Wednesday, March 1
Greenville, SC
3:00 PM
Gardner-Webb University
6
at
1
Furman
Photo by: © Tim Cowie | GWUPhotos.com
Men's Tennis Wins 10th of the Season, Defeats Furman 6-1 on Wednesday
March 01, 2023 | Men's Tennis
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Gardner-Webb collected their tenth win of the year as they defeated Furman 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon.
"Good job to the guys today on their great overall performance," said Head Coach Mike Griffith. " I like where we are as a team and we are really playing well together."
The Runnin' Bulldogs dropped the decision on court #3 to start the afternoon, but were able to overcome it to win the doubles point. On the #2 court, Numa Lemieux-Monette and Victor Putter won 6-3. The point was clinched in a tiebreaker from the topflight with Eduardo Dias and Chrisjan Van Wyk winning 7-6 (3).
Furman equalized the match with their lone singles win of the day in the first to conclude at position #3. Gardner-Webb went on to win the remaining five matches to get the decision.
Kim Niethammer moved up a spot and played at #5 today and got a 6-0, 6-1 win from the new position. The next pair to complete were Alex Lepine at #2 which was followed by Dias getting the clinch. Lepine won his 6-3, 6-4 while Dias got the decision 7-5, 6-3.
Sebastian Harris was the next to have his conclude from court #6 where he won in straight sets 6-3, 7-5. Lemieux-Monette rounded out the day's action with a three set, comeback victory 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 from position #4.
The Runnin' Bulldogs return to action on Sunday in their conference opener as they will play at Presbyterian with a first serve scheduled for noon. The Blue Hose were the preseason favorites in the league and received a trio of first place votes from the league's head coaches.
"Good job to the guys today on their great overall performance," said Head Coach Mike Griffith. " I like where we are as a team and we are really playing well together."
The Runnin' Bulldogs dropped the decision on court #3 to start the afternoon, but were able to overcome it to win the doubles point. On the #2 court, Numa Lemieux-Monette and Victor Putter won 6-3. The point was clinched in a tiebreaker from the topflight with Eduardo Dias and Chrisjan Van Wyk winning 7-6 (3).
Furman equalized the match with their lone singles win of the day in the first to conclude at position #3. Gardner-Webb went on to win the remaining five matches to get the decision.
Kim Niethammer moved up a spot and played at #5 today and got a 6-0, 6-1 win from the new position. The next pair to complete were Alex Lepine at #2 which was followed by Dias getting the clinch. Lepine won his 6-3, 6-4 while Dias got the decision 7-5, 6-3.
Sebastian Harris was the next to have his conclude from court #6 where he won in straight sets 6-3, 7-5. Lemieux-Monette rounded out the day's action with a three set, comeback victory 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 from position #4.
The Runnin' Bulldogs return to action on Sunday in their conference opener as they will play at Presbyterian with a first serve scheduled for noon. The Blue Hose were the preseason favorites in the league and received a trio of first place votes from the league's head coaches.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
76
Jerry Barton / 0 [FUR]
53
#2 Singles Match
12
66
Thomas Kennedy / 0 [FUR]
34
#3 Singles Match
12
22
Elijah Poritzky / 0 [FUR]
66
#4 Singles Match
123
266
Cole Burnam / 0 [FUR]
622
#5 Singles Match
12
66
John Rado / 0 [FUR]
01
#6 Singles Match
12
67
Connor Laymon / 0 [FUR]
35
Order of Finish:
3,5,2,1,6,4
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