CANTON, Ga. – Through the first month of the season, Centre boasts the best record in the conference at 4-1. Rhodes sits at 3-2 while 15
th-ranked Sewanee and Berry are 2-2. Teams will continue with nonconference competition through the next three weeks before beginning SAA action the final weekend of March.
Around the SAA:
Athletes of the Week:
SINGLES
Anderson Dulaney | Millsaps | Senior | Long Beach, Miss. - provided a strong win against a quality Dillard University foe on Saturday. He won on Court Three (6-2, 4-6, 6-3) in New Orleans. The Majors were bested by the No. 16 NAIA ranked Bleu Devils, but Anderson opened the season well.
DOUBLES:
Maximillian Henderson | Hendrix | Sophomore | Frisco, Texas
Robinson Wright | Hendrix | Sophomore | Fort Smith, Ark.
went 2-0 on the weekend with a pair of wins at 3 doubles for the Hendrix Warriors. Their first win came against Covenant's Gill Dunn and Jackson Orsega 6-4. The second match of the weekend was against Piedmont where they beat the pair of Bryce Vanorder and Connor Phelps 6-1, giving the Warriors the doubles point that ultimately helped secure the 4-3 team victory.
Notable Performances:
- Santiago Perez (Hendrix) - had a pair of three set thrillers to go 2-0 on the weekend. His first win came against Covenant's number 3 singles player Brock Boehling. After dropping the first set 7-5 in the breaker, Perez rallied to win the second set 6-4. Perez then controlled the third set tiebreaker winning 10-6 giving him the victory. The second match of the weekend will be one that Perez and the Warriors will remember forever. Piedmont University and Hendrix College were all tied up at 3, when all eyes fell on the 4 singles matchup of Santiago Perez vs Charles Parnell. Perez took the first set 6-4 before Parnell snatched the second 3-6. In the third set breaker Santiago Perez came out on top 10-7 clinching the match giving the Hendrix Warriors the 4-3 win.
- Dylan Dethridge (Centre) - is undefeated in collegiate singles play with his most recent wins being a 6-2, 7-6 win over Sperling in the No. 1 match versus Midway and a 6-4, 6-0 win over Alejandro Perez Canedo as the no. 4 versus Transylvania. The freshman is 5-0 on the season and has played in the first, third, fourth, and fifth spot.
- Jett Anderson/Isaac Flanery (Centre) - won both their matches this weekend playing as Centre’s third-ranked duo for the first time this season. They won 6-2 versus Aleksey Granitsa and Tyler Fox of Midway and 6-2 over Jonathan Kepnes and Tobias Mandeville of Transylvania.
2025 Men’s Tennis Report Archive (AOW Singes/Doubles)
Feb. 10 – Ben Lammert (Sewanee)/Ben Rueff and Ty Bush (Centre)
Feb. 17 – Christian Mainella (Rhodes)/Quinn Wicklund and Jordan Theron (Sewanee)