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Junior Chris Mark
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‘Cats Blank Wingate, 7-0, For First Win of 2012

2/4/2012 8:55:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID


DAVIDSON, N.C. — Four Wildcat men's tennis players went a perfect 2-0 on the day in helping Davidson blank visiting Wingate, 7-0, for its first win of the 2012 Spring campaign on Friday evening in Knobloch Tennis Center.

Chris Mark, Ethan Kallick, Nicky Kunz and Robert Lightbourn all won both their singles and doubles matches to score their first wins of the season.

Davidson (1-2) got the early 1-0 lead in the match vs. Wingate (2-2) after giving up just nine games in all three doubles matches. Kallick teamed with Kevin Moore for their first win as a pair, taking an 8-4 decision at No. 1. Mark and Connor Evins picked up an 8-3 victory at No. 2, while Kunz and Lightbourn rounded out the doubles action with a solid 8-2 triumph at No. 3.

Mark led the way in singles, cruising to a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 1 over Matthew Lichtenstein, who was ranked 46th in the latest Division II singles rankings.

Lightbourn and Kallick gave up just two and four games, respectively, in their singles matches at the No. 5 and 6 positions. Lightbourn picked up a 6-1, 6-1 victory, while Kallick won 6-2, 6-2, as both sophomores improved to 1-2 on the year.

Junior Joe Schafer improved to 2-1 in singles play with a strong 6-3, 7-5 triumph over Flavio Rathsam at No. 2, while Calum Gee downed Neal Towlson at No. 3, 7-5, 7-5.

Rounding out the strong singles play on the evening was Kunz, who needed an extra set to earn his first collegiate win. The freshman won the first set, 6-2, but fell in a tie-breaker in second set, 7-6 (4). He came back in the third and final set to post a 6-4 victory to seal up his first career win and give Davidson the 7-0 victory.

Davidson takes a week off before playing a doubleheader vs. Richmond (9 a.m.) and Presbyterian (4 p.m.), Feb. 11, at home.

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