Cerenko advanced to the quarterfinals after he defeated NC Wesleyan Alexey Rumeyantsev 6-2,6-3 and then Xavier Ruiz of Averet 6-1,6-3. In the 16’s he defeated Jonas Schwartz of Emory 7-6,6-0. (Schwartz had defeated #8 seed Charles Boyd of Sewanee) 7-6,6-0. In the Quarter Finals he played #2 seed  Mark Boren of Emory who won the event last year.
 
Luka started a bit nervous and Boren was a machine and let the firat set go 6-0 after being down double break at 4-0. He regroup the second set and played very tough, patient , excellent tennis. He was broken at 5 all, but broke back to force a tiebreaker with a solid well  played game. Unfortunately, a few unforced errors together with some sterling play from Boren were too much and he lost 7-3 in the breaker. Luka was the only non Emory player in the quarterfinals and got futher than any other player in the SCAC Conference.

Sophomore Felix Mann had a great win in defeating #3 seed Chas Dunn of Mississippi College. Felix lost the first set 4-6 but rallied to win the second 6-4. The third set was a war with Felix coming out on top 6-4. This avenged his loss to Dunn 6-2,6-0 in this tournament last year. The 2 ½ Hr. win was costly as Felix cramped up in his second match and had to retire vs. Chris Jordan of Emory in the second set.

Junior transfer Scott McRee had a good win over Centre’s #1 Ben Newstadt 6-3,6-7,6-1. He then played ok but lost to #4 seed Chris Goodwin of Emory 6-3,6-3. Fr Bryan Bailey also won his first round match defeating Sewanee’s Michael House 6-1,6-1. Unfortunately, he then played #1 seed Michael Goodwin of Emory losing 6-3,6-1.

Other notables were sophomore Ross Beall & Scott McRee winning the doubles consolation beating teams from Mississippi College, Millsaps and Rhodes. Sophomore Lawrence Sweatman got to the semi finals of the consolation in the “B” draw and he teamed with Ricky Pomales to get to the semi finals of the “B” draw double. They came back from a 2-7 deficit to beat Methodist 9-7.

  
 

On the women's side, senior Katie Kuhn of Sterling Heights, Michigan was voted Most Outstanding Player. Katie played at the extremely tough #1 singles slot all season long and acquitted herself well against the top competitors in the SCAC.
 
Sophomore Alison Burt of Spring, Texas was voted by her peers as the Most Improved Player for the 2007-2008 season. Burt, also a star on the volleyball court, joined the team this season and actually climbed the ladder all the way up to where she competed a combined seven times at the #2 or #3 singles slot. Additionally, Alison compiled a solid 5-3 record while playing doubles with Jamie Dillon.
 
The Stormiest Petrel Award yielded a tie between freshman Molly Colvard of Chickamauga, Georgia and senior Jamie Dillon of Lake Mary, Florida. Colvard joined the team this year and displayed a fiery spirit in racking up a splendid 5-2 overall record playing out of the #3 singles slot. Dillon, another dual sport star (she played soccer at OU for four seasons), had a stellar season, going 9-7 as a singles player and 10-6 in doubles competition for a season record of 17-13.
 
On the men's side, junior Luca Cerenko of Atlanta was voted Most Outstanding Player for the 2007-2008 season. Cerenko posted an incredible 12-2 record in singles competition including a perfect 11-0 from the #2 and #3 positions. In addition to his singles exploits, Luca combined with Felix Mann and Alex Lindburg to record a 9-2 record in doubles play.
 
Senior Brick Faucette of Powder Springs, Georgia was voted Most Inproved Player. Faucette, a four year player who competed in a whopping 82 matches while wearing the Oglethorpe black and gold, battled all season long at the #1 singles slot facing stout competiton. Brick and freshman Ross Beall combined to post a 7-3 record in doubles competition.
 
The Stormiest Petrel award was earned by freshman Lawrence Sweatman of Memphis, Tennessee. Sweatman showed great dedication throughout the season on the practice courts and when called upon to compete in a match was always ready to play. Lawrence won all three of the singles matches he competed in this season and combined with Brad White to win his only doubles match for a perfect 4-0 record in games played this season.

On Friday, the match turned against the Petrels in the #2 doubles competition when Molly Colvard and Ashley Cooper were narrowly defeated 8-6 to give the Warriors a 2-1 points advantage heading into singles play. The injury bug then bit the Petrel Netters as both Colvard and Kimberly O'Dell had to retire from their matches, Colvard actually doing so while leading.
 
On Saturday, the Netters went down again by the narrow score of 6-3 to Austin College. The Petrels fell behind 3-0 in doubles play as the combination of Jamie Dillon and Alison Burt fell 8-5. Oglethorpe went on to split the singles competition but it was not enough to overcome the Kangaroos. Katie Kuhn, Ashley Cooper and Jamie Dillon all recorded singles victories in Saturday's season-ending loss.
 
The Petrel Netters finish the season with a 6-12 record but will look to continue to improve around the strength of upstart underclassmen Molly Colvard, Alison Burt and Kimberly O'Dell.

On the women's side, the ladies played an extremely tough match on Saturday against the #7 ranked Sewanee Tigers and fell by a 9-0 margin. The #3 doubles combination of Jamie Dillon and Alison Burt nearly won their match before falling and Abby Hammond nearly staged an upset in her singles match before going down, 7-5, 6-4. Otherwise the #7 ranked Tigers were too tough to tame.
 
On Sunday, the women played their most copmpetitive conference match of the season against a stout Centre College squad before succombing, 8-1. Freshman Molly Colvard battled through a shoulder injury forcing her to serve underhanded and nearly won a grueling three hour match before falling 6-4 in the decisive third set. With the loss, the women finish their season at 6-11 with six of their losses coming against ranked opponents.
 
The men struggled on Saturday against blustery wind conditions and a highly regarded Sewanee Tiger team before eventually losing, 9-0. Despite the lobsided point margin, many of the matches were extremely close as Brick Faucette lost his singles match 6-4, 6-4 and Felix Mann went down by a count of 7-6, 6-4.
 
The men bounced back in a big way on Sunday, trouncing the Centre College Colonels, 9-0. Brick Faucette managed to exact a little revenge in the team sweep by defeating an opponent in Doug Arnold who had previously topped Faucette in the fall ITA's. Both Gabe Henderson and Felix Mann won three-set thrillers and Ross Beall, Alex Lindburg and Brad White all won easily to help end the season on a high note.
 
With the win, the men pushed their record to 10-6 on the season with each of their 6 losses coming to teams ranked just ahead of Oglethorpe on the national and regional scene. The Netters will also finish the season ranked #16 in the Atlantic South Region, their highest ranking at season end in the modern era. The Petrels will now turn their focus to the SCAC Spring Sports Festival where they await word on their first round seeding. 

The women ultimately lost a tough match to the Scots, 6-3, with many of the sets being hotly contested. The Scots took 2 out of 3 doubles matches including an 8-6 win over Katie Kuhn and Kimberly O'Dell that turned the match. The doubles combination of Jamie Dillon and Alison Burt secured the one-point victory by winning from the #3 slot, 8-2. The Scots also took 4 out 6 of the singles matches to nail down the win but not before freshman Molly Colvard and sophomore Alison Burt won their matches.
 
The men celebrated "Think Pink" by donning pink shirts and then summarily dispatching Maryville by a score of  8-1. The Petrel Netters opened the match by sweeping the doubles as the combinations of Luka Cerenko / Felix Mann, Brick Faucette / Ross Beall and Brad White / Alex Lindburg all won. On the singles side, only Gabe Henderson dropped his match, albeit in a 10-7 tiebreaker in the second set. Cerenko, Mann, Beall and Lindburg all won, as did added player at #6, Lawrence Sweatman.

The women got the match rolling for the Petrels by sweeping the doubles competition over LaGrange. The three winning doubles pairing were Katie Kuhn / Kimberly O'Dell (8-2 victors), Ashley Cooper and Abby Hammond (8-2) and Jamie Dillon and Alison Burt (8-3). With the doubles matches in hand, the lady netters then set about their sweep of the singles session getting wins from Kuhn (7-5, 6-2), O'Dell (6-2, 6-2), Molly Colvard (6-1, 6-0), Burt (8-6), Cooper (8-2) and Dillon (8-3).
 
With the victory, the Lady Netters improved their record to 5-8 on the season as they get set for their final home match of the season this afternoon against Maryville College at 5:00 p.m.

The women's team said good-bye to graduating seniors Ashley Cooper, Jamie Dillon, Abby Hammond and  Katie Kuhn in style by blanking Spartanburg Methodist, 8-0. Each of the four playing seniors had perfect days begininning with Katie Kuhn's 6-0, 6-2 wipeout of Kelly Swain. Cooper followed at the #3 singles slot to earn a 6-2, 6-3 win before Jamie Dilon stepped in at #4 and won 8-1. Hammond had to battle a little harder to earn her singles victory but she did so by winning a tiebreaker in a thrilling 11-9 fashion. With the win, the women pushed their record to 4-6 on the season.
 
The men's team had to say goodbye to one of it's all-time most fiercest competitors in Brick Faucette of Powder Springs, Georgia. For four years, Brick has been a mainstay on the tennis courts, playing at every single position coach Howell has asked of him. This year, Brick has played the majority of his matches at the #1 singles slot against top flight competition and has seen his name rise to #21 in the South Atlantic Region rankings. On Sunday, Brick struggled in his two matches but one thing is certain: he'll be back on the courts on Monday morning working on his game.
 
The men's team did, however, earn a 6-3 victory over Spartanburg Methodist to raise their record to 6-4 overall. Both the men's and women's teams are back in action this Friday afternoon when they square off with Millsaps.

On the women's side, junior Katie Kuhn of Sterling Heights, Michigan was named the teams Most Valuable Player for her outstanding play from the #2 singles position this season.
 
Sophomore Jamie Dillon of Lake Mary, Florida received the "Stormiest Petrel" award for her constant dedication and unrivaled effort on the court.
 
Junior Abby Hammond, a former soccer star from Marietta, Georgia, received the Most Improved Player award after continuing to show signs of becoming a tennis star following her soccer career.
 
For the men's team, there was no doubting Eckhardt van der Linde's candidacy as Most Valuable Player on the team. In two years, van der Linde compiled an eye-popping 43-5 record as Oglethorpe's #1 singles player.
 
Brick Faucette, a junior from Powder Springs, Georgia, earned the "Stormiest Petrel" award for his consistently clutch performances on the court throughout the 2007 season.
 
Carlos Carthen, a sophomore from Stone Mountain, garnered the Most Improved Player award by using dedicated practice time to hone his ever-blossoming game.
 
Both squads will be back in action in 2008 looking to make some noise in the tennis-rich SCAC.

Niland, from Duluth, was 10-9 in singles matches this season and finished her four-year career at Oglethorpe with an impressive 45-26 record in singles matches.
 
Malone, of Snellville, was 9-12 in singles matches and 15-7 in doubles competion this season. In his four year career at Oglethorpe, Malone was 35-42 in singles competition and a stellar 50-28 in doubles play.

Both teams also had singles players as well as doubles combinations receive regional rankings. On the singles side, senior South African Eckhardt van der Linde is the 16th ranked singles performer in the Atlantic South. Eckhardt combines with fellow senior Drue Malone to form the 13th ranked doubles combination in the region. On the women's side, the senior-freshman combination of Antoinette Niland and Kimberly O'Dell have earned them the 23rd spot in the Atlantic South for a doubles team.
 
While the men have finished regular season play at 10-7 overall and look forward to the conference championship, the women close their season this Friday at 3 p.m. looking to raise their 7-7 record against Wesleyan College.

The men began conference play last weekend with a stirring 5-4 victory over a Southwestern University squad that had defeated the Petrel Netters in five consecutive matches. Playing from the #2 singles position, Drue Malone clinched the match for Oglethorpe with a 6-4, 6-2 victory.

The next day, the Petrels earned another hard fought 5-4 victory, this time over conference-rival Centre College. Trailing the Colonels 4-2 in the match, Oglethorpe rallied to win the final three singles matches of the day, getting wins from Gabe Henderson, Joey Kosciolek and the clincher from Brick Faucette. The win notched the Petrels first victory over Centre in four years.
 
After stepping out of the conference one more time to face Rose-Hulman tomorrow at 3pm, the Petrel Netters will close the season against three conference foes: Millsaps, Hendrix and Rhodes.

Sophomore Carlos Carthen, playing out of the #6 singles slot, clinched the match for the men with a 6-0, 6-0 thumping of his Panther opponent. The men now stand at 7-3 on the season.
 
Freshman Kimberly O' Dell, playing the #4 singles slot, clinched the match for the women who are now 6-4 on the season.
 
Both squads now head into SCAC play against substantially tougher competition. The men and women square off against Southwestern this Friday afternoon at 3pm. For the men, it will mark their last home match of the season.

Despite some first set troubles, the Petrels rallied to take four of the six singles matches in getting wins from Katie Kuhn, Sophie Allamagny, Kimberly O'Dell and Jamie Dillon.
 
On the doubles side, the Petrel netters swept all three points as the duos of Antoinette Niland / Ashley Cooper (8-4), Kuhn / O'Dell (9-7) and Dillon / Abby Hammond (8-2) each scored victories.
 
The 7-2 win erased memories of an 8-1 defeat at the hands of Spelman last year.
 
The women are back in action this Friday afternoon when they play host to Huntingdon College at 3pm.

The women's team looks to be very competitive this year, but their schedule includes a number of ranked teams. Upcoming opponents who are ranked in the recent ITA rankings include Sewanee (#8 nationally, #3 Atlantic South), Rhodes (#30 nationally, #8 Atlantic South), Methodist (#15 Atlantic South), Centre (#22 Atlantic South), Mississippi College (#24 Atlantic South) and Southwestern (#13 West).