HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i men's tennis team fell to North Carolina, 7-0 on Friday afternoon at the UH Tennis Complex. The Rainbow Warriors fell to 1-7 overall while NC State improved to 9-6 overall.
In doubles, the Wolfpack secured the double points with Nick Horton and Alexis Glarneau defeated UH's No. 1 duo
Felix Albert and
Marcel Chan, 6-2. Igor Saveljic and Georgiy Malyshev held off
Ruben Blattner and
Eric Kenneth, 6-4 on the No. 3 court to win the point.
In singles, NC State won all six singles matches to seal the sweep. On the No. 4 court, Malyshev defeated
Marcel Chan, 6-2, 6-1 and No.2 NC State's edged out Kolaric in a second set tie-breaker, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2). NC State's Ogden knocked off UH's No.5'
Spencer Travalino, 6-2, 7-5. Woehrl then fell to Igor Saveljic, 7-5, 6-4 on the No. 3 court, while No. 6 Sean Burnette defeated Blattner, 7-5, 6-2. Albert battled on the No.1 court, dropping his match to Galarneau in three. Albert won the first set, but then dropped the second and the third was decided by a 10-point tiebreaker. The final score was Galarneau winning on the No. 1 court, 5-7, 6-2, 10-5.
Up next, the Rainbow Warriors will play against Colgate on Monday, March 13 at 3:00 PM at UH Tennis Complex.
North Carolina State 7, Hawaii 0
UH Tennis Complex – Honolulu, O'ahu
March 10, 2017
Doubles Results (Order of finish: 1,3,2)
1. Nick Horton/Alexis Galarneau (ST) def.
Felix Albert/
Marcel Chan (UH) 6-3
2.
Igor Kolaric/
Fabian Woehrl (UH) def. Michael Ogden/Ivan Saveljic (ST) 6-4
3. Igor Saveljic/Georgiy Malyshev (ST) def.
Ruben Blattner/
Eric Kenneth (UH) 6-4
Singles Results (Order of finish: 5, 2, 4, 3, 6, 1)
1. Alexis Galarneau (ST) def.
Felix Albert (UH) 5-7, 6-2, 10-5
2. Nick Horton (ST) def.
Igor Kolaric (UH) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
3. Igor Saveljic (ST) def.
Fabian Woehrl (UH) 7-5, 6-4
4. Georgiy Malyshev (ST) def.
Marcel Chan (UH) 6-2, 6-1
5. Michael Ogden (ST) def.
Spencer Travalino (UH) 6-2, 7-5
6. Sean Burnette (ST) def.
Ruben Blattner (UH) 7-5, 6-2
Match Notes
NC State 9-6, 0-0 ACC
Hawaii 1-7, 0-1 BWC
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