Limon (Mexico City, Mexico), Ben Husum (Aarhus, Denmark), Augusto Gonzalez Bonorino (Tucuman, Argentina) and January signee Benjamin Cawston (Tasmania, Australia).

Senior Leader
Charleston will look to the leadership of senior Benedikt Henning, a three-time All-CAA selection, at the top of the lineup with an 11-5 singles record and 12-3 doubles record last season. The German garned First Team All-CAA Singles honors in both 2017 and 2018, earning All-CAA Second Team Doubles honors last year. Easton Thomas, 7-11 singles and 7-6 doubles in 2018, is the lone junior in a young Cougars roster.