DANVILLE, Va. – Averett University men's tennis defeated Hampden-Sydney College 8-1 at home in Old Dominion Athletic Conference play on Saturday.
Averett (2-1, 2-0 ODAC) swept by Hampden-Sydney (6-7, 1-1 ODAC) in doubles. At the No. 1 slot, senior
Jorge Figueroa and sophomore
Shori Nishizoe took the first point of the match with their 8-4 win over Barrett Foster and John Kendrick.
Junior
Philipp Bohnenkamp and freshman
Kazuki Fukushima took down Henry Singleton and Taylor Fox 8-3 at No. 3 doubles.
Finishing off the sweep, junior
Rufus Nurminen and sophomore
Martinho Goncalves defeated Casey Coffey and Dillon McReynolds 8-4.
At No. 1 singles, Nishizoe won in straight sets 6-1, 7-5. Figueroa won 6-1, 6-3 over Dillon McReynolds at No. 2 singles.
Fukushima defeated Henry Singleton 6-3, 6-2 at the No. 3 slot. Freshman
Prabjeet Chandhok won 6-2, 6-3 over Taylor Fox at No. 4.
Freshman
Sam Egui picked up a 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles over John Kendrick.
The Tigers lone point came at No. 5 singles with Casey Coffey's 6-2, 6-4 win over freshman
Theodor Garmo.
Averett is back in action when it travels Division II Catawba College at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
