Clemson 7, Furman 0
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson defeated Furman, 7-0, Friday afternoon in men's tennis action at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center in Clemson, S.C. Paladin sophomore Tyler Droll and junior Watson George combined for an 8-6 victory over Wesley Moran and Moritz Dettinger at number three doubles for Furman's lone win.
Derek DiFazio and Kevin Galloway teamed up for an 8-5 win over Paladin senior Sawyer Duncan and sophomore Andrew Mellow at number one doubles, while Yannick Maden and Bologna defeated Furman freshmen Alex Christ and Joel Cook, 8-1, in the number two doubles match to claim the doubles point for the Tigers.
Clemson (9-2) swept the singles matches, with Maden defeating Duncan, 6-4, 6-1, in the first singles slot, and DiFazio handing Christ a 6-3, 6-3 loss at number two singles. In the third singles match, Galloway defeated Droll 6-2, 6-4, and Gerardo Meza beat Mellow, 6-3, 6-0 in the fourth singles match up. Moran defeated sophomore Robbie 6-0, 6-0 at number five singles, and Bolona had a 6-2, 6-2 win over Cook in the sixth singles spot.
Furman (0-8) returns home Sunday to face Marquette in a noon match at the Mickel Tennis Center.
Campbell 6, UNCG 1
GREENSBORO, N.C. - UNCG saw its 15-match home winning streak come to an end Friday at the hands of Campbell, which beat the Spartans 6-1 at the UNCG Tennis Courts.
Freshman Ahmet Sarioglu picked up the lone win of the day for the Spartans (3-2), gutting out a 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 win over Josep Baro at No. 6 singles to remain undefeated on the spring season. The Ankera, Turkey, native improved to 5-0 in singles play during the dual season and 12-4 overall.
That was about the lone bright spot on the day for UNCG, which was swept in doubles action.
Campbell (4-1) saw its No. 1 singles player, Davy Sum, remain perfect on the spring season with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Orcun Seyrek.
UNCG sophomore Timion Meijs battled back from a first-set loss at No. 2 to force a third set, but fell to Larbi Lamzouri 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Freshman Chanon Varapongsittikul also lost a heartbreaker at No. 4, winning the first set 6-3 before dropping the second set 6-2. Dominik Kaniewski picked up the third-set tiebreaker 1-0 (10-8) to hand Varapongsittikul his first loss of the dual season.
Campbell won in straight sets at Nos. 3 and 5, with Fernando Guillen downing Yaroslav Litus at No. 3, 6-4, 6-4, and David Clavera dropping Jacob Wright at No. 5, 6-3, 6-2.
The Camels took all three doubles matches to claim the early 1-0 lead. Sum and Kaniewski topped Seyrek and Sarioglu at No. 1, 8-3, and Lamzouri and Guillen tripped up Meijs and Varapongsittikul at No. 2, 8-4. Litus and Wright pushed Baro and Clavera to a tiebreaker at No. 3, but the Campbell duo pulled out the 8-7 (7-3) win.
UNCG has little time to recover, as it hosts Navy (7-1) at the Starmount Forest Country Club Indoor Courts on Saturday at 4 p.m.