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Josiah Schainblatt vs Mercer
John Brush / The Citadel
7
Winner Mercer University MER (9-12, 3-2 SoCon)
0
The Citadel CIT (5-15, 0-5 SoCon)
Winner
Mercer University MER
(9-12, 3-2 SoCon)
7
Final
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The Citadel CIT
(5-15, 0-5 SoCon)
6
Winner Mercer MER (10-12)
0
The Citadel CIT (5-16)
Winner
Mercer MER
(10-12)
6
Final
0
The Citadel CIT
(5-16)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Currie McFayden

Bulldogs Fall to Mercer in Wednesday Doubleheader

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel battled Mercer in a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon at the Earle Tennis Center to close its long homestand, falling in both matches against the visiting Bears in a format that featured just one Southern Conference bout.

Match 1 Information
Location: Charleston, S.C. (Earle Tennis Center)
Final Score: Mercer 7, The Citadel 0
Records: The Citadel (5-15, 0-5 SoCon), Mercer (9-12, 3-2 SoCon)

Match 1 Rundown
  • The first match of the day served as the SoCon match between the two sides.
  • Mercer swept the three doubles matches to claim an early 1-0 lead, but Josiah Schainblatt and Sebastian Kamieniecki battled to take four games at the No. 2 slot.
  • Will Graham and Kamieniecki each fought their way to a decisive third set in singles play but could not quite come away with victories.

Match 1 Results
Doubles
1. Hugo Lobo / Lucas Wayenburg (MER) def. Will Graham / Hayden Shoemake (CIT) 6-3
2. Carver Arant / David Georgadze (MER) def. Josiah Schainblatt / Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT) 6-4
3. Michael Durham / Samuel Barrow (MER) def. Phillip Quinn / Lucas Robins (CIT) 6-2

Singles
1. Hugo Lobo (MER) def. Will Graham (CIT) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6
2. Lucas Wayenburg (MER) def. Hayden Shoemake (CIT) 6-0, 6-0
3. Carver Arant (MER) def. Josiah Schainblatt (CIT) 6-0, 6-0
4. David Georgadze (MER) def. Phillip Quinn (CIT) 6-3, 6-2
5. Michael Durham (MER) def. Lucas Robins (CIT) 6-0, 6-0
6. Samuel Barrow (MER) def. Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6

Match 2 Information
Location: Charleston, S.C. (Earle Tennis Center)
Final Score: Mercer 6, The Citadel 0
Records: The Citadel (5-16), Mercer (10-12)

Match 2 Rundown
  • The second match of the day was designated as a non-conference bout between the two sides and featured only singles play.
  • Hayden Shoemake forced three sets at the No. 2 position, winning the first frame before narrowly falling in the last two against Hugo Lobo.
  • At each of the bottom three positions, The Citadel won seven games apiece, as Phillip Quinn, Andrew Darby and Sebastian Kamieniecki battled hard despite straight-set setbacks.

Match 2 Results
Singles
1. Lucas Wayenburg (MER) def. Will Graham (CIT) 6-0, 6-2
2. Hugo Lobo (MER) def. Hayden Shoemake (CIT) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
3. David Georgadze (MER) def. Josiah Schainblatt (CIT) 6-4, 6-2
4. Michael Durham (MER) def. Phillip Quinn (CIT) 6-4, 6-3
5. Samuel Barrow (MER) def. Andrew Darby (CIT) 6-3, 6-4
6. Danny Flynn (MER) def. Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT) 7-5, 6-2

Up Next
The Citadel will be back in action twice this weekend on the road, traveling to face ETSU on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. before heading to UNCG on Saturday at 1 p.m. to wrap up its regular season road slate.
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