Men's Tennis Wins Second Straight on the Road, Defeats Wofford 5-2 Thursday Afternoon

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Winning its second consecutive match in South Carolina, the Belmont University men's tennis team earned a 5-2 victory at Wofford Thursday afternoon in Spartanburg. Despite dropping the doubles point, the Bruins (4-7) won five of the six singles matches to complete a 2-0 week in the Palmetto State.
 
The reigning Horizon League Doubles Team of the Week, senior Sabi Roi and junior Stefan Vedovelli, were narrowly edged 7-5 in a tiebreaker at the No. 1 spot as the host Terriers (6-6) clinched the doubles point at the Reeves Tennis Center. At No. 3 doubles, the tandem of senior Eli Mizerski and sophomore Morgan Woodson was handed a 6-4 loss by Wofford's Ian Rasheed and Daniel Clivio.
 
Graduate Will Ecklund and sophomore Charlie Robin's match at second doubles was knotted at 5-all when the Terriers claimed the opening point.
 
Singles play, however, was dominated by Belmont. Straight-set wins by Vedovelli at No. 2 singles (6-3, 6-4) and Mizerski at No. 5 singles (6-2, 6-2) put the Bruins up 2-1, before Roi made it 3-1 Belmont with a 6-4, 7-6 (8) triumph over Wofford's Jack Deveney at the No. 3 spot.
 
Like Vedovelli, Mizerski and Roi, Robin was also victorious in straight sets. At the top of the singles lineup, Robin handled the Terriers' Parker Mariencheck 7-5, 6-4 to secure the dual match win for the Bruins.
 
The last two matches of the afternoon went into third sets with freshman Bautista Durrels Rojo prevailing 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 against Wofford's Jack Burdell on court six. The Terriers' lone point in singles came at the fourth position where Julian Brager-Carlsen outlasted Woodson 6-3 in the third set.
 
Up Next
Belmont will have a week off from match action before returning to play in the Music City next Thursday afternoon at nearby rival Lipscomb. First serve at the opposite end of Belmont Boulevard is scheduled for 3 p.m. from the Bisons' Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center. Next Friday, March 13, the Bruins host the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on campus at the Beaman Family Tennis Complex.
 
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