Men’s Tennis Falls at Catawba, at Home to Wingate

JCSU Men’s Tennis Loses Weekend Matches to Catawba, Wingate

Charlotte, N.C. (Feb. 8, 2016) – The Johnson C. Smith University men’s tennis team suffered two 9-0 defeats over the past weekend, falling at Catawba on Saturday and dropping a home match to Wingate on Sunday.

In Saturday’s match against the Indians, JCSU was swept in all six singles matches and fell in all three doubles matches.

In doubles, the team of Bradley Girgorio (New York, N.Y.) and Gerald Miller (New Orleans, La.) fell by an 8-1 count, while Eric Lopez-Araujo (Ecuador) and Anthony Jefferson (Atlanta, Ga.) fell in their match at No. 3 by an 8-3 score.

On Sunday against Wingate, Miller fell in his match at No. 4 singles by a 6-1, 6-1 score.  All other singles matches were swept by 6-0, 6-0 counts.  In doubles play, Tarick Miller (New Orleans, La.) and
Sharif Axam (Atlanta, Ga.) fell at No. 1 by an 8-2 score, with the remaining doubles matches ending in 8-0 scores.

JCSU will return to the courts on Sunday, Feb. 14, travelling to Augusta.

Catawba def. JCSU, 9-0 (Saturday)
Singles
No. 1     Jack Mordey (Catawba) def. Sharif Axam (JCSU), by default
No. 2     Lucas Miller (Catawba) def. Tarick Miller (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 3     Lucca Picca (Catawba) def. Bradley Girgorio (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 4     Michael Patch (Catawba) def. Gerald Miller (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 5     Mitchell McDonald (Catawba) def. Eric Lopez-Araujo (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6     Iago Montero Nunez (Catawba) def. Hazel Vazquez (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1     Miller/Nunez (Catawba) def. T. Miller/Vazquez, (JCSU), 8-0
No. 2     Brad Smethurst/Aaron Vanhorenbeck (Catawba) def. Girgorio/G. Miller (JCSU), 8-1
No. 3     Christopher Derrick/Kyle Mechling (Catawba) def. Lopez-Araujo/Anthony Jefferson (JCSU), 8-3

Wingate def. JCSU, 9-0 (Sunday)
Singles
No. 1     Connor Zudrick (Wingate) def. Sharif Axam (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 2     Amir Zari (Wingate) def. Tarick Miller (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 3     Josh DuToit (Wingate) def. Bradley Girgorio (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 4     Westin Bennett (Wingate) def. Gerald Miller (JCSU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5     Bram Delisse (Wingate) def. Eric Lopez-Araujo (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6     Jerome Desrosiers (Wingate) def. Hazel Vazquez (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1     Kudrick/Sebastian Hall (Wingate) def. Axam/T. Miller (JCSU), 8-2
No. 2     Zari/Duncan Addison (Wingate) def. G. Miller/Girgorio (JCSU), 8-0
No. 3     DuToit/Delisse (Wingate) def. Anthony Jefferson/Lopez-Araujo (JCSU), 8-0