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Winner Radford RAD (9-2)
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The Citadel CIT (8-18)
Winner
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The Citadel CIT
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Bulldog Tennis Falls to Radford

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel men's tennis team put up a strong fight on Saturday morning and led most of the singles matches early on, but the Bulldogs ultimately fell 6-1 to Radford at the Jack Adams Tennis Center.

Match Information
Location: Charleston, S.C. (Jack Adams Tennis Center)
Final Score: Radford 6, The Citadel 1
Records: Radford (9-2), The Citadel (8-18) 
  • The day started with doubles action where the Highlanders clinched the doubles point with matching 6-1 victories at No. 1 and No. 3. Freshman Phillip Quinn and junior Noah Nawabi fought hard to take a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles.
  • In singles action, sophomore Gavin Stewart was the first Bulldog to wrap up as he claimed a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles over Matko Varga.
  • At No. 3, Nawabi pushed Alexandros Caldwell to a tiebreaker in the first set, falling 7-5. Caldwell then claimed the point with a 6-1 win in the second set.
  • At No. 2 and No. 4 singles, Jack Pyritz and Willem van Zyl each took seven games from their opponents, falling 6-3, 6-4. Pyritz fell to Rodrigo Magalhaes, while van Zyl was defeated by Michiel Meekers.
  • Roy Hobson fell 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles to Yevhen Sirous.
  • Quinn was the lone Bulldog to have his singles match go to three sets. Quinn claimed the first set 6-0, but Andres Silva bounced by for a pair of 7-6 victories in the second and third sets as Quinn fought hard to continue his singles winning streak.

Match Results
Doubles
1. Yevhen Sirous / Rodrigo Magalhaes (Radford) def. Gavin Stewart / Willem van Zyl (Citadel) 6-1
2. Phillip Quinn / Noah Nawabi (Citadel) def. Alexandros Caldwell / Michiel Meekers (Radford) 6-3
3. Matko Varga / Andres Silva (Radford) def. Jack Pyritz / Will Graham (Citadel) 6-1

Singles
1. Sirous (Radford) def. Roy Hobson (Citadel) 6-4, 6-2
2. Magalhaes (Radford) def. Pyritz (Citadel) 6-3, 6-4
3. Caldwell (Radford) def. Nawabi (Citadel) 7-5, 6-1
4. Meekers (Radford) def. van Zyl (Citadel) 6-3, 6-4
5. Stewart (Citadel) def. Varga (Radford) 6-0, 6-3
6. Silva (Radford) def. Quinn (Citadel) 0-6, 7-6, 7-6

QUOTABLES FROM COACH KRIESE
"I give a lot of credit to Radford. We had a good start in singles and I believed that this would be a match that we would stay on top of," said head coach Chuck Kriese. "They fought back well and closed out strong. We are going to continue to stay the course, and if we learn how to carry leads, we could be a tough team coming down the stretch."

UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will next host Chattanooga and Marist on Sunday, March 17. The Bulldogs and Mocs will tangle at 10 a.m., and the match between the 'Dogs and the Red Foxes will begin at 3 p.m.

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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