The Appalachian Athletic Conference men’s and women’s tennis tournaments will be held this weekend at the Liberty Bell Sports Complex in Johnson City.

On the men’s side, King College enters the tournament on a four-match winning streak and in the midst of a turnaround season. The Tornado went 4-1 in conference play this season and head coach Chris Bartlett’s team is the second seed. Team members include Andre Franco, Jon Axel Jonsson, Rohit George, Oriol Mirallas, Dustin Davis, Nicholas Smith and Juan Avila. The University of Virginia’s College at Wise is the fifth seed in the men’s tourney.

Several local players will compete in the women’s tourney. Second-seeded Milligan is led by freshman Caitlin Conley (Tennessee High), who is 4-1 in singles and 4-1 in doubles against conference opponents.
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise is the third-seed for the event and is paced by No. 1 singles player Autumn Lauzon, a former John Battle star. King is seeded sixth.