Furman 6, The Citadel 1
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Furman men’s tennis team remained unbeaten in SoCon play with a 6-1 win over The Citadel Wednesday at the Earle Tennis Center in Charleston, S.C.
The Paladins won two of three doubles matches to claim the opening point. Juniors Matt Browne and Ben Horst downed Artemie Amari and Peter Bleach, 8-1, at flight one, and sophomore Adam Steryous and freshman Cameron Green topped Oliver Dedding and Jackson Pride, 8-6, at number two. The Citadel won the flight three match by default due to illness.
In singles play, Steryous beat Amari, 6-4, 6-4, in the top-seeded contest, and Browne recorded a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Bleach at flight two. At flight four, Horst posted a 6-2, 6-3 win against Pride, while senior Jacob Behal defeated Dedding, 6-1, 6-3, in the flight five match. Freshman Stefan Rhodes topped Connor Grady, 6-3, 6-2, at number six.
The Bulldogs’ lone point came at flight three, where Nicholas Bradley defeated Green, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
UNCG 4, Elon 3
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG men’s tennis team battled the entire match earning a dramatic 4-3 victory against rival Elon Wednesday at the UNCG Tennis Courts.
The Spartans improve to 11-8 overall and have won three-straight matches. Elon falls to 8-12 with the tough loss.
With the match tied at 3-3, it all came down to No. 3 singles as junior Daniel Mack faced Elon's Robert Lindgren. Mack won the first set 6-4 but lost the second set 4-6 to setup the winner take all third set. Lindgren jumped ahead 3-0 before Mack stormed back to win four of the next five games to tie the set at 4-4. The deciding match went to a tiebreaker at 6-6 and Mack went in front, 6-2. Lindgren saved three match points before Mack clinched the victory in a tiebreaker, 7-5.
In doubles, UNCG won two doubles matches, including a tiebreaker to clinch the doubles point. Freshman Connor Thompson and senior Randy Phillips defeated Stefan Fortmann and Brian Kowalski, 8-3 at No. 1 doubles.
At No. 2 doubles, sophomore William Albright and classmate Warren Bryan clinched the doubles point with a thrilling 8-7 (7-2) win against Jordan Kaufman and Robert Lindgren. Albright and Bryan led 7-4 before Elon forced a tiebreaker and UNCG’s duo came away with a 8-7, 7-2 win in the breaker.
In the final doubles match, Mack and senior Cameron Smith went unfinished as they were trailing 6-7 against Chris Humphreys and Juan Madrid at No. 3 doubles.
In singles, Kaufman tied the match at 1-1 after defeating Thompson, 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. Kowalski gave Elon a 2-1 lead after a 6-4, 6-2 win against Smith at No. 4 singles.
Albright tied the match at 2-2 with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 victory against Humphreys at No. 6 singles. Phillips gave UNCG a 3-2 advantage with a senior day win at No. 1 singles against Formann, 7-5, 6-4. Phillips improved to 16-3 during the spring season.
Josh Luck tied the match at 3-3 with a 6-4, 6-1 win against junior Gaston Murray at No. 5 singles.