Sunday, March 2
Spartanburg, S.C.
3:00 p.m.
Davidson College
0
at
7
USC-Upstate
Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
Davidson Shutout on the Road in Tennis, 7-0
3/2/2014 6:34:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID
Match Results at USC-Upstate
SPARTANBURG, S.C.  — The Davidson men's tennis team continued on it season-long road trip Sunday, falling 7-0 to host USC-Upstate at the Upstate Tennis Complex in non-conference action.
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Playing the Spartans (4-8) for the first time since 2011, the Wildcats (2-8) were unable to pull through in dropping all six of its singles matches as well as a pair of doubles matches.
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The duo of Ethan Kallick and #J.B. Gough# saw their two-match personal win streaks in singles play come to a halt. Kallick, playing at No. 3 for the third time this year, suffered a 6-2, 6-3 setback to Gonzalo Blanco. The senior fell to 2-4 on the season.
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The first-year Gough, who two matches ago vs. George Mason scored the winning team point in a third-set tie-breaker, fell to 2-3 on the year with a 6-0, 6-2 defeat at No. 5 singles.
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Evan Watkins pushed his singles match to a super tie-breaker after the overall match had been decided and came out on the wrong end of a 10-3 decision. He had split his first two sets, 3-6, 6-4, to force the super tie-breaker.
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Falling in a second-set tie-breaker was Robert Lightbourn at No. 2 singles after he fell in his first set 6-1.
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Davidson, 1-2 so far on its season-long seven-match road trip, next plays at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., March 4 at 2 p.m.
SPARTANBURG, S.C.  — The Davidson men's tennis team continued on it season-long road trip Sunday, falling 7-0 to host USC-Upstate at the Upstate Tennis Complex in non-conference action.
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Playing the Spartans (4-8) for the first time since 2011, the Wildcats (2-8) were unable to pull through in dropping all six of its singles matches as well as a pair of doubles matches.
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The duo of Ethan Kallick and #J.B. Gough# saw their two-match personal win streaks in singles play come to a halt. Kallick, playing at No. 3 for the third time this year, suffered a 6-2, 6-3 setback to Gonzalo Blanco. The senior fell to 2-4 on the season.
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The first-year Gough, who two matches ago vs. George Mason scored the winning team point in a third-set tie-breaker, fell to 2-3 on the year with a 6-0, 6-2 defeat at No. 5 singles.
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Evan Watkins pushed his singles match to a super tie-breaker after the overall match had been decided and came out on the wrong end of a 10-3 decision. He had split his first two sets, 3-6, 6-4, to force the super tie-breaker.
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Falling in a second-set tie-breaker was Robert Lightbourn at No. 2 singles after he fell in his first set 6-1.
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Davidson, 1-2 so far on its season-long seven-match road trip, next plays at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., March 4 at 2 p.m.
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