Box Score BOILING SPRINGS, North Carolina – UNCW remained unbeaten in eight matches against state foe Gardner-Webb following a narrow 4-3 victory over the Bulldogs on Sunday at the Webb Tennis Complex.
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The Seahawks snapped a two-match losing streak to improve to 10-8 on the season. The Bulldogs stand 11-10 after falling in their home finale.
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UNCW, playing for the first time in a week, won the doubles point and split the six singles matches against GWU, raising its record to 2-1 against state opponents this spring.
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The No. 3 doubles team of freshman Daniel Ozernoy and sophomore
Gabe Hurtado clinched the early point by defeating GWU
's Numa Lemieux-Monette /Eduardo Dias, 6-3. It marked the 10
th time this season that the Seahawks have won the early point.
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The match then went back and forth until Hurtado clinched the match for the fourth time with a hard-earned 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 victory against Bulldog senior Sebastian Harris at No. 4 singles.
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The Seahawks conclude a three-match road swing on Saturday, Apr. 9, with a noon match at CAA rival Charleston before wrapping up the season at home on Friday, Apr. 15, vs. South Carolina State in a 1:30 p.m. first toss.
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UNCW 4, Gardner-Webb 3
Apr. 3, 2022 | Webb Tennis Complex | Boiling Springs, N.C.
Singles
1. Eduardo Dias (GWU) def.
Reece Falck (UNCW) 7-5, 6-2
2. Victor Putter (GWU) def.
Bekhzod Rasamatov (UNCW) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
3.
Davide Innocenti (UNCW) def. Chrisjan Van Wyk (GWU) 6-3, 6-2
4.
Gabe Hurtado (UNCW) def. Sebastian Harris (GWU) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
5.
Harold Huens (UNCW) def. Alex Lepine (GWU) 6-2, 7-5
6. Connor Enslin (GWU) def.
Ignacio Sandoval (UNCW) 6-2, 7-5
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Doubles
1.
Dillon Gooch/
Bekhzod Rasamatov (UNCW) def. Connor Enslin/Sebastian Harris (GWU) 6-3
2. Victor Putter/Chrisjan Van Wyk (GWU) vs.
Davide Innocenti/
Reece Falck (UNCW) 5-4, unfinished
3.
Danil Ozernoy/
Gabe Hurtado (UNCW) def. Numa Lemieux-Monette /Eduardo Dias (GWU) 6-3
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Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (6,1,3,5,2,4)
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