Courtesy App State Sports/Sun Belt Conference
App State Athletics announced May 26 that it was cutting several sports, including men’s tennis, due to the financial difficulties caused by COVID-19.
“The whole situation was tremendously disappointing,” said Jack Maddocks, a former player and assistant coach.
The program was discontinued in the middle of the season, before the Mountaineers started conference play. Maddocks was looking forward to seeing how the team performed in the rest of the regular season and the postseason.
“We had some great matches during the season, especially when we beat UNC-Charlotte right before getting cut,” Maddocks said.