University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
UNC Greensboro
Men's Tennis Falls Short in Season Opener at UNCG
01.30.2016 | Men's Tennis
THE RUNDOWN
Score: UNC Greensboro 4 – Asheville 3
Records: Asheville (0-1, 0-0 BSC)
UNC Greensboro (1-0, 0-0 SoCon)
Location: Greensboro, N.C.
Time: 1:00 p.m.
ASHEVILLE – The UNC Asheville Men's Tennis team fell 4-3 to the Spartans in their season opener at UNC Greensboro. The Bulldogs look to respond in tomorrow's match at Appalachian State University at 12:00p.m.
NOTABLES
-Asheville started the match well, sweeping all three doubles matches, with the pair of Alex Croker and Brett Landau defeating William Albright and Warren Bryan on the number one court, 7-6.
-In singles play, Thomas Oresitis-Panoulas picked up a three-set win for the Bulldogs over Daniel Mack on court two: 0-6, 6-4, 6-3.
-Asheville also collected a singles win on court number five. Brett Landau picked up a three-set victory over Warren Bryan: 2-6 ,6-4, 7-5.
-The Spartans took the other four singles' points on courts one, three, four and six to give them the 4-3 overall victory.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH TOM HAND
On the match- “It's always tough to lose such a close one. We played some really good doubles to get ourselves in front, but couldn't quite close it out in the singles. It was a harsh introduction for our freshmen, but it was also a great learning experience for them. I'm sure they will take everything on board quickly and be ready for another battle against App State tomorrow.”
UP NEXT
Following today's match, the Bulldogs will be back in action tomorrow, January 31 at Appalachian State University for a non-conference match with a the Mountaineers starting at 12:00p.m.
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