BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – The Wofford men’s tennis squad dropped a 5-2 decision to Gardner-Webb Tuesday afternoon at the Webb Tennis Complex.
 
With the loss, the Terriers fall to 1-6 overall, while the Runnin’ Bulldogs improve to 3-7 on the year.
 
The afternoon began with doubles action, where the pairing of Tinus Van Wyk and Rob Galloway defeated Korhan Ates and Adam Knutsson-Sundblad (8-6) at the No. 1 position, but Gardner-Webb took the other two matches to claim the point and take the early 1-0 advantage into singles play.
 
The Runnin’ Bulldogs built a 3-0 lead at the onset of singles play, taking matches at the No. 4 and No. 3 positions.  The Terriers battled in each of the remaining matches, with three of them going into a third set to decide the winner.  At the No. 5 position, Tom Wood battled back after dropping the first set to defeat Joao Poli (2-6, 6-4, 6-1).  Gardner-Webb claimed the matches at the No. 6 and No. 2 positions to seal the overall victory.  At the No. 1 position, Tinus Van Wyk was blanked by Korhan Ates in the first set, yet he fought back to claim the following two sets (0-6, 7-6, 7-6), with each going into a tiebreaker.
 
Wofford will return to action on Tuesday, March 6^th as they host Spartanburg Methodist.  The match is set for a start time of 3:00 p.m. at the Reeves Tennis Center.
 
RESULTS
Gardner-Webb 5, Wofford 2
 
DOUBLES
1. Tinus Van Wyk/Rob Galloway (WOF) def. Korhan Ates/Adam Knutsson-Sundblad (GWU) 8-6
2. Matt Parker/Ernest Alberch (GWU) def. Jackson Keith/Walker Heffron (WOF) 8-4
3. Joao Poli/Brendan Dempsey (GWU) def. Drew Superstein/Tom Wood (WOF) 9-7

SINGLES
1. Tinus Van Wyk (WOF) def. Korhan Ates (GWU) 0-6, 7-6, 7-6
2. Ernest Alberch (GWU) def. Drew Superstein (WOF) 7-6, 6-3
3. Adam Knutsson-Sundblad (GWU) def. Jackson Keith (WOF) 6-2, 6-3
4. Roman Piftor (GWU) def. Rob Galloway (WOF) 6-3, 6-1
5. Tom Wood (WOF) def. Joao Poli (GWU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
6. Brendan Dempsey (GWU) def. Walker Heffron (WOF) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4