LYNCHBURG, Va. – Coach Mike Griffith's Runnin' Bulldogs took to the court for the second time this fall, competing for three days at the Liberty University Invitational where No. 4 seed Millen Hurrion won the red singles draw with a 6-2, 7-6 (2) victory over No. 1 seed Nicaise Muamba of Liberty.

"We didn't play great on the first day, but the way we rebounded was incredible," said head coach Mike Griffith. "Millen winning the championship was huge for us, as he beat the No. 1 seed, who actually transferred from Tennessee. Maximilian Scholl played well, winning the consolation finals of the main draw. By the end of the tournament, I felt like we were as good as anybody there, not just tennis wise, but physically as well."

Below are details on each of the players competing for Gardner-Webb and their performances over the three-day event:

Millen Hurrion – Red Singles Draw
Hurrion, the No. 4 seed in his draw, was the only Runnin' Bulldog to win his Friday afternoon matchup in the red singles draw, defeating Liberty's Chase Burton. A 7-5, 6-0 win over Burton, pitted him against the Flames' Farid Juri.

Hurrion cruised to a two-set victory over Juri, 6-2, 6-3, and played Charlotte's Ben Waynard in the semifinals of the draw winning in two sets, 7-5, 6-1, setting up a championship match with top-seeded Muamba. Hurrion needed just two sets to hoist the trophy at the end of the weekend, defeating Muamba, 6-2, 7-6 (2).

Maximilian Scholl – Red Draw Singles
Scholl was the No. 2 overall seed in the Red Draw, but fell to Liberty's Josh Wilson in his opening round matchup in two sets. After Wilson won the first set, 7-6, Scholl battled to force a tiebreaker in set two, but lost, 6-7 (3).

In the consolation bracket, Scholl faced off against another Liberty Flame, Eddie Gutierrez, and won in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. Saturday evening, Scholl played his third consecutive opponent from Liberty, Chase Burton and earned a trip to the consolation championship with a three-set win, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-2.
Scholl played his first seeded opponent of the weekend in the consolation championship, third-seeded Evan Fragistats of Virginia Tech. Scholl won the match in dominant fashion, 6-0, 6-3.

Breno Plentz – Red Singles Draw
Plentz extended his first match to three sets, but fell, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6 and moved to face No. 3 seed Fragistas in the consolation bracket. Plentz fell to Fragistas, 4-6, 4-6, in mid-day action Saturday. The Porto Alegre, Brazil native earned his first win of the weekend over Rodrigo Magalhaes on Saturday afternoon, 6-0, 6-2. On Sunday, Plentz fell to Guitierrez, 3-6, 4-6.

Nicolas Ulehla – White Singles Draw
Ulehla began play with a match against Big South Conference opponent, Nick McKinney of Presbyterian, and fell in straight sets, 1-6, 2-6. In his first match on Saturday, he squared off against another conference foe, Radford's Will Crane. Uhelha made quick work of Crane, winning 7-5, 6-2. In the consolation semifinals, the freshman from Waxhaw, N.C. fell to Will Barker (Liberty), 1-6, 4-6. On Sunday, he defeated Radford's Reed Crabtree in three sets, two of which went to tiebreakers, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 7-5.

Sebastian Harris – White Singles Draw
Harris was one of two players to win his first-round match in the white singles draw, defeating Radford's Dylan Whitehead, 6-0, 6-3 on Friday.
The Friday win set up a match against No. 3 seed Sam Rice of Charlotte on Saturday morning. Harris upset Rice, needing just two sets to win the match and set up a semifinal matchup with McKinney, who upset No. 1 seed Ryan Kros from Virginia Tech. Harris' tournament run ended with a 2-6, 3-6 loss to McKinney on Saturday evening.

Johan Fors – White Singles Draw
Fors won the second set and forced a tiebreaker in set three of his Friday match, but ultimately fell to Presbyterian's Jonathan Bedard, 1-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3). On Saturday, Fors began play against Crabtree and won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. Saturday evening, Fors played in the consolation semifinals, falling in two sets to Alberto Conde. For his final match, he defeated Whitehead, 6-1, 6-0, Sunday afternoon.

Bonventura Durall – White Singles Draw
A difficult match against second-seeded Michiel Meekers of Radford saw Durall fall in straight sets on the first day of action. On Saturday morning, he battled Conde (Presbyterian), losing 5-7, 4-6, before defeating Crabtree in the afternoon session, 6-4, 6-1. Durall ended tournament play with a three-set win over Will Crane on Sunday.

Maximilian Scholl and Millen Hurrion – Red Doubles Draw
Despite being the top seed in their draw, Scholl and Hurrion were defeated by Liberty's Wilson and Gutierrez, 3-6, on Friday. The duo made quick work of Charlotte's Wayand and Lieberman on Saturday, winning 6-3 to advance to the consolation championship match against Meekers and Berstine of Radford and Virginia Tech respectively.

Jacob Wall and Stefano Puga – White Doubles Draw
Wall and Puga teamed up doubles to take on Whitehead and Crabtree of Radford on Friday, falling 3-6. On Saturday, the duo lost 4-6 to McKinney and Bedard falling losing to Alvarez and Conde on the final day of play, 3-6.

Johan Fors and Nicolas Ulehla – White Doubles Draw
Fors and Ulhela were the only Gardner-Webb pair to win their doubles match on the first day of action, defeating McKinney and Bedard of Presbyterian, 6-0. The victory set up a match against Whitehead and Crabtree on Saturday, which the Gardner-Webb duo won, 6-3, to advance to the championship. In the championship match, Fors and Ulehla fell to Salas and Juri, 2-6.

Sebastian Harris and Bonventura Durall – White Doubles Draw
Harris and Durall fell to Salas and Juri (Liberty) on Friday, before facing off against Alvarez and Conde on Saturday. Against the duo from PC, the Gardner-Webb teammates were unsuccessful, falling by a 2-6 score, but rebounded on Sunday, earning a 6-4 win over Magalhães and Crane (Radford).

Next Up
Next up, Scholl and Hurrion will travel to Princeton and compete from October 5-7. The next team event for the Runnin' Bulldogs is the ITA Regionals in Cary, N.C., a four-day event from October 12-15. Four to six players will compete in that event.