Brad Clinard and Jesse Hutching improved to 2-1 in doubles play with a Monday win at Gardner-Webb. |
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Charlotte Men's Tennis Wins Second Straight Match, 4-3 at Gardner-Webb
March 3, 2008
Boiling Springs, N.C. - The Charlotte 49ers men's tennis team won its second straight match, a 4-3 decision at Gardner-Webb University Monday. Charlotte plays two more matches this week, both conference tilts, at Richmond and at George Washington. The Niners improve to 6-8 this season.
The Niners took the doubles point with a sweep of the three doubles matches. Charlotte's number-one pair of Brad Clinard and Jesse Hutchinson improved to 2-1 with an 8-3 win. The Bernhoerster brothers, senior Felix and freshman Moritz jumped to 6-2 together with an 8-6 win at number-two. At number-three doubles, Chris Huynh and Ricky Cuellar stayed a perfect 2-0 in an 8-6 decision.
In singles play, Charlotte and Gardner-Webb split their singles points in a close match. All three freshman won their singles matches, and did so in straight sets, starting with Michael Anders at number-three. Moritz Bernhoerster also won at number-five, while Chris Huynh took the number-six match.
The Richmond match will take place at 2:30 on Wednesday.
Charlotte 49ers 4, Gardner-Webb 3Singles competition 1. Evgeny Slesarev (GWEBB) def. Felix Bernhoerster (CHA) 6-2, 6-1 2. Andrew Veeder (GWEBB) def. Brad Clinard (CHA) 6-3, 6-4 3. Michael Anders (CHA) def. Carlos Quijano (GWEBB) 6-1, 6-4 4. Rafael Altmayer (GWEBB) def. Ricky Cuellar (CHA) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 5. Moritz Bernhoerster (CHA) def. Grant VanRensburg (GWEBB) 6-3, 7-5 6. Chris Huynh (CHA) def. Taylor Ferrier (GWEBB) 7-6, 6-2
Doubles competition 1. Brad Clinard/Jesse Hutchinson (CHA) def. Evgeny Slesarev/Carlos Quijano (GWEBB) 8-3 2. Felix Bernhoerster/Moritz Bernhoerster (CHA) def. Andrew Veeder/Grant VanRensburg (GWEBB) 8-6 3. Chris Huynh/Ricky Cuellar (CHA) def. Ryan Bernthal/Jamie Lawlor (GWEBB) 8-6
Match Notes: Charlotte 49ers 6-8
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