RICHMOND, VA.- The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's tennis team's four-match hot streak was halted against Richmond, 5-2, at Westhampton Tennis Complex on Monday afternoon.
The Spiders secured the first point of the day after collecting two-of-three doubles matches with the third being unfinished. Paxton Pritchard and Sam Rathmanner bested
Hector Nissen and
William Elmers, 6-1, on court two to start doubles off. Richmond secured the doubles point as
Devon Moskowitz and
John Gabelic fell to Cole Brashear and Davis Wiley, 3-6, on court one.
Singles saw the Spiders expand upon their lead with Brashear defeating
Andrew Black, 6-1, 6-2, on court six. Wiley downed
Tymofiy Khrystyuk, 6-3, 6-3, on court one for the 3-0 advantage. Moskowitz battled back for the Spartans, besting Pritchard, 6-4, 6-4, on court three. Nissen gutted out the win against Dylan Atkinson, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, on court four to put the score at 3-2. However, that was all UNCG would muster as Richmond's Charlie Burdell took down Gabelic, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, on court two to secure the match for the Spiders. Finally, Elmers lost to Otto Sewell, 6-7, 2-6, on court five for the 5-2 final score.
RECORDS
UNCG: 6-12, 2-3 SoCon
RICH: 8-8, 1-2 A10
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UNCG will honor its four seniors (Black, Gabelic, Moskowitz and Khrystyuk) on Wednesday as they play its last home match against The Southern Conference (SoCon) foe Mercer at UNCG Tennis Courts at 12:00 p.m.