UNCG 4, UT-Pan America 0

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The UNCG men's tennis team defeated Texas-Pan American 4-0 Tuesday, at the UNCG tennis courts.

"We played hard and got the victory today," said head coach Thomas Mozur. "I feel like these matches have prepared us for a tough conference stretch starting with No. 61 nationally, Samford."

UNCG won two of three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead in the match against Texas-Pan American. 


Sophomore Randy Phillips and freshman William Albright won easily, 8-3, at No. 3 doubles against Thomas Panoulas and Victor Alves. 



At No. 2 doubles, Sophomore Cameron Smith and freshman Gason Murray lost to Ricardo Hopker and Chetan Panditi, 8-3. 



The doubles point came down to No. 1 doubles as freshman Daniel Mack and junior Ahmet Sarioglu won a tight 8-6 match against Sebastien Job and Alejandro Sanoja. Mack and Sarioglu clinched the match after Sarioglu held on his serve. 

In singles play, Mack won at No. 4 in an easy two sets against Sanoja, before Phillips took down Panditi at No. 3, 6-3, 6-3.

At No. 6, Albright clinched the match when he beat Alves, 6-3, 6-2.

The Spartans return to action when they head to Birmingham Alabama to face Samford (No. 61) Thursday, March 14 at 3 p.m.