Men's Tennis Edges Presbyterian to Start the Season 2-0

Sunday, January 22

Greenville, N.C.

11 AM

East Carolina University

Presbyterian

January 22, 2017 | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina defeated Presbyterian 4-3 Sunday afternoon at the ECU Indoor Tennis Facility to improve to start the season 2-0 for the second consecutive year.

Team Records: East Carolina (2-0, 0-0 AAC) | Presbyterian (1-1, 0-0 Big South)

It came down to the wire for the Purple and Gold as senior Frederic Lehfeldt secured the 4-3 Pirate's win with a three-set win over Alejandro Bejar at No. 4 singles.

"What a great job by our lone senior today Fredric Lehfeldt," head coach Shawn Heinchon said." "We are fortunate to have indoor courts so we never miss a home match, but we only have three of them so at times that can put a lot of extra pressure on your No. 4, 5 and 6 players. That was the case today. "Fredric playing No. 4 today did an awesome job of hanging in there and gutting out the 'W' for us. I'm very proud of the guy."

East Carolina won the doubles point with the Pirates No. 2 team Vlad Anghel and Lehfeldt and No. 3 duo Ronny Georgi and Will Bissett earning wins. Anghel and Lehfeldt defeated Presbyterian's Diego Manzanas and Jamie Lopez, 6-3, while Georgi and Bissett earned a 6-4 win over Brandon Mills and Alejandro Bejar. Freddie McGeehan and Kasey Countee fell to PC's top pair, Ben Kelly and Joel Roberts, 6-3.

In single's action, East Carolina's McGeehan and Georgi earned wins and No. 1 and No. 3 singles. Vlad Angel fell 6-4, 6-4, to Brandon Mills making the Match 3-1 in favor of ECU at the court transition.

Countee and Bissett both lost their matches at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively. Presbyterian's Kelly defeated Countee in a three-set match, all of which were decided by a 6-3 margin, while Bisset fell in consecutive sets that both went to tiebreakers, 7-6(4), 7-6(4).

With the match tied 3-all, Lehfeldt rallied for the win at No. 4 singles. After dropping the first set, 6-1, to Alejandro Bejar, he won the next two sets 6-2 and 6-4 to earn the win and secure East Carolina's second dual match win of the season, 4-3.

Scoreboard
Singles
1. Freddie McGeehan (ECU-M) def. Diego Manzanas (PC) 6-2, 6-2
2. Brandon Mills (PC) def. Vlad Anghel (ECU-M) 6-4, 6-4
3. Ronny Georgi (ECU-M) def. Jamie Lopez (PC) 6-2, 6-1
4. Fredric Lehfeldt (ECU-M) def. Alejandro Bejar (PC) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Ben Kelly (PC) def. Kasey Countee (ECU-M) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
6. Joel Roberts (PC) def. Will Bissett (ECU-M) 7-6(4), 7-6(4)

Doubles
1. Ben Kelly/Joel Roberts (PC) def. Freddie McGeehan/Kasey Countee (ECU-M) 6-3
2. Vlad Anghel/Fredric Lehfeldt (ECU-M) def. Diego Manzanas/Jaime Lopez (PC) 6-3
3. Ronny Georgi/Will Bissett (ECU-M) def. Brandon Mills/Alejando Bejar (PC) 6-4