Thursday, February 24
Raleigh, NC
2:00 PM
Radford University
1
at
6
North Carolina State
Men’s Tennis Falls to #16 N.C. State
2/24/2022 5:02:00 PM | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH, N.C. – Radford (2-4) had many competitive individual matches in their 6-1 loss to #16 North Carolina State Thursday afternoon.
In doubles play all three courts had close finishes. Aditya Balsekar and Robert Hagen fell 6-4 on court three while Demis Taramonlis and Andres Silva fell in a tiebreaker 7-6 on the top flight. Guilhereme Severin and Konstantinos Raptis were both down just 6-5 on court two before going unfinished.
In singles play North Carolina State was able to take five courts to clinch the match despite a huge comeback from Balsekar on court five. Balskear was able to battle back after dropping his first set to come all the way back and defeat his opponent 3-6, 7-5, 1-0(8). Balsekar's opponent came into the match owning a 7-2 record in his last nine singles matches with three wins over top-120 opponents.
Up Next
The Highlanders are back at home this Saturday hosting North Carolina A&T for their second Big South match of the season.
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For more information on the Radford Men's Tennis team follow @RadfordMTennis on Twitter and Instagram, as well as Radford Men's Tennis on Facebook.
In doubles play all three courts had close finishes. Aditya Balsekar and Robert Hagen fell 6-4 on court three while Demis Taramonlis and Andres Silva fell in a tiebreaker 7-6 on the top flight. Guilhereme Severin and Konstantinos Raptis were both down just 6-5 on court two before going unfinished.
In singles play North Carolina State was able to take five courts to clinch the match despite a huge comeback from Balsekar on court five. Balskear was able to battle back after dropping his first set to come all the way back and defeat his opponent 3-6, 7-5, 1-0(8). Balsekar's opponent came into the match owning a 7-2 record in his last nine singles matches with three wins over top-120 opponents.
Up Next
The Highlanders are back at home this Saturday hosting North Carolina A&T for their second Big South match of the season.
Follow Men's Tennis on Social Media
For more information on the Radford Men's Tennis team follow @RadfordMTennis on Twitter and Instagram, as well as Radford Men's Tennis on Facebook.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
12
33
Luca Staeheli / 0 [ST]
66
#2 Singles Match
12
32
Martins Rocens / 0 [ST]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
33
Damien Salvestre / 0 [ST]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
31
Fons Van Sambeek / 0 [ST]
66
#5 Singles Match
123
371
Braden Shick / 0 [ST]
650
#6 Singles Match
12
51
Joseph Wayand / 0 [ST]
76
Order of Finish:
2,4,1,3,6,5
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