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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel men's tennis team split a pair of non-conference tennis matches Thursday afternoon and evening. The Bulldogs claimed a 9-0 match over Virginia Wesleyan at the Earle Tennis Center before dropping a match 7-0 to the College of Charleston at the CofC Tennis Center at Patriots Point.
"We were very glad to get a win against Virginia Wesleyan after the long week off," said head coach
Chuck Kriese. "The guys did what they needed to do against a well-coached team. Against the College of Charleston, (the Cougars) got on top of us in doubles and then played tough throughout the entire match. (CofC) is a very well-coached team and did the work that they needed to do to beat us. Our guys played hard the entire match, but the credit goes to (CofC). Our team is growing very fast and my only wish is that we had another month or two in the season. You always know when you have a great group of people on the team because you want the season to be extended. We are ready to go up to play Wofford in a conference match this coming Monday. We know that it will be a great challenge but the guys are looking forward to it."
Match 1: The Citadel 9, Virginia Wesleyan 0
The sweep over Virginia Wesleyan (6-6) marks just the fourth time this season the Bulldogs have swept an opponent.
The Bulldogs (9-20) started the match off by taking the three doubles points 8-1, 8-2 and 8-3.
Noah Nawabi and
Gavin Stewart dropped just one point in their win at No. 1 doubles over
Mitchell Perry and
Nick Gunther (8-1) with
Matthew Henson and
Will Graham taking the No. 2 point 8-2 over
Andreas Combos and
Anthony Wilson.
Willem van Zyl and
Trey Davis completed the sweep in doubles action with an 8-3 win over
Michael Portera and
Paul Gladstone at No. 3 doubles.
In singles action,
Jack Pyritz didn't drop a single point at No. 5 singles action to lead the way for the Bulldogs, sweeping past Wilson 6-0, 6-0. Stewart dropped just two points in his straight-sets win over Gunther, winning 6-0, 6-2 at No. 4. Van Zyl also only dropped two points as he defeated Combos 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. At No. 1 singles, Henson defeated Gladstone 6-3, 6-1 and Nawabi defeated Perry 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.
Roy Hobson rounded out the action with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Portera at No. 6.
Match 2: CofC 7, The Citadel 0
CofC's
Juan Estevarena and
Beneidkt Henning defeated Nawabi and Stewart 6-1 at No. 1 with
Ksawery Pociej and
Easton Thomas taking down Graham and Henson 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.
Youssef Dabbabi and
Ryan Kahn rounded out doubles action by besting Davis and can Zyl 6-4 at No. 3.
In singles action, Thomas bested Hobson 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6 singles while Henning followed that up with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Henson at No. 1. Estevarena defeated van Zyl 7-5, 6-1 at No. 2 and Kahn took down Nawabi 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. No. 4 and No. 5 singles saw Stewart and Pyritz take their competition to three sets. Despite their best efforts, Pociej claimed the No. 4 point 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 over Stewart while Dabbabi claimed the No. 5 point 7-5, 5-7, 10-6 over Pyritz.
UP NEXT
The Citadel has five regular-season matches left in the season. The Bulldogs will play two road Southern Conference matches at Wofford and Mercer. The 'Dogs and Terriers will square off on Monday, April 2 in Spartanburg before traveling to Macon, Georgia for a match against the Bears of Mercer on Saturday, April 7.
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