UNCG 7, The Citadel 0
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG men’s tennis team earned its first 7-0 sweep of the season against The Citadel Sunday at the UNCG Tennis Courts.
The Spartans have won two-straight matches and are 8-7, 1-3 in conference play. The Citadel falls to 2-22, 0-3 in SoCon action.
In doubles, UNCG won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. Sophomore William Albright and classmate Warren Bryan defeated Peter Bleach and Jackson Pride, 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.
At No. 1 doubles, freshman Connor Thompson and senior Randy Phillips clinched the point with a 8-4 win against Artemie Amari and Nick Bradley, 8-4.
In the final doubles match, junior Daniel Mack and senior Cameron Smith took down Oliver Dedding and Ryan Templet, 8-4 at No. 3 doubles.
In singles, junior Gaston Murray returned to the lineup and won easily against Pride, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles.
Albright also didn’t drop a game defeating Joe Bove, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles. Smith clinched the win with a 6-1, 6-2 win against Dedding at No. 4 singles.
Thompson won in straight sets against Bradley, 6-3, 6-0 at No. 2 singles. Phillips continued his hot streak at No. 1 singles earning a 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) win against Amari.
In the final match, Mack outlasted Bleach, 6-0, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6) at No. 3 singles to complete the 7-0 sweep.
ETSU 5, Samford 2
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- The Samford University men’s tennis team’s three-match winning streak came to an end Sunday as the Bulldogs dropped a 5-2 Southern Conference road decision against the ETSU Buccaneers in an early-league showdown held at the Buddy Hartsell Courts.
With Sunday’s setback, Samford (7-7, 1-1 SoCon) suffered its first defeat since March 4, when the Bulldogs fell short in a 4-3 loss to Stetson. Since then, Samford rattled off consecutive victories against Jackson State, UNCG and No. 47-ranked UNC-Wilmington.
ETSU (8-7, 3-0 SoCon), which is undefeated in league play this season, jumped out to an early 1-0 lead Sunday by winning the doubles point. The Buccaneers tallied victories on courts No. 2 and No. 3 to clinch the competition.
In singles play, Samford earned a pair of straight-set wins from Trey Carter and Eduardo Lourido Sanchez on courts No. 3 and No. 5, but ETSU answered with victories on the remaining four courts to take the 5-2 decision.
Carter’s dominant 6-3, 6-3 victory on court No. 3 helped him improve to 7-6 in singles play this season, while Lourido Sanchez moved to 6-6 when playing in the No. 5 singles position.