Bulldogs Take Doubles Point at UNCG

Saturday, April 10

Greensboro, N.C.

1 p.m.

The Citadel

UNCG

Photo by: John Brush / The Citadel

4/10/2021 4:12:00 PM | Tennis

Box Score

By: Currie McFayden

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Citadel took an early lead by winning the doubles point and Lucas Robins picked up a win at No. 6 singles, but the Bulldogs dropped a 5-2 decision at UNCG in the Southern Conference finale for the squad on Saturday afternoon.

Match Information
Location: Greensboro, N.C. (UNCG Tennis Courts)
Final Score: UNCG 5, The Citadel 2
Records: The Citadel (5-18, 0-7 SoCon), UNCG (3-10, 1-5 SoCon)

Match Rundown

The duos of Hayden Shoemake and Will Graham at No. 1 and Josiah Schainblatt and Zvonko Bencedic at No. 2 posted victories in doubles action, giving The Citadel its first doubles point against a conference foe since March 8, 2014, when the Bulldogs took the point off Chattanooga.
In singles play, Lucas Robins picked up his second win of the spring at the No. 6 spot, knocking off Cooper Wyett in straight sets.
Bencedic won seven games in a hotly-contested match at No. 4, and Shoemake took six games off Nico Grewe at No. 2 before falling.

Match Results
Singles
1. Ollie Palmer (UNCG) def. Will Graham (CIT) 6-2, 6-2
2. Nico Grewe (UNCG) def. Hayden Shoemake (CIT) 6-2, 6-4
3. Hugh Knapp (UNCG) def. Josiah Schainblatt (CIT) 6-1, 6-4
4. Alexander Zuckerman (UNCG) def. Zvonko Bencedic (CIT) 6-3, 6-4
5. Roger Rogowski (UNCG) def. Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT) 6-4, 6-1
6. Lucas Robins (CIT) def. Cooper Wyett (UNCG) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1. Hayden Shoemake / Will Graham (CIT) def. Nico Grewe / Ollie Palmer (UNCG) 6-3
2. Josiah Schainblatt / Zvonko Bencedic (CIT) def. Christopher Johns / Alexander Zuckerman (UNCG) 6-4
3. Roger Rogowski / Cooper Wyett (UNCG) def. Andrew Darby / Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT) 7-5

Up Next
The Citadel will round out the regular season next Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. as the Bulldogs welcome in-state foe Coastal Carolina to the Earle Tennis Center. That match will double as Senior Day for The Citadel, who will honor Will Graham in a pre-match ceremony.