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Milledge Austin/The Citadel
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Winner Richmond RICHMOND (9-4)
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The Citadel CIT (8-16)
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Richmond RICHMOND
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Final
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The Citadel CIT
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Winner Lehigh LEHIGH (6-2)
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The Citadel CIT (8-17)
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The Citadel CIT
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Quinn Continues to Shine as Dogs Drop Pair of Matches to Richmond, Lehigh

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Freshman Phillip Quinn completed a weekend sweep of his singles matchups by picking up two more wins on Sunday. Despite the strong showing from the Dallas, Texas native, The Citadel men's tennis team dropped a couple of hard-fought matches at the Jack Adams Tennis Center.

The Bulldogs started the day with a 6-1 loss to Richmond before dropping the second match of the day, 5-2, to Lehigh.

Match Information
Location: Charleston, S.C. (Jack Adams Tennis Center)
Match 1 Final Score: Richmond 6, The Citadel 1
Match 2 Final Score: Lehigh 5, The Citadel 2
Records: The Citadel (8-17), Richmond (9-4), Lehigh (6-2)

Match 1 – 10 a.m., vs. Richmond
  • The day's first match started off with Richmond taking the doubles point behind a clean sweep of all three matchups. Despite the sweep by the Spiders, Quinn and Noah Nawabi forced their match at No. 3 to the brink, ultimately falling 8-7 to Klein Evans and Campbell Erwin.
  • In singles action, Willem van Zyl forced his No. 4 matchup to three sets. After dropping the first set, 7-5 to John Walsh, van Zyl bounced back for a well-earned, 7-5 win in set two. Walsh ultimately won the tie breaker, 1-0 to claim the point.
  • At No. 5 singles, Gavin Stewart pushed his matchup with Erwin to a close 7-5, 7-6 ending, with Erwin escaping with the win.
  • Quinn claimed the Bulldogs' lone point in the match with a 7-6, 6-2 victory at No. 6 singles over Josh Keitelman.
  • At the other three singles matchups, Roy Hobson, Jack Pyritz and Nawabi each managed to take five games from their opponents. Hobson fell 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 to Matt Fernandez, while Pyritz dropped the No. 2 singles matchup 6-2, 6-3 to Evans. Nawabi rounded out the action with a 6-4, 6-1 loss at No. 3 to George Lovitt.

Match 1 Results
Doubles
1. Josh Keitelman / Matt Fernandez (Richmond) def. Willem van Zyl / Gavin Stewart (Citadel) 8-3
2. George Lovitt / John Walsh (Richmond) def. Roy Hobson / Will Graham (Citadel) 8-2
3. Klein Evans / Campbell Erwin (Richmond) def. Noah Nawabi / Phillip Quinn (Citadel) 8-7

Singles
1. Fernandez (Richmond) def. Hobson (Citadel) 6-3, 6-2
2. Evans (Richmond) def. Jack Pyritz (Citadel) 6-2, 6-3
3. Lovitt (Richmond) def. Nawabi (Citadel) 6-4, 6-1
4. Walsh (Richmond) def. van Zyl (Citadel) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0
5. Erwin (Richmond) def. Stewart (Citadel) 7-5, 7-6
6. Quinn (Citadel) def. Keitelman (Richmond) 7-6, 6-2


Match 2 – 3:30 p.m., vs. Lehigh 
  • In the match against Lehigh, Quinn and Nawabi managed to take No. 2 doubles, 8-5, over Jack Martin-Dyer and Jacob Edelchik.
  • Lehigh claimed the doubles point behind matching 8-4 wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles.
  • In singles action, Quinn completed the weekend sweep with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Christopher Auteri at No. 6. Quinn ended his five matches on the weekend by dropping just one of set.
  • Stewart joined Quinn in the win column in the day's second match, taking the No. 5 singles matchup after dropping the first set. Stewart won 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 over Edelchik.
  • Van Zyl took the first set of his No. 4 singles match, 6-3, against Gary Fishkin, but Fishkin bounced back for a tough, 6-4 win in the second set before clinching the point with a 6-2 victory in the third.
  • At No. 1 singles, Roy Hobson forced Harry Wang to fight for every point, but Wang walked away with the 6-4, 7-5 win.
  • Nawabi claimed another six games in his No. 3 matchup, falling 6-4, 6-2 to Martin-Dyer.
  • Pyritz rounded out the second match's action with a 6-2, 6-3 loss at No. 2 singles to Zack Elliott.

Match 2 Results
Doubles
1. Harry Wang / Zack Elliott (Lehigh) def. Willem van Zyl / Gavin Stewart (Citadel) 8-4
2. Phillip Quinn / Noah Nawabi (Citadel) def. Jack Martin-Dyer / Jacob Edelchik (Lehigh) 8-5
3. Christopher Auteri / Gary Fishkin (Lehigh) def. Roy Hobson / Will Graham (Citadel) 8-4

Singles
1. Wang (Lehigh) def. Hobson (Citadel) 6-4, 7-5
2. Elliott (Lehigh) def. Jack Pyritz (Citadel) 6-2, 6-3
3. Martin-Dyer (Lehigh) def. Nawabi (Citadel) 6-4, 6-2
4. Fishkin (Lehigh) def. van Zyl (Citadel) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
5. Stewart (Citadel) def. Edelchik (Lehigh) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
6. Quinn (Citadel) def. Auteri (Lehigh) 6-2, 6-2

QUOTABLES FROM COACH KRIESE
"The story of the weekend for us was freshman Phillip Quinn, who went undefeated in his five singles matches and won three doubles matches. He had a great weekend," said head coach Chuck Kriese. "We picked up two wins this weekend which is always good, but we also picked up some necessary tough, tough matches where our guys came through and battled to the end. We have to be in a lot of these matches before we learn how to finish. It is part of the process, and the guys are doing better each day. We are excited to have another month of the season and I think our best tennis is ahead of us."

UP NEXT
The Citadel will host Radford, Chattanooga and Marist next weekend for four matches at the Jack Adams Tennis Center. The weekend will get started with a 9 a.m. doubleheader against the Highlanders on Saturday, March 16. The quartet of matches will conclude on Sunday, March 17 with a morning Southern Conference match against the Mocs followed by a 3 p.m. match with Marist.

For more information and score updates on The Citadel men's tennis team, please visit CitadelSports.com and follow @CitadelMten on Twitter and @CitadelSports on Twitter and Instagram.
 
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