VARGA LIFTS MEN’S TENNIS PAST LONGWOOD, 4-3

Wednesday, March 20

Radford

1 p.m.

Radford University

Longwood

Photo by: Radford Athletics Communications

3/20/2019 9:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Results

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RADFORD, Va. – Two singles matches were left in the match when Matko Varga won his and gave Radford a victory over Longwood on Wednesday afternoon at the Radford Tennis Complex.

The Highlanders were up 3-2 and needed just one more singles victory to clinch the match with two still unfinished. Varga was in his third set with a 5-1 lead and won the final point as the guys celebrated the match victory with a 4-2 lead.

The final singles competition of the match ended shortly after, but it didn't go the Highlanders way. Yevhen Sirous fell to Amadeo Blasco in three sets – two of which went into tiebreakers. That made it a 4-3 score, but the match was already in favor of Radford for its 10^th win of the season.

The Highlanders (10-2, 2-0 Big South) swept the doubles competition and took a 1-0 lead. Then Michiel Meekers gave increased the lead to 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-4 lead on court 4.

The Lancers (8-4, 1-1 Big South) picked up two victories on courts 3 and 2 that tied the match at two. Andres Silva came up with a clutch win on court 5 over Raisei Sakai on court 5. Silva's fourth singles win of the season put Radford up, 3-2.

Moments later Varga picked up his 10^th victory of the year and clinched the match for the Highlanders

TWEET OF THE MATCH

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— Radford Men's Tennis (@RadfordMTennis) March 20, 2019

UP NEXT
The Highlanders Big South stretch continues with a Saturday match at UNC Asheville at 2 p.m.

SINGLES COMPETITION

1. BLASCO, Amadeo (LWU) def. Yevhen Sirous (RADM) 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (5-7), 6-3

2. SERGIO, Guilherme (LWU) def. Rodrigo Magalhaes (RADM) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4

3. CAGIGAS, Guillermo (LWU) def. Alexandros Caldwell (RADM) 6-1, 6-3

4. Michiel Meekers (RADM) def. FARTHING, Julian (LWU) 6-2, 6-4

5. Andres Silva (RADM) def. SAKAI, Raisei (LWU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

6. Matko Varga (RADM) def. CASASNOVAS, Marc (LWU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1

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

DOUBLES COMPETITION

1. Yevhen Sirous/Rodrigo Magalhaes (RADM) def. BLASCO, Amadeo/SERGIO, Guilherme (LWU) 7-6 (7-3)

2. Alexandros Caldwell/Michiel Meekers (RADM) def. FARTHING, Julian/SAKAI, Raisei (LWU) 6-0

3. Matko Varga/Andres Silva (RADM) def. CASASNOVAS, Marc/CAGIGAS, Guillermo (LWU) 6-3

Order of finish: (2,3,1)

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