Spartanburg, S.C. – The Wofford men’s tennis team rallied to defeat Southern Conference foe Appalachian State 4-3 on Tuesday afternoon at the Reeves Tennis Center. The win improves the Terriers record to 6-6 on the year and 2-0 in the Southern Conference. Appalachian State drops to 6-4 and 0-1 in the Southern Conference.
The Mountaineers took an early lead in the match by winning two out of three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. Alain Humblet and Philip Kolc defeated Stuart Robertson and Tom Wook 8-5 at number two doubles. Drew Superstein and Tinus Van Wyk won the lone doubles match for the Terriers when they defeated Andrew McKinnon and Ezekiel Sansing 8-4 at number three doubles. Trent Constanace and Peter Jacobs clinched the doubles point for the Mountaineers when they defeated Paul Bartholomy and Alan Donald 8-6 at number one doubles.
In singles play the Terriers rallied to win four of six matches. Drew Superstein tied the score for Wofford when he defeated Britton Webb 7-5, 6-0 at number six singles. Appalachian State again took the lead 2-1 when Alain Humblet defeated Alan Donald 6-4, 6-3 at number three singles. Stuart Robertson tied the score at two when he defeated Peter Jacobs 6-4, 6-4 at number two singles. The Mountaineers took a 3-2 lead when Philip Kloc defeated Paul Bartholomy 6-4, 6-3 at number four singles.
Michael Schecter tied the score at three when he defeated Andrew Mckinnon at number five singles. Schecter won the first set 6-2 but lost the second 7-5. In the final set Schecter won 6-2.
The number one singles match was left to decide the winner. Tinus Van Wyk won in a three set back and forth battle over Trent Constance. Van Wyk won the first set 6-3 but lost the second set in a tie breaker 7-6. In the final set Van Wyk won 6-3 to give the Terriers the victory.
Wofford head coach Rod Ray said “Appalachian State has a strong team that plays with a lot of spirit. Today’s match was a terrific win for us. We were down 3-2 with two matches to go and showed great confidence under pressure. I am proud of the courage our team demonstrated today”.
The Terriers will be back in action on Saturday March 20th when they will take another Southern Conference foe UNC Greensboro at 1:00 at the Reeves Tennis Center
