Box Score NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Newberry Wolves men's tennis team (2-0, 0-0 South Atlantic Conference) claimed their second team victory of the season on Tuesday afternoon by defeating the Emmanuel College Lions 5-2.
The Wolves took the double's point 2-0.
Mateo Bivol (Bordeaux, France) and
Leo Zancheta (Assis, Brazil) won their match 6-1 while
Marcel Schomburg (Bingen, Germany) and
Laurenz Grabia (Altdorf, Germany) claimed a 6-2 victory. With the point clinched, the third double's match was not finished.
The Wolves also had a strong team showing in the single's portion of competition. Bivol claimed victory despite dropping the first set to his opponent (2-6, 6-2, 6-3). Schomburg similarly bounced back to claim a three-set victory (4-6, 6-3, 10-8). Grabia was the first wolf to win in consecutive sets, winning his match 6-2, 6-2.
Joshua Fritz (Waiblingen, Germany) also clinched victory in two sets (7-6, 6-1).
With the match clinched for the Wolves,
Tal Cohen (Sydney, Australia) and Zancheta played a single set each to eight points against their opponents. Cohen fell 3-8 and Zancheta was defeated by a score of 6-8.
Despite the losses at the end of the match, the Wolves claimed their second victory of the season. The Wolves return to the court Thursday, Oct. 20 as they host the USC-Sumter Fire Ants at 2 p.m.
