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Bishop Men & Women Each Notch Two USA South Victories

Bishop Men & Women Each Notch Two USA South Victories

Rocky Mount, N.C. - The men's and women's tennis teams of N.C. Wesleyan continued USA South play over the weekend, each posting dominating league wins over Piedmont and Maryville at home.

The Bishops welcomed Piedmont College to the Slick Family Foundation Tennis Center on Friday and cruised to 9-0 and 8-1 wins.

After jumping out to a 3-0 lead in doubles play, NCWC's men tallied the shutout behind the line-up of Sebastian Sikh, Ioannis Brokakis, J.D. Telles, Mark Sokolov, Mike Konnov, and Henry Lam at #1 through #6 singles. The Bishops surrendered just one set in the match, with Sikh winning a 10-3 superset at the top seed to secure the sweep.

On the women's side, Wesleyan posted an 8-1 victory. All three doubles matches resulted in 8-3 finishes, with the Lions' lone point coming at the #2 seed. Valeria Berber, Stephany Barbera, Florencia Sorrentino, Ana Diaz, Andrea Tobar, and Katie Beeman proceeded to post straight-set wins in singles action to wrap up the win.

On Saturday, NCWC faced off with Maryville as both teams blanked the Scots 9-0 using similar line-ups. Richard Gende (6-0, 6-1) manned the #6 seed on the men's side, while David Chang and Sebastian Wiiala posted an 8-0 victory at #3 doubles.

For the women, Leigh Hales replaced Beeman at #6 singles and Ariana Paz and #3 doubles, cruising to a pair of wins and helping the Bishops tally their eighth win in their last nine matches.

Wesleyan's men are now 8-6 overall, 6-0 in USA South play, while NCWC's women move to 8-4 overall, 7-1 in league action. Both teams continue conference play next weekend at Huntington and LaGrange.