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ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 North Carolina Central’s men’s tennis team wrapped up its Spring Break trip with its fourth win in five days, sweeping the competition in Florida. The Eagles defeated Fairfield 4-2 on Thursday afternoon at the USTA National Campus.<\/p>\n
The Eagles earned the doubles point, as they have done all week. After Antoni Pankowski<\/a> and Naresh Bharathy<\/a> won at No. 2 doubles, Kareem Abdul Hakim<\/a> and Rodrigo Alves<\/a> secured the point with a 7-6 victory at No. 1 doubles, taking the tiebreaker 7-5.<\/p>\n NCCU (7-5) extended its lead to 2-0 once singles play began, as Alves won at No. 2 singles, 6-3, 6-4. The Stags answered with a win at No. 4 singles.<\/p>\n Two freshmen then clinched the match for NC Central. Santiago Pinna<\/a> won at No. 5 singles, 6-3, 6-4, while Pol Puig Montiel<\/a> delivered the Eagles’ fourth point with a tight first set followed by a 6-3 second-set win at the No. 6 position.<\/p>\n Fairfield (1-9) added a victory at No. 3 singles to make the score 4-2. The No. 1 singles match was the final contest of the day. After dropping the first set in a tiebreaker, Bharathy forced another tiebreaker to claim the second set. In the deciding match tiebreaker, Bharathy and his opponent, Kacper Krolikowski, were tied 3-3 when rain began to fall, leaving the match unfinished.<\/p>\n The Eagles will face Hampton on Wednesday, March 18 at noon. NCCU will host the Pirates at Elmira Tennis Courts in Durham, N.C.<\/p>\n For more information on NCCU Athletics, visit NCCUEaglePride.com.<\/p>\n Read Full Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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