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Mruk vs LR

Men's Tennis Jared Holmes, Athletic Communications Assistant

Men's Tennis Splits Season Opener

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SUMTER, S.C. - Men's tennis goes 1-1 on the day against Lees-McRae and The Citadel.

In the first match of the day, the men faced the Division one, The Citadel. The duo of freshman David Negzaoui and junior Joshua Fritz defeated their opposition with an impressive score of 8-3. Sophomore transfer James Vincent and freshman Daniel Watson showed a lot of promise in their match, narrowly losing 6-8.

In singles play, freshman Noel Bartz was the lone winner for the wolves after defeating his opponent with a back to back 6-4 performance. Both Fritz and Vincent had strong showings, forcing their opponents into three rounds only losing both their rounds in narrow margin.

Using their first match as fuel, the wolves only saw one loss in a dominant 5-1 win over Lees-McRae. No doubles matches were played for the two squads.

Bartz had the best showing for the wolves with his 6-2 and 6-0 play. Negzaoui and Fritz were both able to handle the bobcats with relative ease, defeating both of their opponents within two sets. Freshman Thilo Lorenz claimed his first victory of the day in three sets followed swiftly by sophomore Lucas Mruk also getting his first victory on the day, defeating his opponent in the same fashion.

The wolves will be back in action this upcoming Thursday, Feb. 8th with their home opener against Francis Marion at 1 P.M.
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Players Mentioned

Joshua Fritz

Joshua Fritz

Sophomore
Lucas Mruk

Lucas Mruk

Freshman
Noel Bartz

Noel Bartz

Freshman
Thilo Lorenz

Thilo Lorenz

Freshman
David Negzaoui

David Negzaoui

Freshman
James  Vincent

James Vincent

Sophomore
Daniel Watson

Daniel Watson

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Joshua Fritz

Joshua Fritz

Sophomore
Lucas Mruk

Lucas Mruk

Freshman
Noel Bartz

Noel Bartz

Freshman
Thilo Lorenz

Thilo Lorenz

Freshman
David Negzaoui

David Negzaoui

Freshman
James  Vincent

James Vincent

Sophomore
Daniel Watson

Daniel Watson

Freshman