Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Match 1 Results (PDF)
Match 2 Results (PDF)

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel men's tennis team split a pair of matches Saturday at the Earle Tennis Center, including claiming a 9-0 win over USC Sumter in the day's second match. Earlier in the day, ETSU defeated the Bulldogs 6-1 in the final Southern Conference match of the campaign.

"First off, I feel that this was a very solid day as we started off by pushing regular-season champion for the Southern Conference ETSU. We won number-one doubles and Gavin Stewart gave us a point with a win his singles match," said head coach Chuck Kriese. "The matches were all hard fought and the guys are growing. I can't ask for more.

"USC Sumter competed very well, but it was really great to get our tenth victory of the year," Kriese continued. "It gives us 10 victories three years in a row and that's something to build on, especially since we will have most everybody back next year. Add in the recruiting class that is taking shape and I'm already looking forward to what the next year holds. More than anything, The Citadel tennis culture is solid and getting better each and every day. I'm hoping that we can extend the season through the SoCon Tournament."

Match 1: ETSU 6, The Citadel 1
In the day's first match, the Bucs (13-7, 7-0 SoCon) took the doubles point with matching 6-2 victories at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. Robert Herrera and Miguel Este defeated Will Graham and Matthew Henson at No. 2 and Sergi Fontcuberta and David Gonzalez bested Trey Davis and Willem van Zyl at No. 3 doubles. Noah Nawabi and Gavin Stewart got things off to a strong start for the Bulldogs (10-23, 0-6 SoCon) with a 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles over Juan Lugo and Tasei Miyamoto.

Stewart then carried over the strong momentum into his matchup at No. 5 singles, besting Miyamoto 5-7, 7-5, 10-4 to earn the Bulldogs' point in the match.

In the other singles matches, Herrera bested Henson 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 and Lugo defeated van Zyl 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2. Fontcuberta took the No. 3 singles point 6-2, 6-2 over Nawabi and Gonzalez bested Jack Pyritz 6-4, 6-2 at No. 4 singles. Este rounded out the day with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Roy Hobson at No. 6 singles.

Match 2: The Citadel 9, USC Sumter 0
In the match against USC Sumter, the Bulldogs swept through doubles action behind strong, 8-1 wins at all three matchups. Van Zyl and Davis bested Peter Kovats and Jordan George at No. 1 while Henson and Ryan Templet defeated Albert Smreczac and Felip Stevanovic at No. 2 doubles. Stewart and Graham combined forces at No. 3 doubles to best Nicklaus Neal and Leonardo Zancheta.

In singles action, Hobson didn't surrender a single point as he claimed the No. 6 match 6-0, 6-0 over Stevanovic and Stewart carried over his earlier success with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Neal at No 5. At No. 4 singles, Pyritz bested Smreczac 6-2, 6-1 and Nawabi beat Zancheta 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. Van Zyl claimed the No. 2 singles point with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Kovats and Henson matched him with a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 1 over George.

UP NEXT
The Citadel will play one final regular-season match on Wednesday, April 18, traveling to Anderson to take on Clemson in a match against the Tigers that was rained out earlier in the season. From there, the Bulldogs will travel to Chattanooga, Tennessee to take on No. 1 seed ETSU in the first round of the Southern Conference Championship. Action begins Friday, April 20 at 8:30 a.m. The Bulldogs will be the No. 8 seed in the upcoming tournament.

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