University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Sunday, March 18
Radford, VA
1:00 PM
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Photo by: Adrian Etheridge
Bulldogs Pick Up Thrilling League Road Win at Radford
03.18.2018 | Men's Tennis
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RADFORD, Va. – UNC Asheville men's tennis picked up a thrilling 4-3 Big South Conference road victory over Radford on Sunday, March 18, at the Radford University Tennis Courts.
The match commenced with UNC Asheville (4-8, 1-2 Big South Conference) picking up what turned out to be a pivotal doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles over Radford (7-4, 0-1 Big South Conference).
At No. 1 doubles, the duo of Olly Cull and Henry Patten improved to a perfect 7-0 on the year with a 6-1 win over Carlos Sala and Robin Calais. UNC Asheville's Finlay Ray McFadyen and James Massie earned a 7-6 win over Michiel Meekers and Matko Varga at No. 3 doubles.
UNC Asheville garnered wins in half of the singles flights to pick up its first league win of the season.
Nationally 55th-ranked Henry Patten bounced back from a tough first set loss with back-to-back 6-2, 6-2 wins in the next two sets to best Rodrigo Magalhaes at No. 1 singles.
Edward Colclough picked up his first league singles win of the year with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Varga at No. 4 singles, while McFadyen bested Sala 7-5, 6-3 at No. 5 singles. McFadyen now has a team-high tying seven singles win this season.
The match at Radford was UNC Asheville's last road match for quite some time.
In fact, UNC Asheville will stay within the friendly confines of the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown for its next six matches.
UNC Asheville has two matches at its home facility this week with Presbyterian College visiting at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, and then one day later Clemson of the ACC visiting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21.
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RADFORD, Va. – UNC Asheville men's tennis picked up a thrilling 4-3 Big South Conference road victory over Radford on Sunday, March 18, at the Radford University Tennis Courts.
The match commenced with UNC Asheville (4-8, 1-2 Big South Conference) picking up what turned out to be a pivotal doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles over Radford (7-4, 0-1 Big South Conference).
At No. 1 doubles, the duo of Olly Cull and Henry Patten improved to a perfect 7-0 on the year with a 6-1 win over Carlos Sala and Robin Calais. UNC Asheville's Finlay Ray McFadyen and James Massie earned a 7-6 win over Michiel Meekers and Matko Varga at No. 3 doubles.
UNC Asheville garnered wins in half of the singles flights to pick up its first league win of the season.
Nationally 55th-ranked Henry Patten bounced back from a tough first set loss with back-to-back 6-2, 6-2 wins in the next two sets to best Rodrigo Magalhaes at No. 1 singles.
Edward Colclough picked up his first league singles win of the year with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Varga at No. 4 singles, while McFadyen bested Sala 7-5, 6-3 at No. 5 singles. McFadyen now has a team-high tying seven singles win this season.
The match at Radford was UNC Asheville's last road match for quite some time.
In fact, UNC Asheville will stay within the friendly confines of the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown for its next six matches.
UNC Asheville has two matches at its home facility this week with Presbyterian College visiting at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, and then one day later Clemson of the ACC visiting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21.
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