Wildcats Score a 5-2 Win over Bulldogs in M. Tennis

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DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Davidson men's tennis team got back on the winning track by taking four of the six singles spots on their way to a 5-2 win over Gardner-Webb on Tuesday afternoon at Knobloch Tennis Center.

Davidson, which improved to 2-4 on the year, picked up its second straight 5-2 win over Gardner-Webb after winning by the identical score last year. The Bulldogs fell to 1-5 on the season.

The Wildcats regrouped after playing back-to-back ranked opponents in Radford (69th) and South Carolina (51st) the last two matches with a solid showing in both singles and doubles play.

For the first time this year, Davidson captured the doubles point by taking the No. 1 and 2 positions, though the Bulldogs made them work for it.

Senior Scott Myers (West Palm Beach, Fla.) and freshman Calum Gee (Ayr, Scotland) picked up their first win of the season as a duo with an 8-6 victory at No.1, while sophomore Walker Lyons (Wallingford, Pa.) teamed up with senior Brandon Byrd (Raleigh, N.C.) to seal up the doubles point by picking up a 9-7 decision at the No. 2 spot.

Myers and Gee continued their solid play on into singles action where they scored wins at the No. 2 and 3 singles positions. Both needed three-set affairs to prevail, dropping their second sets before coming through with third set wins.

Myers took a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 decision over Andrew Veeder for his third victory of the season, while Gee improved to 3-3 in his first year with the Wildcats by scoring a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 victory over Rafael Atmayer.

Also scoring singles wins on the afternoon was Arie Hefter (Birmingham, Ala.) and Tareq Alani
(Chapel Hill, N.C.). Hefter played his second match of the season at the No. 4 spot and took home a 6-1, 6-4 decision over Carlos Quijano.

Alani, playing in his third career collegiate match, rounded out the singles play by picking up a straight set 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 6 position for his first victory as a Wildcat.

Davidson remains at home for a 10 a.m. match against USC Upstate on Saturday. The Wildcats took a 4-3 decision against the Spartans last year at home.

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