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Carl Abalos
Junior (2009-10): Earned the Flight 3 Singles championship at the 27th Annual UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic Tournament by defeating third-seeded UNC Greensboro's Ahmet Sarioglu in the title match, 6-4, 6-2 . . . finished the tournament with an unblemished 4-0 record . . . also teamed with fellow senior Oliver Reynolds to claim the Flight 1 Doubles championship at the UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic . . . the pair knocked off Eastern Kentucky's tandem of Philip Jans and Nik Schroeder to earn the title with a 3-0 record . . . finished the 2010 spring season with a 12-10 dual-match record, including a 7-5 mark at the No. 5 singles position . . . moved up to the No. 4 singles spot at times and compiled a 5-5 record at the position . . . finished doubles play with a 12-8 record as he teamed with both Reynolds and Scott Foster . . . paired with Reynolds to earn a 6-3 mark on court No. 1 . . . registered a 6-5 record on court No. 3 when teaming with Foster . . . against 28th-ranked Alabama on April 14, he paired with Foster to defeat the Crimson Tide's combination of Creighton Blanchard/Harris Barnard, 8-6 . . . earned his third varsity letter. Sophomore (2008-09): Played primarily at the No. 4 singles position and completed the dual-match season with a 9-13 overall record . . . finished 3-7 at the No. 4 spot, 2-3 on court No. 5 and 4-3 at No. 6 singles . . . excelled in doubles play and tallied a 10-10 dual-match record with teammate Oliver Reynolds . . . the doubles pair competed primarily at the No. 2 doubles position and played to an 8-10 record throughout the season . . . the combination also recorded a 4-4 mark in Southern Conference play . . . Abalos and Reynolds proved to be one of the Bulldogs' top doubles teams down the stretch and finished the year with a 6-4 record in its last 10 matches . . . earned his second varsity letter.
Freshman (2007-08): Concluded the dual-match season with an unblemished 3-0 record after earning singles wins at the No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6 positions . . . ended the season with a 4-6 singles record, but was 2-0 in Ohio Valley Conference play . . . finished the regular season with a vital 3-0 record during the Bulldogs' run to the 2008 OVC Tournament championship . . . teamed with doubles partner Renan Silveira to earn a 2-1 record in dual-match play . . . the pair also finished with a key OVC doubles victory . . . during the 2008 fall season, he teamed with Carson Kadi to pick up an 8-5 win against Troy's combination of Phil Janz and Maxime Zamora at the Crimson Tide Championships . . . earned his first varsity letter.
High School: Finished his prep career as the No. 7-ranked player in the South . . . won the 2007 Southern Spring Closed Championships held in Mobile, Ala., and led Etowah High School to the regional finals as the team's No. 1 singles player. Personal: Born Dec. 12, 1989 . . . parents are Joe and Grace Abalos . . . majoring in marketing/business management. ONE-ON-ONE WITH ABALOS |
