Pirates Bounce Past Appalachian State 4-1

Sunday, February 12

Greenville, N.C.

11 AM

East Carolina University

Appalachian State

February 12, 2017 | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina improved to 7-1 overall with a 4-1 victory over Appalachian State Sunday afternoon. Kasey Countee secured the Pirates' win clinching his match 6-4, 6-3 at No. 5 singles.

"It was great to see how we responded after a tough loss on Friday," head coach Shawn Heinchon said. "The guys did a great job of getting ready for today's match and not letting there be any hangover from Richmond on Friday. From a tennis standpoint, today was the best our doubles pair Kasey [Countee] and Freddie [McGeehan] have played this year. They beat a very good team and it gave us the extra boost we needed."

The Pirates dominated doubles play to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Fredric Lehfeldt and Vlad Anghel breezed past Trey Morris and Milo Bargeron at No. 2 doubles with a 6-0 win. Then Freddie McGeehan and Countee defeated Scott Webster and Jack Maddocks 6-4 to claim the doubles point for East Carolina.

Webster evened things up with a 6-4, 6-3 win over McGeehan at the top of the singles lineup but East Carolina went on to win No. 2, 3 and 5 singles to clinch the Pirates' seventh win of the season.

Both Anghel and Ronny Georgi won their matches in a second-set tiebreaker for the Pirates' 3-1 lead. Anghel took down Maddocks 7-5, 7-6(2) at No. 2 singles while Georgi defeated Morris 7-5, 7-6(3) in the third spot.

After winning his first set 6-3 over Bargeron at No. 4 singles, Lehfeldt found himself forced into a deciding third set when the Mountaineer came back to win set two, 6-3. Countee's win at No. 5 singles then secured the win, halting play at both No. 4 and No. 6. At that time, Lehfeldt trailed 2-1 in set three while freshman Javier Renones led 5-4 in set one. It was Renones' first appearance of the season.

East Carolina's win puts the Pirates back on track after losing the first match of the season, 4-3, to Richmond on Friday snapping a program-record seven-match win streak. The Purple and Gold returns to action Friday at American Athletic Conference foe Temple. First serve is slated for 10 a.m. against the Owls.

Scoreboard
Singles
1. Scott Webster (APPM) def. Freddie McGeehan (ECU-M) 6-4, 6-3
2. Vlad Anghel (ECU-M) def. Jack Maddocks (APPM) 7-5, 7-6 (2)
3. Ronny Georgi (ECU-M) def. Trey Morris (APPM) 7-5, 7-6 (3)
4. Fredric Lehfeldt (ECU-M) vs. Milo Bargeron (APPM) 6-3, 3-6, 1-2, unfinished
5. Kasey Countee (ECU-M) def. Campbell Stone (APPM) 6-4, 6-3
6. Javier Renones (ECU-M) vs. Alex Pavkovich (APPM) 5-4, unfinished

Doubles
1. Freddie McGeehan/Kasey Countee (ECU-M) def. Scott Webster/Jack Maddocks (APPM) 6-4
2. Fredric Lehfeldt/Vlad Anghel (ECU-M) def. Trey Morris/Milo Bargeron (APPM) 6-0
3. Will Bissett/Ronny Georgi (ECU-M) vs. Campbell Stone/Alex Pavkovich (APPM) 5-4, unfinished