UNCG 7, Gardner-Webb 0
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The UNCG men’s tennis team swept Gardner-Webb, 7-0, Sunday afternoon at the UNCG Tennis Courts.
The Spartans earn their four-straight victory all by a 7-0 score. Gardner-Webb drops to 3-8 with the loss.
UNCG took a 1-0 lead after winning all three doubles matches. At No. 1 doubles, sophomore James Dougherty and junior Randy Phillips defeated Ernest Alberch and Nikita Zverkov, 8-5. Freshman Nazhone Wilkins and sophomore Gaston Murray took down Tyler Macy and Brendan Dempsey, 8-4, at No. 3 doubles to clinch the point. In the final doubles match, sophomore Daniel Mack and senior Ahmet Sarioglu earned a 8-4 victory at No. 2 doubles against A.J. Stillwell and Benjamin Kaszas.
In singles, Mack won in straight sets against Jonathan Walker, 6-0, 6-2. Junior Cameron Smith gave UNCG a 3-0 lead after defeating Macy, 6-2, 6-2.
Dougherty clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Zverkov at No. 2 singles. At No. 4 singles, Murray defeated Dempsey, 6-1, 6-3.
Phillips was able to win in the third set tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6), against Alberch at No. 3 singles. Phillips won the second set, 6-4, and won the super tiebreaker 10-6.
In the final match, Sarioglu was able to earn a three set victory against Kaszas, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Sariglu fought back to win the final two sets, 6-2, 6-3.
UNCG will head out on the road Wednesday, Feb. 26 against Campbell at noon in Buies Creek, N.C.
UNCG will head out on the road Wednesday, Feb. 26 against Campbell at noon in Buies Creek, N.C.
East Tennessee State 4, Elon 0
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Elon University men’s tennis team struggled today, Feb. 23, in a 4-0 loss to 63rd-ranked East Tennessee State.
“We didn’t perform very well today,” said Elon coach Michael Leonard. I don’t want to take anything away from East Tennessee State. They’re a tough team, but we did not play with enough confidence today.”
Elon did take one doubles match on court No. 3 where Jordan Kaufman and Juan Madrid defeated Ricardo Pabon and Conner Huertas 8-7, but the Buccaneers took wins on the first two courts to take the doubles point.
The Buccaneers continued their dominance of the Phoenix in singles. Roger Ordeig made quick work of Madrid on court No. 6, 6-0, 6-2, while both Stefan Fortmann and Cameron Silverman were both defeated on court No. 3 and 1, respectively, to give East Tennessee State the match.
On court No. 2, Robert Lindgren came back after dropping his first set to force a third set. The junior was leading 1-0 in the final set before the match was called. Kaufman also forced a third set on court No. 5 after dropping the first set. His match did not finish, either.
Brian Kowalski was the only Elon player to win his first set in singles. The junior was leading in the second set, too, before the Buccaneers clinched the match.