ELON, N.C. ? Damon Gooch, Oscar Podlewski, Carlin Murray, Chase Helpingstine, Philip Nemec and Alberto Rojas all posted singles victories as Elon dispatched UNC Wilmington 7-0 in a nonconference men’s tennis match Sunday afternoon at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
The Phoenix (4-4) claimed two of the three doubles bouts en route to capturing the doubles point, setting the stage for Elon to register its fourth triumph in six contests. Rojas and Cody Stauffer MacDowell blanked Alex Wetherell and Anton Nikolov 8-0 at No. 3 doubles to give the Phoenix the first win of the afternoon.
Michael Pereira and Kinshuk Sharma toppled Helpingstine and Podlewski 8-4 at No. 2 to even up the doubles standings for the Seahawks (2-3). Gooch and Nemec knocked off Gustavo Bertei and Ryan Ybarra 8-5 at No. 1 to seize the doubles point for Elon.
Gooch (over Bertei 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1), Nemec (over Sharma 7-5, 6-4 at No. 5), Helpingstine (over Ybarra 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) at No. 4), Rojas (over Wetherell 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 at No. 6), Murray (over Illia Ziamtsou 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 at No. 3) and Podlewski (over Pereira 6-7 (7-6), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) at No. 2) swept through the singles matches for the Phoenix.
Elon will return to action with a trip to Charlotte for a 1 p.m. meeting Saturday with the 49ers.
UNC Greensboro 7, UNC Asheville 0
ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? UNC Greensboro won all singles matches in straight sets on its way to a 7-0 shut out of cross-state rival UNC Asheville in men’s tennis action Sunday night.
Orcun Seyrek, a freshman from Istanbul, Turkey, moved to 4-0 on the spring slate with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Mauricio Correa at No. 1 singles. Andrey Bubnov, Arsel Kumdereli, Yaroslav Litus, Jacob Wright and Taylor Befus all won in straight sets, as well, as UNCG moved to 3-1 on the spring season.
Seyrek also teamed up with Kumderli for one of UNCG’s two doubles wins. The other came from the tandem of William John and Kyle Eddlins.
UNCG returns to action next Sunday when they visit No. 35-ranked NC State for an 11 am match.