Niners Snap Losing Slide in 4-3 Men's Tennis Win at UNC Greensboro

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Jesse Hutchinson and Brad Clinard evened their season mark in doubles play in Charlotte 4-3 win at UNCG.

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Doubles Victories Pace Charlotte to Road Win

March 1, 2008

Greensboro, N.C. - The Charlotte 49ers men's tennis team ended a three-match losing slide and won at UNC Greensboro Saturday morning. The Niners improve to 5-8 this season, dropping UNCG to 1-7 this season.

"I told our guys it was a battle," said Charlotte head coach Jim Boykin. "We were helped by guys who couldn't play, but you take the good with the bad. These were highly contested matches. We've got a big week ahead and it will be a test for us."

After winning the doubles point, Charlotte won at number-four singles when freshman Moritz Bernhoerster improved his singles record to 12-8 with a straight sets victory over Andrew Clark 6-0, 6-2.

Charlotte took the doubles point with two wins and a default as the Spartans did not have enough healthy players to compete. Brad Clinard and Jesse Hutchinson ousted Yaroslav Litus and William John 8-5 at number-one. They evened their season record together to 1-1 on the season. The freshman pairing of Michael Anders and Chris Huynh also evened their season mark to 2-2 with a 9-7 win over Clark and Andrey Bubnov.

Charlotte has a busy week ahead during spring break. Charlotte travels to Gardner-Webb Monday, then heads into conference play at Richmond Wednesday and George Washington on Thursday this week.

Charlotte 49ers 4, UNC Greensboro Spartans 3
 Singles competition
1. Andrey Bubnov (UNCG) def. Felix Bernhoerster (CHA) 6-4, 6-1
2. Yaroslav Litus (UNCG) def. Michael Anders (CHA) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
3. William John (UNCG) def. Ricky Cuellar (CHA) 7-6, 7-6
4. Moritz Bernhoerster (CHA) def. Andrew Clark (UNCG) 6-0, 6-2
5. Chris Huynh (CHA) def. No player (UNCG), by default
6. Brad Clinard (CHA) def. No player (UNCG), by default
 Doubles competition
1. Brad Clinard/Jesse Hutchinson (CHA) def. Yaroslav Litus/William John (UNCG) 8-5
2. Michael Anders/Chris Huynh (CHA) def. Andrey Bubnov/Andrew Clark (UNCG) 9-7
3. Felix Bernhoerster/Moritz Bernhoerster (CHA) def. No player/No player (UNCG), by default
Match Notes:
Charlotte 49ers 5-8
UNC Greensboro Spartans 1-7