Sewanee, Tenn. - The NCWC men's and women's tennis teams picked up their first wins of the season on Saturday, downing Piedmont College by 9-0 and 6-3 scores, respectively, after falling to nationally-ranked Sewanee earlier in the day.
On the men's side, #32 NCWC rebounded from a 6-1 loss to #22 Sewanee on Saturday morning for a 9-0 sweep of Piedmont later in the day.
Versus the Tigers, senior Sebastian Sikh teamed with junior Ioannis Brokakis for an 8-4 win at #1 doubles to secure the Bishops' lone point. The final score was not indicative of how closely the match was played as two singles matches were lost in third set tiebreaks, while #5 and #6 singles were unfinished.
Against Piedmont, NCWC raced out to a 3-0 lead with a doubles sweep, while Sikh, Brokakis, and freshman Aditya Iyer were straight-set winners at the top three singles positions. Roberto Puig, J.D. Telles, and Mark Sokolov were superset winners at the #4, #5, and #6 seeds to seal the sweep.
In women's action, the Bishops suffered a 5-0 loss to #17 Sewanee before earning a 6-3 victory over the Lions on Saturday evening.
Versus Piedmont, the duos of Florencia Sorrentino/Louise Hovhammer (9-8), Talitha Rowan/Stephany Barbera (8-2), and Giulia Zanetti/Nicole Halabi (8-3) swept doubles action to take a 3-0 advantage into singles play. Rowan and Zanetti proceeded to post straight-set wins at the #2 and #3 positions, while Ana Diaz collected NCWC's final point with a 8-2 superset win at #6.
Both teams are now 1-2 on the season.