Men's Tennis Travels to Samford and then Chattanooga

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG men's tennis program continues conference play when it travels to play No. 59-ranked Samford Thursday, March 14, at 3 p.m., before heading to Chattanooga, Saturday, March 16 where play will begin at 1 p.m.

"We know that tomorrow's match will be highly competitive against Samford as always," said head coach Thomas Mozur. "I hope we can get off to a fast start and gain the momentum first. Doubles is very important."

The Spartans are coming off of a 4-0 victory over Texas-Pan American Tuesday, advancing their overall record to 7-0 and 2-0 in the SoCon.

UNCG won two of three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead in the match against Texas-Pan American. 

Sophomore Randy Phillips(Snellville, Ga./Brookwood) and freshman William Albright (Greensboro, N.C./Grimsley) won easily, 8-3, at No. 3 doubles against Thomas Panoulas and Victor Alves.  

At No. 2 doubles, Sophomore Cameron Smith (Jamestown, N.C./Ragsdale) and freshman Gaston Murray (Lake Worth, Fla./Park Vista) lost to Ricardo Hopker and Chetan Panditi, 8-3.  

The doubles point came down to No. 1 doubles as freshman Daniel Mack (Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland) and junior Ahmet Sarioglu(Ankara, Turkey/METU Development Foundation) won a tight 8-6 match against Sebastien Job and Alejandro Sanoja. Mack and Sarioglu clinched the match after Sarioglu held on his serve.  

In singles play, Mack won at No. 4 in an easy two sets against Sanoja, before Phillips took down Panditi at No. 3, 6-3, 6-3. 

At No. 6, Albright clinched the match when he beat Alves, 6-3, 6-2. 

The Spartans return to action when they head to Birmingham Alabama to face Samford (No. 61) Thursday, March 14 at 3 p.m. 

Samford (6-4) improved its record at home this season to a near-perfect 5-1 on Sunday as the No. 59-ranked Bulldogs picked up a 7-0 win against former Ohio Valley Conference-rival Eastern Kentucky in a nonconference matchup held at the Samford Tennis Center.

Chattanooga is coming off of a 6-1 loss in a non-conference match at Gardner-Webb last Thursday, March 7. The Mocs fell to 6-5 overall.  

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