University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Wofford
Men's Tennis Defeats Wofford in Home Opener
02.06.2016 | Men's Tennis
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Asheville 5 – Wofford 2
Records: Asheville (2-1, 0-0 BSC)
Wofford College (3-2, 0-0 SoCon)
Location: Asheville Racquet Club/ Asheville, N.C.
Time: 3:00 p.m.
ASHEVILLE – The UNC Asheville Men's Tennis team defeated Wofford in their home opener at the Asheville Racquet Club to collect their second win of the season.
NOTABLES
-The Bulldogs were perfect in doubles play, winning all three matches against the Terriers. Alex Croker and Brett Landau defeated Alan and Haris Poric on court one, 6-3. Henry Patten and Josh Swindler delivered a win over Parks Thompson and David Sklar on court two, 6-4. And on court three, Thomas Orestis-Panoulas and Reid Dillon defeated Trevor Gotkowski and Andrew Graham, 6-4.
-Panoulas picked up the first win in singles play on court two over Alan Poric in two sets (6-2, 6-1). This is his third straight win this season in singles.
- The Terriers produced a win on court one to stall Asheville's momentum, but the Bulldogs collected the next three wins to add to their 5-2 victory at home.
-Asheville's additional singles wins came on courts three, four and five, Swindler on court three (6-2,7-5)., Patten on court four (4-6, 7-5, 10-4) and Landau on court five (6-2, 6-3).
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH TOM HAND
On the match- “Good win for us today against a tough Wofford team. I thought we did a good job to get ahead early with the doubles point. I was also happy to see how well we kept that momentum going into the singles. We know we have another battle ahead of us tomorrow against Tennessee Tech, but I think the guys are looking forward to the challenge already.”
UP NEXT
Following today's match, the Bulldogs will host Tennessee Tech tomorrow, February 7 at 3:00 p.m. at the Asheville Racquet Club.
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