Pirates Blanked By UNCW, 7-0

April 14, 2011

GREENVILLE, N.C. --- UNC Wilmington's men's tennis squad swept all three doubles matches and won all six singles matches in straight sets to secure a 7-0 victory over East Carolina on Thursday at the ECU Tennis Complex.

 After the Seahawks' tandem of Chris Cooprider/Kinshuk Sharma opened doubles play with an 8-2 defeat of Jaroslav Horvath and Joran Vliegen. After Pedro Mol and Illia Ziamtsou defeated the duo of Massimo Mannino/John Schmitt 8-3, UNCW clinched the doubles point with a 7-6 triumph by the tandem of Felix Dominic Hodgson/Dave Thomson over Henrik Skalmerud/Stian Tvedt.

In singles play, the Seahawks won all six matches in straight sets. At the top three flight positions Horvath, Vliegen and Mannino each forced a tie-breaker but were unable to capture a set. UNCW won singles flights 4-6 by a combined scored of 36-9.

With the win, the Seahawks improved to 18-4 on the season while the Pirates fell to 12-10.

ECU will return to the courts Saturday, April 16 at home against Elon. First serve is set for 11 a.m.

UNC WILMINGTON 7, EAST CAROLINA 0
Singles Results
1. Kinshuk Sharma (UNCW) def. Jaroslav Horvath (ECU) 7-5, 6-0
2. Michael Pereira (UNCW) def. Joran Vliegen (ECU) 6-4, 7-6
3. Chris Cooprider (UNCW) def. Massimo Mannino (ECU) 7-5, 6-4
4. Rafael Aita (UNCW) def. John Schmitt (ECU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Illia Ziamtsou (UNCW) def. Stian Tvedt (ECU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Alex Wetherell (UNCW) def. David Masciorini (ECU) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles Results
1. Chris Cooprider/Kinshuk Sharma (UNCW) def. Jaroslav Horvath/Joran Vliegen (ECU) 8-2
2. Pedro Mol/Illia Ziamtsou (UNCW) def. Henrik Skalmerud/Stian Tvedt (ECU) 7-6
3. Michael Pereira/Alex Wetherell (UNCW) def. Massimo Mannino/John Schmitt (ECU) 8-3

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