The Intramural Tennis Tournament took place last week at the tennis courts located outside of the Elam Center. The tournament was for males only and featured great competition this year.

While fraternities are awarded for participating in this event, it is open to any student that wants to play. The tournament is broken down into two separate brackets, singles and doubles.

The men’s singles tournament was won by Kramer Nance, who defeated Aaron Engold 5-2, but Engold withdrew from the match.

KA members Matt Baker and Clint Cummins teamed up to win the doubles tournament. They defeated ATO members Chris Smith and Dustin Vernon 8-5. In a match that went back and forth in the end, the KA team outlasted ATO to secure first place.

“It was one of the best tennis matches that I have ever participated in,” said Chris Smith, a senior business major from Union City. Smith was a member of last year’s championship doubles team. “In the end, I think that they basically stepped up and made big plays when they had to.”

In the fraternity division, the top four singles players were Jason Adcock (PhiSig), Ross Clark (Pike), Ryan Aziminia (KA) and Aaron Engold (Pike). Geoffrey Fuentes and Brannon Moore, both SAEs, and Jonathan Mcanalty and Josh Brewer, both Pikes, rounded out the top doubles teams.

“I was very pleased with the tournament,” said Eric Simmons, Intramural Coordinator. “Overall, it went very well, with good competition amongst the teams. I only hope that more non-Greeks will participate in the future.”