Men’s, Women’s Tennis split at North Greenville in season opener
Posted: Feb 16, 2024

Men’s, Women’s Tennis split at North Greenville in season opener

Team Stats
Doubles
  • Edoardo Cecere / Ryan Little def. Christo Timini / Juan Arbelaez 6-3
  • Tyler Juergens / Paul Dekester def. Joao Silva / Gabriel Pegoraro 6-4
  • Sebastian Zabala / Taketoshi Nanao def. Anthony Cassini / Will Hernandez 6-3
Singles
  • Edoardo Cecere def. Lucas Cardoso 6-0, 6-1
  • Christo Timini def. Tyler Juergens 6-1, 6-0
  • Joao Silva def. Ryan Little 6-4, 7-5
  • Will Hernandez def. Alessandro Valleta 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
  • Gabriel Pegoraro def. Paul Dekester 6-1, 7-5
  • Marko Sudar def. Juan Arbelaez 7-6, 6-4

Tigerville, S.C. —- The Catawba College women's tennis team defeated North Greenville in their season opener on Friday, but the men fell just short, 4-3 in NCAA tennis action.

 

HOW IT HAPPENED

WOMEN'S

- After dropping the doubles point, the team bounced back with a 6-2, 6-2 win for Anna Wise in #1 singles

- Ami Miya took the #2 singles match 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

- Matilde Moretti swept the #3 singles 6-4, 6-4

- Catawba clinched the match with Vaishnavi Venkatesh's win 7-5, 4-6, 10-8

- Isidora Zivkovic won #5 singles 6-4, 7-6

- Veronika Poliakova made it a clean sweep with a 6-4, 6-3 win in #6 singles

 

MEN'S

- Edoardo Cecere and Ryan Little claimed their doubles match 6-3

- Tyler Juergens and Paul Dekester clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win

- Sebastian Zabala and Taketoshi Nanao made it a clean sweep with a 6-3 doubles win

- Cecere dominated in #1 singles, 6-0, 6-1

- Marko Sudar picked up a win in #6 singles 7-6, 6-4

 

UP NEXT

- The women return to action at Erskine on Thursday, Feb. 22, with both teams facing Barton the next day on Friday