Spartanburg, S.C. - The Wofford men’s tennis team fell to Southern Conference foe UNC Greensboro on Saturday afternoon at the Reeves Tennis Center by a score of 5-2. With the loss the Terriers fall to 6-7 on the year and 2-1 in the Southern Conference. UNC Greensboro improves to 11-2 on the year and 3-0 in the Southern Conference.
The Trojans took an early lead by winning two of three doubles matches to take a 1-0 advantage.
Stuart Robertson and Tom Wood were victorious for the Terriers defeating Kyle Eddins and William Johns 8-2 at number two doubles.
In singles action UNC Greensboro won four of six singles matches to win the match 5-2. The Terriers were led by Paul Bartholomy who defeated Yaroslav Litus 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 in number four singles. In the final match of the day Tom Wood defeated William Johns at number six singles. Johns won the first set 6-3 but Wood rallied to win the second set 6-2. The final set was decided over a ten point tie break which Wood won 10-4.
Wofford head Coach Rod Ray said “UNCG has a very good team. We really needed to win what proved to be a very close doubles point. I thought we came out with good energy and put ourselves in position to take the point, but we made some mistakes and as good teams do, they held us accountable. In the singles, we had some chances to change the momentum and it didn’t work out the way we had hoped. We are disappointed, but we have a tough minded team and I have no doubt that we will bounce back strong”.
The Terriers will return to action on Saturday, March, 27th when the will travel to Chattanooga, Tennessee to take on UT Chattanooga.
