CHAPEL HILL, NC — The Elon University men’s tennis team fell 6-1 to No. 12 North Carolina at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Sunday.
BOX Score (PDF)
With the loss, Elon is now up 2-3 in the season while the Tar Heels improved to 6-2.
THE ROUNDOWN
- Elon played a tight doubles session but ultimately fell short. The Tar Heels won in 2nd place while the ITA finished in 55th place Oskar Antinheimo And Daniel Martin They persevered with Ryan Seggerman and Casey Kania, the ITA’s No. 37 team. A late break by the North Carolina duo helped them in a 6-4 win and the double.
- The Tar Heels won the first five completed singles games in straight sets to break away from Phoenix.
- student in the first year Oskar Antinheimo rebounded from a set deficit to win the second set 6-3, forcing a match tiebreak which he won 10-4. Antinheimo now has a team-high four individual win to his name this season.
NEXT
Elon begins a three-game home stand with a 2 p.m. contest against Longwood on Wednesday.
RESULTS
singles
1. No. 59 Brian Cernoch (UNC) def. Daniel Martin (Elon) 6-1, 6-1
2. No. 19 Ryan Seggerman (UNC) def. Nicholas Campbell (Elon) 6-3, 6-4
3. Will Jansen (UNC) defeated. Veljko Krštic (Elon) 6-1, 6-3
4. Defeated Karl Poling (UNZ). Ahmed Hosni (Elon) 6-0, 6-2
5. Oskar Antinheimo (Elon) defeated. Anuj Watane (UNC) 3-6, 6-3, 10-4
6. Peter Murphy (UNC) defeated. Nicholas condominiums (Elon) 6-4, 6-4
double
1. No. 37 Ryan Seggerman/Casey Kania (UNC) def. No. 55 Oskar Antinheimo/Daniel Martin (Elon) 6-4
2. Brian Cernoch/Benjamin Kittay (UNC) defeated. Nicholas Campbell/Ahmed Hosni (Elon) 6-2
3. Nicholas condominiums/Ben Zipay (Elon) vs. Will Jansen/Karl Poling (UNC) 4-3, unfinished
Order of Finish: Doubles (2.1); Single (1,4,3,2,6,5)
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