Men's Tennis Wraps Up Fall Campaign
11/5/2019 4:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Colonials triumph over UNCG and Morgan State
WILMINGTON, N.C. - GW men's tennis finished out its fall campaign with the UNCW Invitational this past weekend, securing hidden dual victories over UNCG and Morgan State.
After starting the weekend on Friday by falling to UNCW in singles and Morgan State in doubles, the Colonials bounced back in fine fashion by topping UNCG in singles and splitting with UNCW in doubles on Saturday. GW finished the weekend strong by sweeping Morgan State in singles and topping UNCG in doubles.
Ryan Navarro led the Colonials with three singles wins on the weekend, while Zicheng Zeng, Lawrence Sciglitano and Hanyu Liu earned a pair of triumphs.
All three of GW's pairs recorded 2-1 marks over the weekend in doubles play.
Friday
After starting the weekend on Friday by falling to UNCW in singles and Morgan State in doubles, the Colonials bounced back in fine fashion by topping UNCG in singles and splitting with UNCW in doubles on Saturday. GW finished the weekend strong by sweeping Morgan State in singles and topping UNCG in doubles.
Ryan Navarro led the Colonials with three singles wins on the weekend, while Zicheng Zeng, Lawrence Sciglitano and Hanyu Liu earned a pair of triumphs.
All three of GW's pairs recorded 2-1 marks over the weekend in doubles play.
Friday
Singles
Bruno Caula (UNCW) def. Zicheng Zeng 6-2, 6-3
Michael Copeland (UNCW) def. Ben Barnett 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
Davide Innocenti (UNCW) def. Lawrence Sciglitano 6-4, 6-3
Leo Sprovieri (UNCW) def. Dennis Afanasev 6-2, 7-6
Hanyu Liu def. Dillon Gooch (UNCW) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
Rawal/Gupta (Morgan State) def. Barnett/Zeng 6-4
Kharchev/Amaefule (Morgan State) def. Jacobs/Navarro 6-3
Sciglitano/Behun def. Lopez (Morgan State)/Babineaux (UNCW) 6-2
Saturday
Saturday
Singles
Navarro def. Hugh Knapp (UNCG) 6-0, 6-1
Zeng def. Ollie Palmer (UNCG) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
Nico Grewe (UNCG) def. Jacobs 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2
Barnett def. Roger Rogowski (UNCG) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Alexander Zuckerman (UNCG) def. Sciglitano 7-5, 6-1
Cooper Wyett (UNCG) def. Liu 7-5, 7-6 (5)
Afanasev def. Logan Blaser (UNCG) 6-1, 6-2
Behun def. Eric Whisnant (UNCG) 7-5, 6-2
Doubles
Doubles
Barnett/Zeng def. Caula/Groom (UNCW) 7-6 (5)
Jacobs/Navarro def. Groetsch/Gooch (UNCW) 7-6 (2)
Morphy/Copeland (UNCW) def. Sciglitano/Behun 6-2
Innocenti/Babineaux (UNCW) def. Liu/Afanasev 6-3
Sunday
Sunday
Singles
Navarro def. Nihit Rawal (Morgan State) 6-2, 6-3
Zeng def. Sebastian Lopez (Morgan State) 6-3, 6-1
Jacobs def. Shrey Gupta (Morgan State) 6-2, 6-3
Barnett def. Serhii Kharchev (Morgan State) 6-4, 6-1
Sciglitano def. Mark Afaefule (Morgan State) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
Liu def. Grif Babineaux (UNCW) 6-0, 6-3
Doubles
Doubles
Barnett/Zeng def. Grewe/Palmer (UNCG) 7-6 (7)
Jacobs/Navarro def. Rogowski/Zuckerman (UNCG) 6-3
Behun/Sciglitano def. Whisnant/Knapp (UNCG) 6-3
Wyett/Blaser (UNCG) def. Afanasev/Liu 6-1
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