University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Gardner-Webb University
Bulldogs Bounce Back With Wednesday Win Over Gardner-Webb
03.23.2016 | Men's Tennis
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Asheville 5 – Gardner-Webb 2
Teams: Asheville (6-7, 2-2 BSC)
Gardner-Webb University (5-9, 1-3 BSC)
Location: Asheville Racquet Club/ Asheville, N.C.
Time: 2:30 p.m.
ASHEVILLE– The UNC Asheville Men's Tennis team delivered a 5-2 victory over Gardner-Webb to win the battle of the Bulldogs at the Asheville Racquet Club on Wednesday afternoon.
NOTABLES
-Asheville and Gardner-Webb went back and forth in doubles play, with the pair of Josh Swindler and Henry Patten taking the first match on court two (6-2). GWU responded with a 6-4 win on court one before Asheville's Thomas Orestis-Panoulas and Reid Dillon took court three (6-4) to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 advantage going into singles play.
-Asheville built their momentum in singles play with Swindler winning the first singles match for the Bulldogs on court four (6-3, 6-4). The Bulldogs closed out the match with wins on courts three and five from Panoulas (6-3,6-1) and Brett Landau (6-4, 6-2).
-The Runnin' Bulldogs of GWU came up with singles wins in flights one (6-2,3-6,1-0) and six (6-1, 5-4) to put them on the board.
- Asheville's Patten wrapped things up for Asheville with a close (6-2,7-6) victory on court two to give him his ninth individual win of the season.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH TOM HAND
On the win- “I'm very pleased with our team today. We did a great job with the things we have been working on recently and it showed. Gardner-Webb has had a number of good wins this season, so this is a good sign that even though we're a little beat up, we can compete with anyone in our conference.”
UP NEXT
-Following Wednesday's match, the Bulldogs will host a double-header with women's tennis, as both teams will take on the Campbell Camels. The women's match will begin at 10:00 a.m. followed by a picnic tailgate for friends, family and alumni beginning at 12:30 p.m. before the men's match at 2:00 p.m.
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