GREENSBORO, N.C. - Appalachian State University men's tennis (3-3) improved to .500 with a convincing 7-0 victory over North Carolina A&T Sunday morning at the Aggie Tennis Complex.
“The team really came out and played great from the start,“said head coach Bob Lake.“We started rolling in doubles play and never let up the rest of the match. It was good to get back to .500 and I'm looking forward to the match at USC Upstate on Wednesday.”
For the Mountaineers, it's the second 7-0 victory of the season while Appalachian has won by a combined score of 14-0 over the Aggies in the last two matches.
The Mountaineers dominated from start to finish with Oliver Casey and Jack Maddocks coasting to a 6-0 victory as the No. 1 pairing over John Wilson IV and Arun Chapero while Zach Bost and Trey Morris took home a 6-3 win over Brett Cabon and Nicholas Ardur between a pair of No. 3 tandems.
Jan-Willem Kleynhans and Scott Webster went up 2-0 before the match went unfinished, but was well on there way to a victory.
After picking up the doubles point, the Mountaineers continued to dominate in singles play winning all six singles matches in straight sets. Webster blew past Brett Cabon, 6-0,6-0, as the No. 1 in the lineup before Casey (No. 2) and Maddocks (No. 3) both won 6-1,6-0 over Kyle Scott and Keiston France, respectively.
Kleynhans dealt Nicholas Whitea 6-3,6-0 in the four slot and both Morris defeated Wilson IV 6-1, 6-4, in the No. 5 position. Bost completed the clean sweep over Chapero as the No. 6, 6-3, 6-0.
Appalachian will head to USC Upstate on Wednesday for a 2:30 p.m. match in Spartanburg, S.C.