RALEIGH, N.C. - Averett University men's tennis fell on the road 5-2 to Division II Shaw University on Thursday.
In doubles play, freshman duo
Alex Donnelly and
Alex Rudy downed Shaw's Paul Charvoz and Scott Ndengoue 6-3 at No. 1 doubles. Averett's No. 2 doubles team of freshman
Jaeden Mukkaladyil and sophomore
Kazuki Fukushima narrowly fell 6-4 to Augustin Gastaldi and Eduardo Valenca. Sophomore
Prabjeet Chandhok and freshman
Gero Siebert fell 8-1 to Lorenzo Martinetti and Aakarshit Mahajan at the No. 3 Slot.
The Cougars picked up two wins in singles play at No. 4 and No. 5. Chandhok downed Ndengoue (7-5, 6-2) and Fukushima defeated Gastaldi (7-5,1-6,10-8).
Averett is back in action on Saturday Oct. 14, 2023 at home against DII Emory & Henry University at 12 p.m.
