CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Wichita State men's tennis team won 4-3 in a dramatic match against the Charlotte 49ers Thursday in Charlotte, N.C. at the Onyx Premier Club. This pushes the Shockers to 4-2 on the year.
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The Shockers next match will be this upcoming Saturday as they will head to Knoxville, Tenn. To face the Georgia State Panthers in a neutral site match.
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Doubles
Benjamin Niv and
Stefan Latinovic stayed undefeated as a doubles pair winning against Leonardo Menezes and Constandinos Christoforou, 6-3, but the 49ers would win the other two doubles matches against
Marius Frosa and
Murkel Dellien, 6-3, and
Elio Lago and
Orel Ovil, 6-3.
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Singles
The Shockers turned it on in singles as they won four of the six matches to seal the victory. Ovil was the first to claim a win on court two as he defeated the reigning Conference USA player of the week Henry Lieberman, 6-4, 6-2. Dellien and Lago followed close behind getting wins over Benjamin Wayand, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), and Menezes, 6-4, 7-5, respectively. At this point the Shockers needed just one victory in the last three matches to seal it, and Latinovic filled that need beating Ignasi de Rueda, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5. Both Frosa and Niv fought valiantly into the third set in their matches but fell just short.
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Shocker Results
Wichita State 4, Charlotte 3
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Singles Competition:
- Murkel Dellien (WSU) def. Benjamin Wayand (CLT) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
- Orel Ovil (WSU) def. Henry Lieberman (CLT) 6-4, 6-2
- Elio Lago (WSU) def. Leonardo Menezes (CLT) 6-4, 7-5
- Constandinos Christoforou (CLT) def. Marius Frosa (WSU) 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
- Stefan Latinovic (WSU) def. Ignasi de Rueda (CLT) 5-7, 6-2, 7-5
- Collin Thomson (CLT) def. Benjamin Niv (WSU) 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3
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Doubles Competition:
- Wayand/Lieberman (CLT) def. Frosa/Dellien (WSU) 6-3
- Niv/Latinovic (WSU) def. Menezes/Christoforou (CLT) 6-3
- Rueda/Thomson (CLT) def. Lago/Ovil (WSU) 6-3