Davidson Suffers 6-1 Setback to Wofford in SoCon Match

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DAVIDSON, N.C.— Off for 11 days, Davidson returned to the hard courts in a Southern Conference men's tennis match at home against Wofford, but came out on the wrong end of a 6-1 decision Thursday afternoon at the Covington Tennis Courts.

The Wildcats (3-11, 0-3 SoCon) fell to the Terriers (7-7, 2-1 SoCon) for just the ninth time in 22 meetings dating back to 1989. They had won two of the past three meetings, including a first round match last year in the SoCon Tourney.

It was a closely contested match to open the afternoon in doubles action with all three positions going down to the wire. Each match had the score of 8-6, but Davidson was only able to capture one of them. The pair of Robert Lightbourn and Connor Evins won their second in a row together with their victory coming at No. 1.

The battle between both squads continued into singles action, but the Wildcats only team point came from No. 3 Ethan Kallick. The senior netted his fourth win of the season with a solid 6-3, 7-5 decision over Walker Heffron.

At the other five singles slots, the Wildcats were able to win some games, but came up short in all of the sets. Evins saw his two-match win streak halted when he fell 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2.

Fellow senior Lightbourn went to a pair of tie-breakers in his two sets, but came up without a win in either of them.

#J.B. Gough# won a 6-1 first-set decision, but saw Trevor Gotkowski win the next two sets by the scores of 6-3 in both at No. 4 for the victory.

The pair of Alex Howard and Evan Watkins also battled through in their singles matches at No. 5 and 6 positions. Howard scored wins in nine games, but dropped a 7-5, 6-4 match, while Watkins went to a tie-breaker first-set, but lost, and then was shutout in the second set.

Davidson takes to the road this weekend, March 22-23, and will play at Samford (2 p.m.) and Chattanooga (1 p.m.).

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