April 20, 2006

Charleston, S.C. - The No. 7 seeded Appalachian State University men's tennis team defeated No. 10 UNC Greensboro, 4-1, Thursday in the opening round of the Southern Conference Championships hosted by The Citadel at the Farmfield Tennis Center.

With the win the Mountaineers improve to 13-9 on the season and extend their winning streak to five matches. The 13 wins are the most by a team under ASU head coach Bob Lake.

Junior Dimitar Dimitrov and senior Andrew Waters started the match off with their third-straight doubles victory with an 8-1 defeat of Ryan Lewis and Jason Steinhorn at the No. 2 position.

Junior Alex Probst and sophomore Robert Hogewood clinched the point for ASU with an 8-3 victory over Austin Wilty and Ian Conchar at the No. 3 position. The duo is now a perfect 5-0 on the season.

Dimitrov extended Appalachian's lead to 2-0, defeating Conchar, 6-1, 6-0, at the third singles flight. Lewis pulled the Spartans within one with a 6-0, 7-5 win over senior Andrew Taylor at the No. 5 spot.

Reigning SoCon Player of the Week, Hogewood, picked up his fourth-straight singles win with a defeat of Steinhorn at No. 6. Sophomore Ryan Brookshaw clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Martin Redelinghys at the No. 2 position.

The Mountaineers advance to the quarterfinals where they will meet No. 2 Furman on Friday, April 21 at 12:30 p.m. at the Earle Tennis Center on the campus of The Citadel.

Appalachian State University (ASU) 4, UNC Greensboro (UNCG) 1

Doubles
1) Brookshaw/Taylor (ASU) vs. Ladoucuer/Redelinghys (UNCG), DNF
2) Dimitrov/Waters (ASU) def. Lewis/Steinhorn (UNCG), 8-1
3) Probst/Hogewood (ASU) def. Wilty/Conchar (UNCG), 8-3*
Order of finish: 2, 3*
*Clinching match

Singles
1) Alex Probst (ASU) vs. Marc Ladoucuer (UNCG), DNF
2) Ryan Brookshaw (ASU) def. Martin Redelinghys (UNCG), 6-4, 6-4*
3) Dimitar Dimtirov (ASU) def. Ian Conchar (UNCG), 6-1, 6-0
4) Andrew Waters (ASU) vs. Austin Wilty (UNCG), DNF
5) Ryan Lewis (UNCG) def. Andrew Taylor (ASU), 6-0, 7-5 6) Robert Hogewood (ASU) def. Jason Steinhorn (UNCG), 1-6, 6-4, Withdrawn
Order of finish: 3, 5, 6, 2*
*Clinching match