Longwood University Athletics

FARMVILLE, Va. – Gardner-Webb University didn't pull out any stops as they defeated Longwood 7-0. This marks the second Big South match of the season for the Longwood (5-5) men's tennis team.

Doubles
The No.1 duo of senior Guillermo Cagigas and junior Ernest Rocabert scored a 7-6 (7-3) over Victor Putter and Chrisjan Van Wyk. The Runnin' Bulldogs (8-7) retaliated in No.2 and No.3 doubles with two 6-0 wins over the Lancers duos of Rosen Naydenov and Yoav Weinberg, and Nikhil Kulkarni and Luis Reis, respectively, to clinch the doubles point.

Singles
In No.2 singles graduate Jourdan Kast was narrowly defeated by Putter 6-4, 6-4. The No.1 and No.3 singles had to be decided via a tiebreaker. Eduardo Dias took the first match over Naydenov, 6-7, 6-2, 6-0. The third singles match went Van Wyk's way as he defeated Cagigas 3-6, 6-4, 11-9. Weinberg, Lukas Krause and Luis Reis were defeated in straight sets by Sebastian Harris, Alex Lepine and Enslin, respectively in the last three singles matches.

Next
The Lancers are in for another Big South matchup when they face Campbell University on March 12^th in Farmville.

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