< Previous100 OLYMPIC SPORTS UPDATE: MEN’S TENNIS AUBURNTIGERS.COM Last season, Auburn tennis supporters watched many familiar faces conclude collegiate tennis careers. The 2023-24 squad featured two veterans in their fifth seasons on the Plains, Tyler Stice and Finn Murgett, lead the Tigers to their first NCAA Second Round appearance since 2012. On top of the two players in their fifth season at Auburn, another veteran presence, Raul Dobai, also finished his time as a collegiate player and made the transition to the team’s coaching staff. Now, Auburn fans will get to enjoy watching another group of young tennis players grow and improve over the next few years at the Yarbrough Tennis Center. Alex Frusina, Joey Phillips, Thomas Kennedy and Max Pettingell arrived on the university’s campus in August and have fit right into the Auburn Family. Each of them will be critical to the team’s success in some way during the spring. “It’s exciting to get a new group of guys and being able to use this time in the fall to help mold them,” said Auburn head coach Bobby Reynolds. “Ultimately, whatever we’re doing now is going to pay dividends in the spring. They come to Auburn with a huge sense of gratitude and can’t wait to play for this team. That’s what we look for when we’re recruiting guys.” Frusina joined the Tigers from Conroe, Texas, with a stellar tennis resume prior to making the move east. At the time of his signing, Frusina was the sixth ranked recruit in the nation and No. 20 in the ITF junior rankings. He claims four ITF doubles titles and made an appearance at the 2023 U.S. Open in men’s doubles. “He comes to us as probably one of the biggest recruits that we’ve had under my tenure, and I think through our history of American players,” Reynolds said. “He’s a type of player that aspires to play at the next level and has the game to do it. He has that kind of belief in himself and that desire and work ethic that is going to help propel him do great things.” Phillips, the 12th-ranked recruit in the country at the time of his signing made the move from nearby Atlanta in August. He and Frusina headlined Coach Reynolds’ ninth-ranked recruiting class in the nation according to Tennis Recruiting Network. The ranking is the best that Auburn has signed since TRN started providing rankings. “Joey is so raw - just the way that the ball can come off his strings is huge,” Reynolds said. “Since a young age, there is just that raw power and his ability to work the ball. That’s unique to him, especially him being lefty. The way the ball comes off his forehand, you’re able to have great success against right- handers usually with that type of power and penetration.” Brothers will be uniting on the team this season as Thomas Kennedy, brother of Jake Kennedy, has transferred to the Tigers from Furman University. Kennedy was selected to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team in 2022-23 after earning 10 singles victories and 11 doubles victories. The following season, Kennedy posted a 10-10 singles dual match record and a 6-1 mark in SoCon matches, playing primarily at No. 2 in the lineup. He also went 11-9 in doubles dual matches regularly at the top of the Paladin doubles lineup. “He comes with two years of experience in college tennis and played at the top of the lineup at Furman last year in singles and doubles,” Reynolds said, “You know, it’s very hard to replicate experience in college tennis.” The Tigers’ fourth newcomer is freshman Max Pettingell from Sarasota, Florida. Pettingell is a four-time National Ball Winner but turned heads this summer by winning the USTA 18S National Clay Court Doubles crown. “I probably would have to say he’s the best teammate that I see in the locker room right now,” Reynolds said. “Using this year to come in, to develop, to put himself against some of the best guys and continually practice. 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