University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Sunday, February 18
Asheville, NC
3:00 PM
UNC Asheville
5
vs
2
UNCG
Photo by: Adrian Etheridge
UNC Asheville Men’s Tennis Picks Up Impressive Home Win Over UNCG
02.18.2018 | Men's Tennis
Box Score
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville men's tennis team picked up an impressive 5-2 victory over UNCG on Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown.
The UNC Asheville (3-3) win started with the Bulldogs dominating doubles over UNCG (4-2) with Asheville taking all three flights.
UNC Asheville would go on to take four of the six singles competitions to garner the 5-2 victory.
Nationally 32nd-ranked Henry Patten garnered a 7-5, 6-3 win over UNCG's Connor Thompson at No. 1 singles, while Oli Nolan picked up a 6-4, 7-6 victory over UNCG's Marcus Vidgren at No. 2 singles.
Olly Cull collected an impressive 6-2, 6-1 win over UNCG's Ian Melnik at No. 5 singles and Finlay Ray McFadyen earned a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles over UNCG's Jack Burkill.
BULLDOG BITES
Quotables
"Greensboro is a good team. We've been close the whole season, but today finally everyone turned up on the same day. It was a great team win and we now need to push forward." – Junior Olly Cull
"We all knew going into this match that Greensboro was going to be a tough one, but we had some strong performances over the past couple of weeks. It feels good to take a match after such a competitive team performance." – Junior Henry Patten
Still Undefeated
Henry Patten and Olly Cull with their doubles win improved to 5-0 on the season. All five wins have come at No. 1 doubles.
Up Next
It will be a busy weekend for the Bulldogs next with UNC Asheville first traveling to Boone, N.C. on Saturday, Feb. 24, to face Mountain Rival Appalachian State at 12 p.m. One day later, UNC Asheville will travel to Radford, Va. to open Big South Conference play against the Highlanders at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville men's tennis team picked up an impressive 5-2 victory over UNCG on Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown.
The UNC Asheville (3-3) win started with the Bulldogs dominating doubles over UNCG (4-2) with Asheville taking all three flights.
UNC Asheville would go on to take four of the six singles competitions to garner the 5-2 victory.
Nationally 32nd-ranked Henry Patten garnered a 7-5, 6-3 win over UNCG's Connor Thompson at No. 1 singles, while Oli Nolan picked up a 6-4, 7-6 victory over UNCG's Marcus Vidgren at No. 2 singles.
Olly Cull collected an impressive 6-2, 6-1 win over UNCG's Ian Melnik at No. 5 singles and Finlay Ray McFadyen earned a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles over UNCG's Jack Burkill.
BULLDOG BITES
Quotables
"Greensboro is a good team. We've been close the whole season, but today finally everyone turned up on the same day. It was a great team win and we now need to push forward." – Junior Olly Cull
"We all knew going into this match that Greensboro was going to be a tough one, but we had some strong performances over the past couple of weeks. It feels good to take a match after such a competitive team performance." – Junior Henry Patten
Still Undefeated
Henry Patten and Olly Cull with their doubles win improved to 5-0 on the season. All five wins have come at No. 1 doubles.
Up Next
It will be a busy weekend for the Bulldogs next with UNC Asheville first traveling to Boone, N.C. on Saturday, Feb. 24, to face Mountain Rival Appalachian State at 12 p.m. One day later, UNC Asheville will travel to Radford, Va. to open Big South Conference play against the Highlanders at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25.
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