Georgia Southern 4, Florida A&M 2

STATESBORO, Ga. ? The Eagle men’s tennis team swept the doubles point and took their first home match of the season, defeating Florida A&M 4-2.
 
The Eagles had singles victories from Emmanuel Nkoueleue, Matthew Sands and Greg Bekkers.  Nkoueleue defeated Clifford Malivert 6-2, 7-5 in No. 2 singles while Sands took his match from Simbarashe Happy 6-2, 6-4 at No. 3.  Joris De Weerdt dropped his match at No. 1 to Artiem Podgainii 6-2, 6-3 and Philip Prins fell at No. 6 6-4, 6-3 to Paul Paige.  Borja Malet’s No. 5 match versus William Mau-Asam was unfinished.
 
In doubles, the Eagles were on fire as all three pairs had wins.  No. 1 Nkoueleue/Prins defeated Podgainii/Happy 8-6.  De Weerdt/Bekkers took the No. 2 match from Malivert/Mau-Asam 8-5 and Sands/Neil Shine won 8-4 over Williams/Paige in the No. 3 slot.
 
“This was a good team effort today,” said head coach Justin Miles, “but we need to work on getting off to a better start in doubles and singles.”
 
The Eagles take to the road next weekend to face Central Florida and North Florida.
 
Singles
1. Artiem Podgainii (FAMU) def. Joris De Weerdt (GSU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Emmanuel Nkoueleue (GSU) def. Clifford Malivert (FAMU) 6-2, 7-5
3. Matthew Sands (GSU) def. Simbarashe Happy (FAMU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Greg Bekkers (GSU) def. Jarrel Williams (FAMU) 7-6 (8), 6-0
5. Borja Malet (GSU) vs. William Mau-Asam (FAMU) unfinished
6. Paul Paige (FAMU) vs. Philip Prins (GSU) 6-4, 6-3
 
Doubles
1. Nkoueleue/Prins (GSU) def. Podgainii/Happy (FAMU) 8-6
2. De Weerdt/Bekkers (GSU) def. Malivert/Mau-Asam (FAMU) 8-5
3. Sands/Neil Shine (GSU) def. Williams/Paige (FAMU) 8-4

 

 

 

Davidson 5, Gardner-Webb 2

DAVIDSON, N.C. ? Davidson swept the doubles matches and recorded four of the six singles contests to win its third straight in a 5-2 victory over Gardner-Webb in men?s tennis action Sunday afternoon at the Knobloch Tennis Center. The triumph lifts the Wildcats to 3-1 on the young season while the Bulldogs fall to 0-3.

 

Like their first three duals of the 2007 season, the Wildcats led early after claiming the doubles point. As a club, Davidson is a perfect 12-0 in doubles competition this spring.

 

Flaviu Simihaian, Davidson?s top player, remains unbeaten (3-0) on the slate after defeating the Bulldog?s Kim Ellis in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2.

 

Gardner-Webb picked up wins from Evgeny Slesarev (6-4, 6-0) and Gabe Veiga (3-6, 6-0, 6-2) at the second and fourth spots, respectively, but those were the only points the Bulldogs would chart on the afternoon.

 

Davidson?s John Bolton clawed his way back from one set down to hold off Roberto Vasques (3-6, 6-0, 6-2), while Sam Burns and Eric Noble tallied key wins in the final two duals to secure the contest for the Wildcats.

 

The Wildcats will hit the road for their first match away from Davidson in a 2:30 p.m. affair at South Carolina Saturday, February 10.

 

 

Davidson 5,  Gardner-Webb 2

 

Doubles

1. Jaffee/ Burns (DAV) def. Vasques/Ferrier (GWU), 8-5 2. Bolton/Simihaian (DAV) def. Veiga/Slesarev (GWU), 8-6 3. Phillip Compeau/ Noble (DAV) def. Ellis/Van Rensberg (GWU), 8-5

 

Singles

1. Flaviu Simihaian (DAV)  def. Kim Ellis (GWU): 7-5, 6-2 2. Evgeny Slesarev  (GWU) def. Ethan Jaffee (DAV): 6-4, 6-0 3. John Bolton (DAV) def. Roberto Vasques (GWU): 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 4. Gabe Veiga (GWU) def. Scott Myers (DAV): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 5. Sam Burns (DAV) def. Taylor Ferrier (GWU): 6-1, 6-2 6. Eric Noble (DAV) def. Grant Van Rensberg (GWU):  6-4, 4-6, 11-9