BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – The Citadel tennis team dropped its opening Southern Conference match against Samford (6-1) on Sunday afternoon.
 
Doubles

• 1. Maxwell Giddens/Sandeep Mohandoss (SAMM) def. Hayden Shoemake/Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT) 6-3
• 2. Ted Bagwell/Zvonko Bencedic (CIT) def. Harrison Williams/M. Ali Bellalouna (SAMM) 7-6
• 3. Will Gray/Darcy Nicholls (SAMM) def. Andrew Darby/Lucas Robins (CIT) 6-3

 
Singles

• 1. M. Ali Bellalouna (SAMM) def. Hayden Shoemake (CIT) 6-2, 6-2
• 2. Maxwell Giddens (SAMM) def. Zvonko Bencedic (CIT) 6-1, 6-1
• 3. Sandeep Mohandoss (SAMM) def. Lucas Robins (CIT) 6-2, 6-1
• 4. Sebastian Kamieniecki (CIT) def. J.B. Pickard (SAMM) 4-6, 7-5, 10-8
• 5. Darcy Nicholls (SAMM) def. Ted Bagwell (CIT) 6-3, 6-0
• 6. Santiago Arredondo (SAMM) def. Andrew Darby (CIT) 6-1, 6-4

 
Inside the Box Score

• Sebastian Kamieniecki picked up the lone singles point for The Citadel as he defeated J.B. Pickard in three sets. Pickard would take set one, but Kamieniecki would battle in sets two and three, forcing them to go to tiebreaker.

 
Up Next
The Citadel will take on the Davidson Wildcats on Mar. 7 at 2 pm at the Earle Tennis Center.