Men's Tennis | 4/20/2019 8:23:00 PM
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty University men's tennis team couldn't get anything going against Charleston Saturday afternoon and dropped 7-0 decision to the Kanawha County squad at the Edgar Martin Tennis Complex.
Coach
Sam McCullough's Hilltoppers (9-9, 4-3) had a chance to pick up the doubles point after
Anton Schulz and
Maurits Smit coasted to a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles but the Golden Eagles (11-7, 5-1) pulled out hard-fought wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots to grab the early advantage.
Charleston swept all six singles matches to complete the shutout. West Liberty's
Camilo Moncayo nearly put WLU on the board at No. 1 singles when he bounced back from an opening-set loss to force the match into a tiebreaker with a 6-4 win in the second set.
The Golden Eagles' ace, junior Ben Lakeman, stole back the momentum in the tiebreaker and prevailed, 10-6, to finish off the sweep.
The Hilltoppers head to eastern Pennsylvania next week for a pair of non-conference matches. West Liberty visits Kutztown on Friday before traveling to Bloomsburg on Saturday.
MEN'S TENNIS
Charleston 7, West Liberty 0
Singles
Lakeman (UC) d. Moncayo, 6-3 4-6 1-0(6)
Gracin (UC) d. Gravoulet, 6-3 6-2
Tayor (UC) d. Schulz, 6-3 7-5
Andrews (UC) d. Smit, 6-4 7-6(3)
Prince (UC) d. Kawabata, 6-0 6-0
Malout (UC) d. Morris, 6-1 6-1
Doubles
Lakeman/Tayor (UC) d. Moncayo/Gravoulet, 6-3
Schulz/Smit (WLU) d. Gracin/Prince, 6-3
Andrews/Morrison (UC) d. Kawabata/Morris, 6-2
