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The Citadel CIT (9-24)
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Winner ETSU ETSU (18-4)
The Citadel CIT
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Final
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ETSU ETSU
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 8 Bulldogs Fall to No. 1 ETSU in SoCon Championships

MACON, Ga. – The Citadel men's tennis team bowed out of the 2019 Southern Conference Tennis Championships Thursday afternoon, falling 4-0 to the top-seeded Buccaneers of ETSU.

Match Information
Location: Macon, Ga. (John Drew Smith Tennis Center)
Final Score: #1 ETSU 4, #8 The Citadel 0
Records: ETSU (18-4), The Citadel (9-24) 
 
  • The Citadel pushed ETSU to the brink in doubles play with all three matchups working to 3-3 ties.
  • At No. 3 singles, Willem van Zyl and Will Graham fell 6-4 to Sergi Fontcuberta and David Gonzalez to give ETSU the early 1-0 lead.
  • No. 2 doubles clinched the point for the Bucs. Phillip Quinn and Noah Nawabi went up 4-3 on Yusuf Khamis and Frazier Rengifo, but the Bucs rattled off three straight games to claim the win and the point.
  • Roy Hobson and Gavin Stewart were tied 3-3 with Chris Mikrovas and Miguel Este just before the match was called. As No. 2 doubles wrapped up to clinch the match, Mikrovas and Este claimed their fourth game to take the lead.
  • In singles action, Quinn fell 6-0, 6-1 to Este at No. 6 in the first matchup to finish.
  • Juan Lugo then gave ETSU a 3-0 advantage with a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 3 over van Zyl.
  • Fontcuberta clinched the match for ETSU with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles over Jack Pyritz.
  • Nawabi fell behind early in his No. 4 singles matchup with a 6-4 loss to Khamis, but was up 3-2 in the second set when the match was called.
  • After falling 6-2 to Rengifo in the first set of No. 1 singles, Hobson worked to a 3-3 tie when the match was called.

Match Results
Doubles (Order - 3,2)
1. Chris Mikrovas / Miguel Este (ETSU) vs. Roy Hobson / Gavin Stewart (The Citadel) 4-3, unfinished
2. Yusuf Khamis / Frazier Rengifo (ETSU) def. Noah Nawabi / Phillip Quinn (The Citadel) 6-4
3. Sergi Fontcuberta / David Gonzalez (ETSU) def. Will Graham / Willem van Zyl (The Citadel) 6-4

Singles (Order  6,3,2)
1. Rengifo (ETSU) vs. Hobson (The Citadel) 6-2, 3-3 unfinished
2. Fontcuberta (ETSU) def. Jack Pyritz (The Citadel) 6-0, 6-1
3. Juan Lugo (ETSU) def. van Zyl (The Citadel) 6-0, 6-2
4. Khamis (ETSU) vs. Nawabi (The Citadel) 6-4, 2-3 unfinished
5. Gonzalez (ETSU) vs. Stewart (The Citadel) 6-2, 4-1 unfinished
6. Este (ETSU) def. Quinn (The Citadel) 6-0, 6-1

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