Updated Bracket


CARY, N.C., April 28, 2022 – Two men’s quarterfinal matches were on the docket for the first day of the 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tennis Championships on Thursday at the Cary Tennis Park.
 
North Carolina Central and Howard were victorious in the afternoon matches.
 
Match 1: North Carolina Central 4, Coppin State 1 -- Box Score
No. 4 seed North Carolina Central took the doubles point after taking the No. 3 match by default and with Sebastian Pino and Oliver Saarinen winning 6-1 at the No. 2 slot, and the NCCU Eagles were, in essence, up 3-0 after winning the No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches by default.
 
Coppin State’s Vansh Kapoor gave the team its lone point with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 3 singles over Amit Baran, but Saarinen won his singles match, at No. 4, defeating Dean Waterman 6-2, 6-2.
 
Match 2: Howard 4, Norfolk State 0 -- Box Score
The third-seeded Bison dominated doubles play to open the match. Tory Bailey and Marcel Dawson won 6-1 at No. 2 doubles, while Gabe Knowles and Kyle Martin swept at No. 3 doubles, 6-0.
 
The bottom half of the singles draw was just as strong for the Bison. Daniel Dunac won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles over Roosevelt Brown, while Hassimiyou Dieng also won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles over Ryan Richter.
 
Martin defeated Vincent Jarvis 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.
 
The Eagles will face top seed and defending champion South Carolina State in Friday’s semifinal round, while the Bison will square off against No. 2 seed Morgan State.
 
The men’s semifinal round will beign at 12 p.m. on Friday, and they will be streamed live on HBCUGO; visit hbcugo.tv for more information and to download the free HBCUGO app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV.
 
For more information on the 2022 MEAC Tennis Championships, please visit the Championship Central page.

 
 
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is in its 51^st year of intercollegiate competition with the 2021-22 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of eight outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.