GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Wofford men's tennis team fell, 5-2, at UNCG in their final regular season match of the season.
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Despite taking the doubles point, the Terriers dropped five of the six singles matches to the Spartans.
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The loss concludes Wofford's regular season at 13-9 overall and 3-4 in SoCon play.
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All three doubles matches were closely contested, but the Terriers fought to take two of three and gain an early 1-0 advantage in the match. First, at no. 1, Wofford's
Haris Poric and
Julian Chousa won their match, 7-5. While both the no. 2 and no. 3 doubles matches went to tiebreaks, the Terriers took the first one, with
Lucas Cerbelli and
Jack Thomas winning, 7-6 (7-3) at no. 3. UNCG took the match at no. 2, 7-6 (7-4).
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The Spartans took back the momentum after trailing heading into singles play. UNCG took the first five singles matches that finished to win the match, 5-2.
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First, Warren Bryan won 6-3, 7-5 at no. 4 to even the match at 1-1. Then, Marcus Vidgren won at no. 2, 7-5, 6-3, to give the Spartans their first lead.
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UNCG continued its momentum when William Albright outlasted
Parks Schoen, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. The Spartans clinched the match when Connor Thompson won a close tiebreaker at no. 1 to defeat Poric, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5).
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With the match already decided, the teams split the remaining two matches at no. 5 and no. 6.
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UNCG took the match at no. 6, with Jack Burkill winning, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 at no. 6. In the last match, Chousa gave Wofford their only singles win of the day, with a 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-5 victory.
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Up next, the Terriers will play UNCG again in the quarterfinals of the SoCon Tournament this Friday, April 21 at 9 a.m. The match will take place at the Mickel Tennis Center in Greenville.
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Singles Results:
- Connor Thompson (UNCG) def. Haris Poric (WOF) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5)
- Marcus Vidgren (UNCG) def. Lucas Cerbelli (WOF) 7-5, 6-3
- William Albright (UNCG) def. Parks Schoen (WOF) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
- Warren Bryan (UNCG) def. Jack Thomas (WOF) 6-3, 7-5
- Julian Chousa (WOF) def. Daniel Hammarstedt (UNCG) 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-5
- Jack Burkill (UNCG) def. Kyle Barr (WOF) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
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Doubles Results:
- Haris Poric/Julian Chousa (WOF) def. Connor Thompson/William Albright (UNCG) 7-5
- Marcus Vidgren/Jack Burkill (UNCG) def. Patrick Longest/Andrew Graham (WOF) 7-6 (7-4)
- Lucas Cerbelli/Jack Thomas (WOF) def. Warren Bryan/Logan Walker (UNCG) 7-6 (7-3)