NSU Gives Delaware All It Can Handle in 5-2 Loss
NORFOLK, Va. - After honoring its 2012 seniors, the Norfolk State men's tennis team gave Delaware all it could handle before the Blue Hens pulled out a 5-2 win Tuesday afternoon at the NSU Tennis Courts.
The Spartans won the No. 1 doubles spot and two of the six singles matches, while the Blue Hens needed a third set to earn the victory in the other four singles matches on Senior Day. The loss dropped NSU to 10-10, while Delaware improved to .500 with a 5-5 overall record.
Starting off the day in doubles, seniors Arsenio Culver and Ben Marks tallied an 8-4 win over Adam Lawton and Troy Beneck at the No. 1 spot. Delaware, though, won the doubles point with wins at the second and third positions.
Ryan Kent and Andre Vorobyov handed senior Christian Romanzini and sophomore Kent Austin an 8-1 win at the No. 2 spot, while Evan Andrews and Jason Derene defeated freshmen Igor Braga and Shaheed Mourillon-Swift by an 8-4 score at the No. 3 spot.
Culver also won his singles match over Beneck at the top spot in the lineup to cap a successful Senior Day, downing Beneck, 6-2, 6-2. Later in the day, NSU secured its second point of the match when freshman Daniel Grauel defeated Derene at the No. 5 spot, 6-4, 7-6(8-6).
The Spartans made the Blue Hens sweat in the other matches but could not capitalize on their opportunities in the other four matches. Senior Roosevelt Cooper came up just short of winning his match on Senior Day at the No. 6 spot against Andrews, losing 11-9 in the third set tiebreaker after winning the second set, 6-4. Andrews won the first set, 6-2.
Marks had the early lead over Lawton at the No. 2 spot after earning a 6-4 win in the first set, but Lawton came back strong with 7-5 wins in both the second and third sets for the match victory.
Delaware Dominates NSU in 7-0 Win
NORFOLK, Va. - Delaware won all five contested singles matches in straight sets and swept through doubles as well in a 7-0 win over the Norfolk State women's tennis team Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference match at the NSU Tennis Courts.
The Blue Hens improved to 6-2 overall on the season and dropped the Spartans' record to 7-9.
Delaware won both doubles matches by an 8-0 score, with Samantha Carnall and Sophie Sjoberg-Sundstrom taking the No. 1 match over senior Naeemah Brooks and junior Rebecca Graff. In the other contested match, Dorothy Safron and Courtney Fenimore downed sophomore Maryna Kariuk and freshman Laura Gutierrez at the No. 2 spot.
The Blue Hens also won the No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles matches by default. Carnall posted a perfect 6-0, 6-0 sweep of Brooks at the No. 1 singles position, while Fenimore did the same at the No. 3 slot against Graff. Sjoberg-Sundstrom earned the third 6-0, 6-0 win of the day against Kariuk at the No. 4 spot as well.
Gutierrez dropped her match at the No. 2 position by a 6-0, 6-2 score, while freshman Kia Batiste came up on the short end of a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Kimberly Milla at the fifth spot.
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