MEEKERS AND COMPANY SWEEP BLUEFIELD COLLEGE, 7-0

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RADFORD, Va. – Michiel Meekers and the Radford men's tennis team topped Bluefield College, 7-0, on Thursday afternoon at the Radford Tennis Complex.

Meekers sealed the match and gave Radford a 4-0 lead when he defeated Fedor Kulavkov, 6-2, 6-0 on court 3. The victory was the redshirt-senior's fourth victory this season.

The day began when the Highlanders won the doubles point as Yevhen Sirous and Pierre-Olivier Lassalle won court 2, 6-3. This came just moments after Meekers and Alexandros Caldwell took court 1. Matko Varga and Andres Silva seized court 3, 6-4.

Radford grabbed the 1-0 lead and ran with it as Silva made quick work of Gabe Poling on court 6 with a 6-1, 6-1 victory. Lassalle made it a 3-0 match when he won court 4, 6-1, 6-1 as well.

After Meekers clinched the match for the Highlanders, Varga took down Yaroslav Hnatusko, 6-1, 6-2. Then things started slowing down in the final two singles matches.

Sirous and Caldwell playing as the No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, both went into a third set. However, with the matched already clinched the two courts played a 10-point tiebreaker as the third set. Sirous won his tiebreak set, 10-6. He dropped the first set, 5-7, but bounced back to take the point.

With a 6-0 lead the sweep relied on Caldwell. The senior won his first set, 6-1, but dropped the second, 7-6 with a 7-5 tiebreak. Caldwell and Satoshi Yamada went into a third set and it was all Caldwell. The Athens, Greece native won the set 10-2 and sealed the sweep for the Highlanders.

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SINGLES COMPETITION

1. Yevhen Sirous (RADM) def. Michael Gutu (BC) 5-7, 6-1, 10-6

2. Alexandros Caldwell (RADM) def. Satoshi Yamada (BC) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 10-2

3. Michiel Meekers (RADM) def. Fedor Kulavkov (BC) 6-2, 6-0

4. PO Lassalle (RADM) def. Rodrigo Huarachi (BC) 6-1, 6-1

5. Matko Varga (RADM) def. Yaroslav Hnatusko (BC) 6-1, 6-2

6. Andres Silva (RADM) def. Gabe Poling (BC) 6-1, 6-1

Order of finish: (6,4,3,5,1,2)

DOUBLES COMPETITION

1. Caldwell/Meekers (RADM) def. Kulavkov/Huarachi (BC) 6-3

2. Sirous/Lassalle (RADM) def. Yamada/Hnatusko (BC) 6-3

3. Varga/Silva (RADM) def. Gutu/Poling (BC) 6-4

Order of finish: (1,2,3)

Match Notes
Radford (3-1)
Bluefield College (0-1)

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Players Mentioned

Alexandros Caldwell: 6' 1"; Senior

Michiel Meekers: 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior

Matko Varga: 5' 10"; Junior

Andres Silva: Freshman

Yevhen Sirous: Sophomore

Pierre-Olivier Lassalle: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Alexandros Caldwell
: 6' 1"; Senior

Michiel Meekers
: 6' 5"; Redshirt Senior

Matko Varga
: 5' 10"; Junior

Andres Silva
: Freshman

Yevhen Sirous
: Sophomore

Pierre-Olivier Lassalle
: Freshman