SILVA AND SIROUS SIGN WITH RADFORD MEN'S TENNIS PROGRAM

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RADFORD, Va. – Andres Silva and Yevhen Sirous have joined the Radford men's tennis program, head coach Rob Bareford announced on Wednesday.

"I'm really looking forward to having Yevhen and Andres as a part of our team," said Bareford. "They will immediately contribute this spring and I'm confident they will have amazing careers here at Radford."

Silva comes to Radford from Valencia, Venezuela where he represented the national team in 2013 and currently ranks No. 5 in the nation for the Boy's 18 age group. As of September, he had earned a 12.5 Universal Tennis Rating (UTR).

In 2018, Silva has been a two-time doubles champion and a singles finalist in the G1 National Tournament. In each of the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd ITF G5 tournaments, he was the doubles champion as well.

His career also includes a G2 National Tournament singles championship, G1 National Tournament singles and doubles championships in both 2016 and 2017, and two COSAT G3 singles championships.

"I'm very excited to start my career as a student-athlete at Radford University," said Silva. "I'm willing to give 100% of my ability and effort to help the team achieve their goals. I want to thank God and my family who have supported me at every moment and I want to thank Coach Rob who has given me the opportunity of becoming a Highlander."

A 6'6" native of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sirous will transfer to Radford from the University of Detroit Mercy where he began his collegiate career.

As a Titan, Sirous compiled a 10-7 singles record while playing primarily as a No. 3 and No. 4. He went 3-1 at No. 3 and 7-6 at No. 4 including a 4-3 record in Horizon League play to help Detroit Mercy break the school record for wins in a season. They also advanced to the Horizon League Championship match for the first time in program history.

Before coming to the United States, Sirous won G5 juniors in Belarus and G5 doubles in Poland. He currently has a UTR of 12.02.

The Highlanders kick off the 2019 spring season on Saturday, Feb. 2 when they host North Carolina A&T for a Noon match. Radford will host the Big South Championships this season from April 17 to April 20. All nine conference teams will make the tournament and will be seeded based on their records against Big South opponents in the regular season.

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