The men’s tennis team left campus on Saturday for a 10-hour drive to Mobile, Ala., to begin its quest for a national title. The 66th Annual NAIA Men’s Tennis National Championship begins at the Mobile Tennis Center tomorrow and runs through May 20 and will feature 24 teams from throughout the country. When the Saints left on Saturday, they were short one person. Mathias Rocha, Ross Marzetti, Warren Fulgenzi, Pablo Cavazos, Jacob Galaviz and Cornelio Gutierrez were on the bus with Head Coach Sal Castillo and Assistant Coach Patric Castillo. Conspicuously absent was team captain and senior Bernardo Pegas – he had one more order of business to handle before he set out for Alabama – graduation. Pegas, who joined the team as a freshman in 2013 after coming here from Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, said, “These four years have gone by so fast. I’m going to miss practicing with my teammates and playing beside them at the tournaments. But I am ready to go out into the real world – going to nationals is the perfect way to end my career.”
