Radford Remains Unbeaten in Big South Play with 4-3 Win Over Presbyterian

Sunday, March 27

Clinton, SC

1:00 PM

Radford University

Presbyterian

Radford Remains Unbeaten in Big South Play with 4-3 Win Over Presbyterian

3/27/2022 5:05:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

CLINTON, S.C. – Radford (11-5, 5-0 BSC) took down Big South preseason favorites Presbyterian Sunday afternoon with a huge 4-3 victory to remain unbeaten in conference play.

The afternoon began with a crucial doubles point. Guilherme Severin and Konstantinos Raptis continued their hot streak with a dominant 6-2 win on court two. The two remaining courts were close up until the finish.

Aditya Balsekar and Robert Hagen were the victorious pair that clinched the 1-0 lead for the Highlanders, winning in a tiebreaker on court three 7-6(3). Andres Silva and Demis Taramonlis were also up 6-5 and had match point before stopping.

In singles play the Blue Hose immediately put the pressure on by taking courts three and six to gain a 2-1 advantage over the Highlanders. Raptis was able to get revenge as he was dominant on court five for Radford, winning in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 to tie the match at two-all.

Radford was then able to gain a 3-2 advantage thanks to Balsekar who continues to be a corner stone of Highlander victories. Balsekar moved up to court four today and took home a huge 6-4, 6-4 win. Focus then turned to the top two remaining courts where Silva and Taramonlis both had moved into third sets.

Taramonlis had dropped his first set of the afternoon 4-6 but did not give in battling back to force a third set. Taramonlis outlasted his opponent and showed some strong endurance by completely dismantling his opponent during the third set securing the clinching court for the Highlanders by winning 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Taramonlis is coming off winning his first Big South player of the week award and now has 10 singles wins to his name this spring and a perfect 5-0 conference record. Balsekar's wins streak is now up to 13 straight singles matches while Raptis now has an ongoing streak of three straight singles and doubles wins.

Up Next
The Highlanders are back on the road again this Tuesday when they face Gardner-Webb for their final road Big South match.

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