Happy to announce the promotion of Ashley Fisher to Head Coach for @USFMTEN#BullsUnitehttps://t.co/WOQ24yt3Wypic.twitter.com/KkURw2q1RL— USF Athletics (@USFAthletics) July 12, 2016
Belmont Athletic Director Scott Corley July 12, 2016 ” target=”_blank”>announced on Monday that the interim tag had been removed from Mauricio Antun’s title. Antun took over as interim head coach this past January after Jim Madrigal departed after 18 seasons. Antum himself just graduated in December after finishing his playing career at Belmont in May 2015.
Former Bruin Mauricio Antun Named Belmont’s New Men’s Tennis Coach: https://t.co/hnjYvcrT1Xpic.twitter.com/Id66mhvDnH— BelmontTennis (@BelmontTennis) July 12, 2016
Wisconsin women’s head coach Kelsey McKenna announced the hiring of Megan Falcon as the Badgers new assistant coach. Falcon, who was a three-time All American at LSU, comes to Madison after being the assistant coach at Gonzaga last season.
SMU’s Hunter Johnson earned his first career ATP point at the Belgium F5 Futures with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over #895 Franco Emanuel Egea – next up is #321 Niels Desein.
Virginia commit Carl Soderlund, who entered the week ranked 479 after a run to the Bastad Challenger semifinals, won his first round at the ATP 250 Swedish Open in Bastad. Soderlund defeated fellow wild carder #674 Fred Simonsson 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) in a match where Soderlund trailed 4-2 in the third – next up is #30 Joao Sousa.
Several current and former collegians will be in action this week as the Davis Cup fires up for another round of action. Team USA will be represented by three former collegians with John Isner (Georgia ’07) playing singles and Bob and Mike Bryan (Stanford ’98) playing doubles.
Any idea out there what Brian Baker is going to do with coaching change at Belmont? He had been an assistant.<br />Brian Baker is a STUD! May he be injury free.