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GW Men's Tennis Triumphs Over Elon
3/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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March 15, 2015
ELON, N.C. - The George Washington men's tennis squad closed out spring break play with a 4-3 win over Elon on Sunday afternoon at the Phoenix's Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
The Colonials (6-9) took the doubles point when senior Francisco Dias and junior Danil Zelenkov topped their opponents at the top spot, after the Phoenix (5-9) won the second-flight match. In the No. 3 position, freshman Chris Reynolds and junior Cahit Kapukiran battled for an 8-7 (7-5) win to clinch the early point.
In singles action, GW quickly increased its lead to two with a decisive 6-0, 6-1 triumph at the bottom of the ladder by Kapukiran for the second day in a row. Elon pulled within one with a victory at the No. 3 slot, but Reynolds added distance with his 7-5, 6-4 fourth-flight win.
Elon extended the match by taking the fifth-singles bout, but Dias clinched the victory for the Buff and Blue in the two-slot, coming out on top in a 5-7, 6-0, 6-3 come-from-behind effort. The Phoenix took the top-flight match to put the final score at 4-3.
The Colonials will travel to Houston, Texas for a trio of matches hosted by Rice over the weekend of March 28-29, taking on the host Owls (7-10) and No. 69 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9-3) on Saturday and Louisiana-Lafayette (9-8) on Sunday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
George Washington 4 Elon 3
Singles
1. Stefan Fortmann (ELON) def. Danil Zelenkov (GW) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
2. Francisco Dias (GW) def. Jordan Kaufman (ELON) 5-7, 6-0, 6-3
3. Robert Lindgren (ELON) def. Chris Fletcher (GW) 6-2, 6-2
4. Chris Reynolds (GW) def. Brian Kowalski (ELON) 7-5, 6-4
5. Josh Luck (ELON) def. Christos Hadjigeorgiou (GW) 6-3, 7-5
6. Cahit Kapukiran (GW) def. Juan Madrid (ELON) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
1. Francisco Dias/Danil Zelenkov (GW) def. Stefan Fortmann/Brian Kowalski (ELON) 8-6
2. Jordan Kaufman/Chris Humphreys (ELON) def. Chris Fletcher/Christos Hadjigeorgiou (GW) 8-2
3. Chris Reynolds/Cahit Kapukiran (GW) def. Juan Madrid/Robert Lindgren (ELON) 8-7 (7-5)
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