University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

Sunday, February 11
Greenville, SC
1:00 PM

UNC Asheville

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Furman

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Photo by: Adrian Etheridge

Bulldogs Fall at Furman

02.11.2018 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The UNC Asheville men's tennis team dropped its road match at Furman, 5-2, on Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Mickel Tennis Center.

UNC Asheville (2-3) opened the match with Furman (6-1) with a dominating performance in doubles. The Bulldogs swept all three matches to collect the doubles point.

At No. 1 doubles, Henry Patten and Olly Cull moved to a perfect 4-0 on the season with a 6-4 victory over Furman's Ivan Mitric and Jake Munns. Edward Colclough and Oli Nolan earned a 6-4 win over Cameron Green and Drew Singerman at No. 2 doubles, while Finlay Ray McFadyen and Andrew Sinai garnered a 6-2 win over Alex Steryous and Jake Bhangdia at No. 3 doubles.

Furman from there would win five of the six singles flights to collect the 5-2 victory.

Cull picked up the only win on the day for UNC Asheville in singles with a 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-5) win over Bhangdia at No. 5 singles.

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Quotable

"I was pleased with the way the guys competed. We played a much better doubles point today, which is something we've been working hard on in practice, so that is always good to see." – Head Coach Tom Hand

Up Next
UNC Asheville will next have a week off before playing host to UNCG at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown.
 
Thursday, June 18
Wednesday, March 18
Wednesday, March 11
Friday, February 06