Reece advances to play in singles and doubles final on Sunday at Elon
ELON, N.C. – UNCG's Zach Reece will play for his second singles flight title in as many weeks on Sunday after picking up two wins on Saturday at the Elon Men's Tennis Fall Invitational.
Reece, a redshirt freshman from Marietta, Ga. who won a flight at the Baras Classic in Chattanooga last weekend, downed Coastal Carolina's Peter Billingham and Elon's Phillip Meyer to earn a spot in the Flight B2 finals on Sunday. Now 8-2 for the fall season, Reece will face UNC Wilmington's Alex Weatherall in the finals.
Reece will also play for a doubles title on Sunday, alongside Jimmy Roueche in Flight C. The defeated Ivan Ho and Ed Snead from Presbyterian, 8-3.
The tournament resumes Sunday at 8 a.m. with doubles action.
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Singles
Flight A1 - consolation
Nick Sayer (Radford) def. Channon Varapongsittikul (UNCG) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6)
Flight A2 - main draw
Thomas Dehaen (Radford) def. Ahmet Sarioglu 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Flight B2 - main draw
Zach Reece (UNCG) def. Peter Billingham (Coastal Carolina) 6-3, 6-3
Zach Reece (UNCG) def. Phillip Meyer (Elon) 6-3, 6-2
Flight C - consolation
Jimmy Roueche (UNCG) def. Chaz Struthers (Winston-Salem State) 6-1, 6-0
Jimmy Roueche (UNCG) def. Alex Yuille (Georgia Southern) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
Flight A2 - consolation
Varapongsittikul/Sarioglu (UNCG) def. Bringham/Sprouse (Presbyterian) 8-5
Flight C - main draw
Reece/Roueche (UNCG) def. Ho/Snead (Presbyterian) 8-3
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