Box Score RESULTS (PDF)

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel men's tennis team dropped a Southern Conference home match 7-0 to UNCG Sunday afternoon at the Earle Tennis Center.

"All the credit today goes to UNCG's team. They were ready to play and they had great sportsmanship," said head coach Chuck Kriese. "We were leading most of our matches for most of the day, we just did not close and it's like missing free throws in the last minutes of a ball game. The team has not backed away from the fire, they are working hard. They have a sense of confidence that we will make it through this. It's all just part of the deal. I'm not disappointed at all in the guys' effort, confidence has to be earned through hard work, but also confidence has to be earned through having your heart broken enough times to where you figure out what to do at closing time."

The Spartans (9-9, 2-3 SoCon) swept the doubles competition with Connor Thompson and Nico Grewe defeating Noah Nawabi and Gavin Stewart 6-2 at No. 1. Logan Walker and Marcus Vidgren bested Will Graham and Matthew Henson 6-3 and Ollie Palmer and Jack Burkill claimed the No. 3 doubles match 6-4 over Willem van Zyl and Trey Davis.

In singles action, Thompson won in straight sets over Henson 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 while Palmer bested van Zyl 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. Vidgren claimed No. 3 with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Nawabi and Grewe bested Pyritz 6-4, 7-5 at No. 4. Stewart and Roy Hobson each claimed the first set at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, but Stewart ultimately fell 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 to Daniel Hammerstedt at No. 5 and Hobson ultimately relinquished the point at No. 6 singles 4-6 6-4, 6-1 at No. 6 to Ian Melnik.

UP NEXT
The Citadel will close out the regular season this week with a pair of matches at home against ETSU and USC Sumter on Saturday, April 14. The SoCon match against the Bucs will begin at 1 p.m. while the non-conference match with the Fire Ants is slated for a 5 p.m. start.

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