NORFOLK, Va. – The North Carolina Central University men's tennis team defeated Norfolk State University 4-3 inside the Virginia Beach Country Club on Saturday afternoon.

In singles action, sophomore Oliver Saarinen beat Hugo Massoni Lena 6-2, 6-0, while junior Shaka Cristellotti defeated Roosevelt Brown III 6-0, 6-0.

Reigning MEAC Rookie of the Week Facundo Olmedo beat Ibrahim Abbas 6-2, 6-1, while his classmate Kareem Abdul Hakim clipped Adam Kaczmarek 6-3, 6-2.

NCCU graduate student Sebastian Pino fell to Federico Rebecchini 7-5, 6-1, while freshman Naresh Bharathy was outlasted by Boris Lunin 6-3, 6-2.

In doubles play, Abdul Hakim/Bharathy beat Brown/Abbas (6-1), Sarrinen/Pino fell to Rebecchini/Kaczmarek (7-6), and Cristellotti teamed up with freshman Liam Murtaugh and was defeated by Lena/Lunin (7-6).