Grizzlies firmly establish national tennis dynasty

The men’s tennis team celebrates its fifth national championship.

One word on the back of t-shirts worn by GGC tennis players this spring summed up the program’s success in its first six seasons of existence: Dynasty.

Coach Chase Hodges’ Grizzlies have proven themselves to be a national power in collegiate tennis – at any level – with the following lofty accomplishments:

• Winning nine out of 10 National

Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national titles and being runner-up for the other title • Five consecutive national championships for the men’s team • Four national titles for the women’s team, including three straight • With 82 consecutive wins, the men have the longest active winning streak in all of intercollegiate athletics • The men’s team is the first to win NAIA

National Championships for each of its first five years of postseason eligibility

Those winning ways continued this spring as both teams swept the 2018 NAIA National Championships.“We have built a championship culture with GGC tennis. Every scholar-athlete who’s attracted to the men’s and women’s tennis programs comes here to win