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Men's Tennis Clinches No. 3 seed with 7-0 Sweep

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Men's Tennis Clinches No. 3 seed with 7-0 Sweep

CHARLESTON, S.C.- The UNCG men's tennis team secured the No. 3 seed in next week's Southern Conference tournament with a sweep of The Citadel Friday afternoon.

With the win, the Spartans improve to 13-6 overall and 6-2 in the SoCon. 

The Spartans went up 1-0 early after sweeping the doubles matches. Ahmet Sarioglu (Ankera, Turkey/METU Development Foundation) and James Dougherty (Melbourne, Australia) defeated Elliott Sperr and Dillon Berkabile at No. 1 doubles 8-5. At No. 2 doubles, Daniel Mack (Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland) and Cameron Smith (Jamestown, N.C./Ragsdale) took down Peter Bleach and Jackson Pride 8-4. An 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles by Gaston Murray (Lake Worth, Fla./Park Vista) and Jimmy Roueche (Greensboro, N.C./Grimsley) over Oliver Dedding and Connor Grady secured the sweep for UNCG.

At No. 4 singles, Mack dominated Pride 6-0, 6-1 to give UNCG a 2-0 advantage. 

Smith beat Dedding 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 singles. Roueche defeated Grady 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6 singles. 

Sarioglu earned UNCG another point with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Sperr at No. 1 singles.

At No. 2 singles, Dougherty defeated Berkabile 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). Dougherty won the second set tiebreaker 7-3 to earn the victory. 

The No. 3 singles set was the lone match to require three sets. Murray took set one 6-2, but Bleach bounced back to take set two 6-3. Murray completed the sweep for the Spartans with a 6-3 set three win.

UNCG's first match of the tournament will take place Thursday, April 17 at 10:30 a.m. against the No. 6 seed. 

-UNCG-

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Players Mentioned

Jimmy Roueche

Jimmy Roueche

6' 4"
Redshirt
Ahmet Sarioglu

Ahmet Sarioglu

5' 7"
Redshirt
Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith

5' 7"
Freshman
James Dougherty

James Dougherty

6' 4"
Freshman
Daniel Mack

Daniel Mack

5' 8"
Freshman
Gaston Murray

Gaston Murray

6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jimmy Roueche

Jimmy Roueche

6' 4"
Redshirt
Ahmet Sarioglu

Ahmet Sarioglu

5' 7"
Redshirt
Cameron Smith

Cameron Smith

5' 7"
Freshman
James Dougherty

James Dougherty

6' 4"
Freshman
Daniel Mack

Daniel Mack

5' 8"
Freshman
Gaston Murray

Gaston Murray

6' 2"
Freshman