HIGHLANDERS END ACTION-PACKED SPRING BREAK WITH A 6-1 VICTORY AT THE CITADEL

Saturday, March 16

Charleston, S.C.

10 a.m.

Radford University

The Citadel

HIGHLANDERS END ACTION-PACKED SPRING BREAK WITH A 6-1 VICTORY AT THE CITADEL

3/16/2019 7:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Results

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Radford men's tennis team ended an action-packed spring break trip with a 6-1 victory at The Citadel on Saturday.

Radford won the first two doubles matches, 6-1, but The Citadel won the consolation doubles match on court 2.

The Bulldogs began the singles competition with a win on court 5, which tied the match at one. After that Radford didn't look back and won the next five matches. Yevhen Sirous and Michiel Meekers each picked up wins on courts 1 and 4, respectively.

Alexandros Caldwell went on to clinch the match with a 7-5, 6-1 victory on court 3. Andres Silva won his second consecutive singles match on court 6, after dropping the first set 6-0. He bounced back with a pair of tiebreaker wins in the second and third set.

Caldwell clinches it for the Highlanders!! #RiseAndDefend | #BigSouthMTEN pic.twitter.com/b61vgqrBEp
— Radford Men's Tennis (@RadfordMTennis) March 16, 2019

Rodrigo Magalhaes gave Radford its fifth straight singles victory with a 6-3, 6-4 win on court 2.

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The Highlanders return home for Greek Day on Wednesday as they take on Longwood at 2 p.m.

SINGLES COMPETITION

1. Yevhen Sirous (RADM) def. Roy Hobson (CIT) 6-4, 6-2

2. Rodrigo Magalhaes (RADM) def. Jack Pyritz (CIT) 6-3, 6-4

3. Alexandros Caldwell (RADM) def. Noah Nawabi (CIT) 7-5, 6-1

4. Michiel Meekers (RADM) def. Willem van Zyl (CIT) 6-3, 6-4

5. Gavin Stewart (CIT) def. Matko Varga (RADM) 6-0, 6-3

6. Andres Silva (RADM) def. Phillip Quinn (CIT) 0-6, 7-6, 7-6

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

DOUBLES COMPETITION

1. Yevhen Sirous/Rodrigo Magalhaes (RADM) def. Gavin Stewart/Willem van Zyl (CIT) 6-1

2. Phillip Quinn/Noah Nawabi (CIT) def. Alexandros Caldwell/Michiel Meekers (RADM) 6-3

3. Matko Varga/Andres Silva (RADM) def. Jack Pyritz/Will Graham (CIT) 6-1

Order of finish: (1,3,2)

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