GWU Moves to 3-0 in Big South Play After 7-0 Sweep at Longwood

Tuesday, March 8

Farmville, VA

1:00 PM

Gardner-Webb University

Longwood University

Photo by: © GWU Photo Team

GWU Moves to 3-0 in Big South Play After 7-0 Sweep at Longwood

March 08, 2022 | Men's Tennis

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FARMVILLE, VA. – Gardner-Webb won their opening road Big South game of the year. The win moves Gardner-Webb to 3-0 in conference play for the second season in a row.

"It was great to get another conference win and to do it on the road is even better," said Head Coach Mike Griffith.

The 'Dogs were able to clinch the doubles point early with the matches on courts 2 and 3 being 6-0 sweeps in favor of GWU. Numa Lemieux-Monette and Eduardo Dias won from position 3 while Connor Enslin and Sebastian Harris clinched the point from position 2. Victor Putter and Chrisjan Van Wyk lost in the topflight off a tiebreaker.

Enslin won his match in singles 6-2, 6-0 on court #6, with Alex Lepine's 6-2, 6-1 win on court #5. Harris clinched the team's win with a 6-2, 6-2 win from position #4.

In the remaining matches, Dias lost the first set 6-7 (6) but bounced back winning 6-2, 6-0 for a win from the #1 flight. Putter won in position #2 6-4, 6-4. The day ended with Van Wyk claiming a 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9) win to clinch the team sweep.

"Glad to get this match behind us as Longwood has a good team and coach that will be continuing to improve and be dangerous," said Griffith.

Gardner-Webb's next matches are at Limestone on Friday, March 11 with two scheduled against the Saints. The times for the match are at 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.