Jaguar Men's Tennis Third Place NJCAA National Tournament 2012
Seventh Place NJCAA 2011; National Champion 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Head coach: Mohamed Nait Omar E-mail: mohamed.omar@gpc.edu

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5/19/2012
Jaguars No. 3 with 3 national champions: Owusu, Lemtouni, Dawson-Lemtouni
The Jaguars dominate the top flights in the NJCAA national tournament in Texas, finishing in a tie for third place in the nation. more...
4/27/2012
GPC receives bid to nationals; drops final regular season match
The Jaguars are hampered by injuries as Abraham Baldwin downs them 6-3 at Dunwoody. more...
4/20/2012
Jaguars fall to ABAC in championship 5-4
The Jaguars lose the conference championship match in excruciating fashion to rival Abraham Baldwin 5-4 on the Stallions’ courts. more...
4/19/2012
Jaguar Journal: GPC geared up for postseason
The Jaguars (7-1) are well-prepared for this weekend’s GCAA tournament in Tifton. more...
4/12/2012
Jaguars win another by 9-0 score
The Jaguars take their second straight 9-0 match, this time at Emory at Oxford, and head into the GCAA tournament with a 7-1 record. more...
4/1/2012
Jaguars defeat powerhouse Abraham Baldwin 7-2
Led by Davis Dawson, Ismail Lemtouni and Gelawdiyos Haile, the Jaguars give notice to the longtime ruler of men's tennis in the GCAA. more...
3/18/2012
Jaguars overwhelm Gadsden State
GPC wins 9-0 on the Dunwoody Campus, improving to 5-1 on the season. more...
3/15/2012
Jaguars near perfect in 8-1 win
GPC came one match short of perfection Thursday, dominating Itawamba (Miss.) Community College 8-1 on the Dunwoody campus. more...
2/25/2012
Jaguars improve record to 3-1 against 4-year schools
In their home-court debut, the Jaguars down Coastal Georgia 8-1, the same score when they met in Brunswick a month ago. more...
2/17/2012
Lemtouni and Dawson win, but No. 2 Emory too much for Jaguars
Emory University, ranked second in NCAA Division 3, take down the Jaguars 8-1, but Ismail Lemtouni and Davis Dawson get a doubles win. more...
2/10/2012
Jaguars stun Shorter, No. 10 in NAIA
The Jaguars, led by Menford Owusu and All-American Ismail Lemtouni, topple Shorter College 7-2. more...
1/28/2012
Jaguars win 8-1 in season opener
The Jaguar men’s tennis team opens with a win over Coastal Georgia in Brunswick. more...
1/26/2012
Jaguars set goals high with top duo, depth
With All-American Ismail Lemtouni back and highly-talented Menford Owusu filling Salif Kante's shoes, the Jaguars are aiming for a repeat to the national tournament. more...
10/15/2011
Owusu takes third place at USTA/ITA nationals
A brotherly match for third place at the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships ends abruptly when Ismail Lemtouni retires with an injury against teammate Menford Owusu. more...
10/13/2011
Lemtouni and Owusu advance at Mobile nationals
Manford Owusu and Ismail Lemtouni get the Jaguars off to a good start with wins in singles at the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships. more...
10/6/2011
Owusu, Smith win in Jagaurs’ scrimmage with Shorter College
Menford Owusu and Patrick Smith provide the Jaguars with their only wins Thursday in a 7-2 loss. more...
9/25/2011
Jaguars sweep USTA/ITA Small College Regional Tournament
For the second consecutive year, GPC’s men’s and women’s tennis teams sweep all four titles—singles and doubles—at the USTA/ITA Small College Regional Championship. more...
8/9/2011
Ghana’s top junior tennis star to play at Georgia Perimeter College
Menford Owusu of Ghana, who has been ranked as high as 198th in the world among junior players, signs Georgia Perimeter College, following in the footsteps of his friend Salif Kante. more...
8/4/2011
Men's and women's tennis tryouts
Are you a tennis player with college potential? Scholarships are available for those who qualify. more...
6/21/2011
Jaguars sign pair from Cobb County's Wheeler, Pope high schools
Preston Samowitz of Class AAAAA champion Pope and Patrick Smith of Wheeler become the latest signees to join Georgia Perimeter's potent team. more...
5/20/2011
Kante shares in pair of national titles for seventh-place Jaguars
Senegal native Salif Kante helps deliver singles and doubles national championships to the Jaguars. more...
5/19/2011
Kante, Lemtouni each one win from championship
The twin towers of Georgia Perimeter College men’s tennis are still standing as the NJCAA tournament in Texas enters the final rounds on Friday. more...
5/18/2011
Kante, Lemtouni cruise into NJCAA singles semifinals
Salif Kante and Ismail Lemtouni reach the semifinals of the NJCAA men’s tennis tournament Wednesday in straight sets as Georgia Perimeter College moves into ninth place in Texas. more...
5/17/2011
Kante, Lemtouni open at nationals with wins in No. 1 and 2 singles
GPC’s one-two punch moves into the quarterfinals with wins—one easy, one difficult—at the NJCAA national championships in Texas. more...
5/16/2011
Le and Zamani win first matches at nationals
Brian Le and Ramin Zamani get the Jaguars off to a good start with wins in singles and doubles on the first day of the national tournament in Plano, Texas. more...
5/12/2011
ITA names Nait Omar top coach, Kante top senior player
The Jaguars will enter the nationals with an even shinier resume. Mohamed “Reda” Nait Omar is named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Region 4 Coach of the Year, and Salif Kante is voted the region’s Senior Player of the Year. more...
5/11/2011
Jaguar Journal: Plan takes GPC down long road back to nationals
In the third year of his plan, coach Mohamed “Reda” Nait Omar and the Jaguars are headed to the NJCAA Division I tournament in Plano, Texas. more...
4/22/2011
GPC headed to nationals despite close 5-4 loss; Kante wins MVP
Georgia Perimeter College's men's tennis team is headed to the National Junior College Athletic Association tournament despite a narrow defeat in the NJCAA Region 17 tournament. more...
4/16/2011
Shorter College defeats Jaguars 7-2
Salif Kante helps avoid a shutout, winning at singles and doubles as the Jaguars succumb to Shorter College 7-2 in wind-swept Rome. more...
4/8/2011
Coastal Georgia slips past Jaguars
Behind the efforts of dynamic duo Salif Kante and Ismail Lemtouni, Georgia Perimeter College extended College of Coastal Georgia to the final men's tennis match Friday before bowing 5-4 on the Dunwoody courts. more...
4/4/2011
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College's depth too much for Jaguars
Depth was the difference Monday as Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College's powerhouse men's tennis team took down Georgia Perimeter College 6-3 Monday on the Dunwoody campus. more...
4/2/2011
Georgia Perimeter wins fifth straight; blanks USC-Lancaster
Surviving a scare in one doubles match, the Jaguars score a 9-0 shutout of South Carolina-Lancaster. more...
3/23/2011
Jaguars post fourth consecutive victory
GPC continues its winning ways after a rough start to the season, blanking Morehouse College 9-0 at home. more...
3/20/2011
Jaguars net shutout; improve to 3-2
The Jaguars defeat Oxford of Emory 9-0 on the GPC home courts at Dunwoody Campus. more...
3/19/2011
Jaguars return to courts with 6-3 victory
GPC comes off a three-week break and defeats Itawamba (Miss.) Community College 6-3 Saturday. more...
3/19/2011
Jaguars enter win column with shutout
Brien Le’s extended tie-breaking thriller secures the season’s first victory as the Jaguars shut out Spartanburg (S.C.) Methodist College 9-0. more...
2/6/2011
Weekend tennis matches rained out
Saturday’s men’s and women’s tennis matches at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and Sunday’s men’s match with Georgia State University were rained out. more...
2/3/2011
Jaguars fall to top-ranked Emory
An exciting doubles win by Salif Kante and Ismail Lemtouni enables the Jaguars to avoid a shutout in a defeat to Emory University, the top-ranked team in the NCAA’s Division III. more...
1/29/2011
Jaguars open with close match, but not quite enough
The Georgia Perimeter College men’s tennis team’s season opened encouragingly against a four-year college, with two singles wins and two doubles victories. more...
10/19/2010
Jaguars give good accounting in ITA/USTA finals
Georgia Perimeter College gave notice that it will be a force in the full men’s tennis season next spring with runner-up finishes in singles and doubles last weekend at the ITA/USTA National Small College Championships. more...
10/11/2010
Kante and Bellina lead Jaguars to sweep at tournament
Salif Kante and Christian Bellina paced a men’s sweep of both flights for Georgia Perimeter College at a weekend tournament in Alexander City, Ala. Kante claimed the first flight singles title with a 6-1, 6-1 win over GPC teammate Ismail Lemounti. more...
09/30/2010
Jaguars are back: tennis teams sweep USTA/ITA regional
The GPC men’s and women’s tennis teams are headed for USTA/ITA Small College national tournaments after sweeping all four titles last weekend at the regionals. more...

Videos

2012
Jaguar Journal: Interview with
Head Coach Nait Omar
Jaguar head coach “Reda” Nait Omar discusses the season outlook for GPC’s men’s and women’s tennis teams: CLICK HERE to watch.
2012
Jaguar Journal: Interview with
Assistant Coaches Foley and Byron
The Jaguar assistant coaches, Miranda Foley and Akeem Byron, discuss their teams: CLICK HERE to watch.

Announcements

2012-13
2012-13 Tryouts
To try out for the GPC men’s or women’s tennis teams, please contact head coach “Reda” Mohamed Nait Omar mohamed.omar@gpc.edu or assistant coach Akeem Byron, 561-704-5016. Scholarships are available for players who qualify.