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Match 2 Box Score (PDF)

SUMTER, S.C. – The Citadel men's tennis team split a pair of non-conference tennis matches in Sumter on Saturday as part of their Spring Break trip. The Bulldogs started the day off by taking a 6-2 win over Eastern Florida State College before falling 4-0 to Appalachian State.

"Today was filled with a lot of good matchups in both matches," said head coach Chuck Kriese. "Obviously, starting the day off with the win over Eastern Florida State was good for our guys. We had tough matchups up and down and it really was a good, hard-fought battle. In our second match, you have to give credit to App State. They are a very good team and battled us hard all the way to the end. Unfortunately, we weren't able to finish up that match, but seeing our guys battle and seeing the way they continued to fight after having just played a match, it shows that they are getting it."

Match 1: The Citadel 6, EFSC 2
The Bulldogs (8-18) started the day off by taking a match 6-2 over Eastern Florida State College (1-2) despite being delayed by rain in the Sumter area.

In doubles action, Noah Nawabi and Gavin Stewart claimed a point for the Bulldogs with an 8-6 win over Alwyn Mushonga and Andreas Weis at No. 1. Willem van Zyl and Trey Davis also claimed a point for The Bulldogs with a 9-7 win at No. 3 doubles over Milan Savic and Fabricio Galvan. At No. 2 doubles, Adriel Azucev and Nils Michel put EFSC on the board with an 8-1 win over Matthew Henson and Will Graham.

In singles action, Michel claimed the Trojans' lone singles point at No. 1 with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Henson.

From there, it was all Bulldogs as van Zyl, Stewart, Pyritz, Hobson and Nawabi all won their singles matchups. Hobson bested Galvan 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6 and Pyritz claimed the No. 5 point with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Savic. Stewart claimed a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win at No. 4 over Mushonga, van Zyl took the No. 3 point 6-0, 6-1 over Weis. Nawabi finished things off at No. 2 singles and was up 6-4, 4-6, 4-3 over Azucev when the match was called.

Match 2: App State4, The Citadel 0
The Mountaineers (10-6) took the doubles point behind Milo Bargeron and Scott Webster's 6-1 win over Stewart and Nawabi at No. 1 and Alex Pavkovich and Ben Webster's 6-1 win over Henson and Graham at No. 2.

In singles action, Scott Webster defeated Henson 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1, Ben Webster defeated Nawabi 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 and Alex Brea bested Hobson 6-0, 6-4 at No. 6. The other three singles competitions did not finish, but the Bulldogs were up in all three when play was called.

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The Bulldogs will close out the weekend with a match against Lipscomb on Sunday, March 18.

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