GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's tennis team took a 4-3 battle against Fairfield on Tuesday at the UNCG Tennis Courts.
 
The match started off with Fairfield gaining the doubles point. Sam Hodges and Thomas Smart gained the 6-4 win over David Flisberg and John Gabelic on court one. In addition, Nick Condos and Will O'brien claimed a 6-4 victory over Tymofiy Khrystyuk and Luke Thomson, giving the Stags the 1-0 advantage heading into singles play.
 
Gabelic started off singles action by gaining the 6-2, 6-0 win over Alex Aguiar on court four to tie the match (1-1). The Stags were able to claim the next singles point on court six to regain the lead (2-1). However, the Spartans responded by earning the next three singles points to clinch the match. First, Tejas Wall gained the three-set battle with Condos, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 on court three. Khrystyuk added in one more three-set win for the Spartans on court one, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Flisberg earned the match clinching point for the Spartans on court two, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. The Stags closed out the match by winning the final singles point. However, UNCG was still able to walk away with the 4-3 victory.
 
"It was great to get the win today at home," said Gabelic. "Even though we didn't play at our best level I'm proud of the guys and everyone fought well! Excited to get another win on Friday."
 
"After losing tight doubles matches on #1 and #2 and just losing some important points in my own doubles match at #1 it felt really good winning my singles match and clinching the win after being down in the last set," stated Flisberg. "I think for the team it was an important win after losing a few tough conference matches. Even though it was not perfect we came away on top which I think gives us some good confidence going forward to our next conference match on Friday against The Citadel."

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The Spartans will take a road trip to Charleston, S.C. to take on SoCon foe, The Citadel on Friday, March 8 at 1 p.m.