MEAC Tennis Round-Up, Day One

MEN'S SCORES
Howard 5, North Carolina Central 2
Morgan State 7, Norfolk State 0
South Carolina State 7, Coppin State 0

Howard 5, North Carolina Central 2

CARY, N.C. -- Howard University men's tennis picked up a big win against North Carolina Central, 5-2 on Thursday, the first day of the MEAC Round-Up at the Cary Tennis Center.

With the victory, Howard improved to 2-4 overall, while grabbing its first conference win of the season.

Despite senior Kyle Martin and Gabe Knowles winning their doubles match against NCCU's Shaka Cristellotti and LaQuon Gilchrist, 6-3, Howard trailed the match 1-0 thanks to the Eagles taking two of the three doubles matches.

Howard rebounded in singles competition, winning five out of six contests.

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Morgan State 7, Norfolk State 0

CARY, N.C. -- The Morgan State men's tennis team roared out to a 7-0 win over Norfolk State in the opening day of the MEAC Round-Up at the Cary Tennis Center on Thursday.

The Bears (4-4, 1-0 MEAC) didn't drop a set, and won two of their matches without losing a game.

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South Carolina State 7, Coppin State 0

CARY, N.C. -- Defending MEAC champion South Carolina State opened its MEAC Round-Up slate on Thursday with a 7-0 win over Coppin State at the Cary Tennis Center.

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WOMEN'S SCORES
Howard 5, Norfolk State 2
Morgan State 4, North Carolina Central 3
North Carolina Central 7, Coppin State 0
South Carolina State 4, Delaware State 3

Howard 5, Norfolk State 2

CARY, N.C. -- Howard University women's tennis earned its first league win of the season, defeating Norfolk State 5-2 at the MEAC Round Up on Thursday at the Cary Tennis Center.

With the victory, Howard improved 3-3 (1-0 MEAC) on the season, while the Spartans fell to 1-6 (0-1 MEAC).

Howard took the early 1-0 match lead after winning all three doubles matches.

The young Bison took four out of six contests in singles play, led by rookies Jordan Grayson and Nadia Pegram. Both Bison won their matches in three sets.

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Morgan State 4, North Carolina Central 3 | North Carolina Central 7, Coppin State 0

CARY, N.C. -- Sophomore Jade Houston and Maria Picazo both won three of their four matches on the day for the North Carolina Central women's tennis team as the Eagles went 1-1 on day one of the MEAC Round-Up at the Cary Tennis Park on Thursday.

The Eagles were edged 4-3 in their league opener against Morgan State, but bounced back with a 7-0 sweep of Coppin State in the nightcap.

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South Carolina State 4, Delaware State 3

CARY, N.C. -- Defending MEAC champion South Carolina State kicked off its portion of the MEAC Round-Up at the Cary Tennis Center on Thursday with a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Delaware State.

The Hornets won two of the six singles matches and earned a point after taking two of the three doubles contests. The nearly five-hour match was essentially decided by South Carolina State's win at No. 5 singles on a third set tiebreaker.

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