MEEKERS AND HIGHLANDERS ROLL PAST MARIST, 6-1

Friday, March 15

Charleston, S.C.

3:30 p.m.

Radford University

Marist

Photo by: Todd Drexler

3/15/2019 10:08:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Radford men's tennis team dominated Marist 6-1 on Friday afternoon in Charleston, S.C.

The Highlanders clinched the doubles point as Matko Varga and Andres Silva won on court 3. Yevhen Sirous picked up his seventh win of the season with a 6-1, 6-0 victory on court 1. He gave Radford a 2-0 lead.

Michiel Meekers clinched the match for the Highlanders and improved to 9-1, but not before Andres Silva won his second singles match of the season. Meekers victory over Max Darrington on court 4 gave Radford a 4-0 lead.

Then Marist won a point as Rodrigo Magalhaes fell on court 2. The final two matches went in the Highlanders favor as Alexandros Caldwell won in two sets and Matko Varga won a 10-point tiebreaker. This gave Radford a 6-1 final victory.

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The Highlanders will play its fourth and final match this week as they take on The Citadel on Saturday at 10 a.m.

SINGLES COMPETITION

1. Yevhen Sirous (RADM) def. Lars Schouten (MARIST) 6-1, 6-0

2. Christopher Gladden (MARIST) def. Rodrigo Magalhaes (RADM) 6-2, 6-3

3. Alexandros Caldwell (RADM) def. John Oxner (MARIST) 7-6 (9-7), 6-1

4. Michiel Meekers (RADM) def. Max Darrington (MARIST) 6-3, 6-2

5. Matko Varga (RADM) def. Kian Yazdi (MARIST) 4-6, 6-3, 10-4

6. Andres Silva (RADM) def. Jack Sequerth (MARIST) 6-2, 6-2

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

DOUBLES COMPETITION

1. Yevhen Sirous/Rodrigo Magalhaes (RADM) def. Christopher Gladden/John Oxner (MARIST) 6-1

2. Max Darrington/Lars Schouten (MARIST) def. Alexandros Caldwell/Michiel Meekers (RADM) 6-3

3. Matko Varga/Andres Silva (RADM) def. Carlos Moreno/Jack Sequerth (MARIST) 6-4

Order of finish: (1,2,3)

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