Auburn Men's Tennis is preparing to revamp for the start of the 2015-16 season. After finishing last season at 15-13 overall, the Tigers are ready to begin their season with two top returners Marko Krickovic and Maxime Hinnisdaels.
"We'll look for big things from them this year to continue on what they started last year," said head coach Eric Shore.
This fall, Auburn will participate in the Duke Invitational, Georgia Tech Tournament, the ITA All-American Tournament, Mercer Tournament, the USTA/ITA Southern Regional, SEC Fall Tournament, the Disney Clay Court Championships, and finally the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships before coming home to Auburn Nov. 14 for the Auburn Alumni Event.
The Tigers have set their eyes on making Sweet 16 this year, along with finishing the season dominantly. "That's our goal. We need to finish the last half of the season a lot stronger than we did last year," said Shore. "We got off to a good start and then we faded, so we need to somehow figure out a way to not have that happen again."
Auburn will get a break following the alumni event for two months before resuming play. The Citadel will face the Tigers at home Jan. 15, beginning Auburn's vigorous schedule.
"It's a tough schedule, with some tough non-conference matches with Georgia Tech, Clemson, and we're back at the Blue Gray Tournament so it's difficult."
The men's main focus and key to Sweet 16 and the Top 25 is dominance in the SEC. The Tigers finished 2-10 in conference play last season.
"The SEC schedule is very tough, but everything is geared toward that. If you take care of business there and you get enough wins in conference, then you're obviously going to be a top 25 and have an opportunity to host, which is what we would like, to be in that position," said Shore.
Auburn begins fall play this Friday, Sept. 18 at the Duke Invitational in Durham, North Carolina.
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