Sunday Sweep Pushes Winning Streak to Double Digits

Sunday, March 18

Charleston, SC

10:00 AM

Georgia Southern University

The Citadel

3/18/2018 7:19:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Eagles sweep The Citadel and USC Sumter, 7-0 to improve to 11-8 on the season

By: Aaron Socha

STATESBORO, Ga. – On Sunday the Georgia Southern men's tennis traveled to South Carolina to face off against The Citadel and USC Sumter. The Eagles would sweep the Sunday matches, not allowing a point to either university. The Blue and White improved to 11-8 on the season and extended their winning streak to 10 in a row.

The Eagles began the morning with a makeup match from earlier in the year. The Blue and White took on The Citadel defeating the Bulldogs 7-0 to start the day. The Eagles jumped out to an early lead winning the doubles point over the Bulldogs. The guys won 6-1 on courts one, two, and three. The Eagles took that momentum into singles play, sweeping the matches in straight sets on five of the six courts.

The second half of Sunday's matches began just as the first did, with the Eagles winning 6-1 on all three courts to take the doubles point. The Blue and White again carried the momentum into singles play and defeated the Fire Ants 7-0 in straight sets in singles play.

WHAT HEAD COACH KONING SAID
"The guys played very engaged today and were able to run with the leads. Overall we had a very good weekend. We will enjoy this until Tuesday and then we will set our sights to ECU and Troy next weekend."

THE CITADEL

SINGLES RESULTS
Landin def. Henson (Citadel) 6-3, 6-2
Finkelstein def. Van Zyl (Citadel) 6-2, 6-2
Suarez def. Nawabi (Citadel) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Wagemaker def. Stewart (Citadel) 6-2, 6-3
McCullough def. Pyritz (Citadel) 6-3, 6-0
Garcia def. Hobson (Citadel) 7-5, 6-2

DOUBLES RESULTS
Landin/Finkelstein def. Nawabi/Stewart (Citadel) 6-1
Amari/Di Aloy def. Henson/Graham (Citadel) 6-1
McCullough/Wagemaker def. Van Zyl/Davis (Citadel) 6-1

USC SUMTER

SINGLES RESULTS
Landin def. Kerats (USCS) 6-3, 6-1
Finkelstein def. Zancheta (USCS) 6-2, 6-2
Amari def. George (USCS) 6-2, 6-1
Wagemaker def. Smreczak (USCS) 6-0, 6-0
McCullough def. Neal (USCS) 6-1, 6-4
Garcia def. Stevanovic (USCS) 6-1, 6-0

DOUBLES RESULTS
Landin/Finkelstein def. Kerats/George (USCS) 6-1
McCullough/Suarez def. Smreczak/Stevonovic (USCS) 6-1
Wagemaker/Garcia def. Zancheta/Neal (USCS) 6-1

NEXT UP
The Eagles will be back in action this weekend as they complete their road schedule against East Carolina on Saturday and return home Sunday for conference opponent Troy.

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