University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Saturday, March 19
Asheville Racquet Club
1:00 p.m.

UNC Asheville

3
vs
4

USC Upstate

Men's Tennis Prepares for Saturday Match with USC

Bulldogs Drop Close Match to USC Upstate

03.19.2016 | Men's Tennis

THE RUNDOWN

Scores: USC Upstate 4 – Asheville 3

Teams: Asheville (5-6, 1-2 BSC)

             USC Upstate (5-9, 1-0 ASun)

Location: Asheville Racquet Club / Asheville, N.C.

 

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville dropped a close, 4-3 matchup to visiting USC Upstate Saturday afternoon at the Asheville Racquet Club. The Bulldogs lost the doubles point but responded with three wins in singles play to come up just short in the comeback attempt.

 

NOTABLES

-The No. 2 doubles team of Josh Swindler and Henry Patten won their doubles match (6-3) over Upstate's Ramon Simonetti and Ignacio Garrido, but the Bulldogs fell in No. 1 doubles by a 6-3 score and had a 6-4 loss on court three in doubles action.

 

-In singles action, Henry Patten won (6-4, 6-4) on court two over Ankush Arora, Thomas Panoulas defeated Lenhard Haupt (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) in No. 3 action, and Josh Swindler won (6-1, 6-3) over Garrido on court four for Asheville's three victories.

 

-For Upstate, Simonetti grabbed a win (6-1, 6-3) over Alex Croker on court one, Matt Bennion defeated Reid Dillon (6-1, 6-1) in No. 5 action and Tomas Venere won over Colin Apt (7-5, 6-2) on court six.

 

QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH TOM HAND

“Another close loss for us today. We fought hard but came up a little short. We didn't play our best doubles point so that is something we will be working on before we face Gardner-Webb on Wednesday.”

 

UP NEXT

-Following today's loss, the Bulldogs get back into Big South Conference play to take on Gardner-Webb at home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the Asheville Racquet Club.

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