Men's Tennis Wraps Up Successful Opening Weekend
September 15, 2002 | Men's Tennis
The Pirates had posted five wins in singles and one in doubles on Friday. The round-robin tournament, which was not a team-scored event, included players from UNC Wilmington, Richmond, and Mount Olive.
As play continued Saturday morning, sophomore Paulo Baumer completed a three-match sweep of flight three singles by beating UNCW's Lee Bailey, 7-5, 6-2.
The Pirates also swept flight one doubles as Charl Meyer and Brad Sullivan paired up to beat Mount Olive's Juane Sculte and Christof Franzsen, 8-3, to go 2-0 for the tournament.
The Pirates will next compete in the Elon Doubles Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 19.
Following are ECU's results from Saturday's completed matches:
Singles
Mendes (UNCW) def. Meyer (ECU), 6-2, 6-3
Sullivan (ECU) def. Cabrini (UNCW), 6-0, 6-0
Baumer (ECU) def. Bailey (UNCW), 7-5, 6-2
Fonseca (ECU) def. Franceschina (UNCW), 6-4, 6-7, 7-6
Rose (ECU) def. Curry (UNCW), 6-2, default
Zysset (UNCW) def. Snyder (ECU), 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
Meyer/Sullivan (ECU) def. Sculte/Franzsen (MO), 8-3
Schwardt/Scrafford (UR) def. Snyder/Rose (ECU), 8-3
