Campbell Edges Pirates 5-1

Friday, February 24

Buies Creek, N.C.

1:30 PM

East Carolina University

Campbell

February 24, 2017 | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

Buies Creek, N.C. – East Carolina (9-2) had its three-match win streak snapped in a 5-1 loss at Campbell (9-1) Friday afternoon. Freddie McGeehan tallied the only point for the Pirates with a 6-4, 6-4 win at the top of the singles lineup.

"I thought we played okay," head coach Shawn Heinchon said. "We just didn't get it done today. Credit to Campbell, they have a very solid team this year. We did a good job fighting and hanging in there, but for some reason that is always a hard place for us to win."

Jonathan O'Neal and Gerard Sola defeated Ronny Georgi and James Link 6-4 at No. 3 singles while Nicolas Rakitin and Lukas Schaefer defeated Vlad Anghel and Fredric Lehfeldt 6-4 to claim the doubles point for Campbell.

Fernando Clemente made quick work of James Ling at the bottom of the lineup to give the Camels a 2-0 lead in the match. McGeehan put ECU on the board next with his win over Rakitin at No. 1 singles.

The remainder of the singles matches went into three sets with Lehfeldt and Kasey Countee falling at No. 4 and No. 5, respectfully, which sealed the win for Campbell. Schaefer defeated Angel 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 at No. 2 singles making it 5-1 Camels and Dustin Werner and Georgi's match at No. 3 singles went unfinished as the duo had just begun a third set.

The Pirates head south to Statesboro, Ga., to face Georgia Southern at 2 p.m. on Monday.

Scoreboard
Singles
1. Freddie McGeehan (ECU-M) def. RAKITIN, Nicolas (CAM-M) 6-4, 6-4
2. SCHAEFER, Lukas (CAM-M) def. Vlad Anghel (ECU-M) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
3. WERNER, Dustin (CAM-M) vs. Ronny Georgi (ECU-M) 7-6, 3-6, 1-0, unfinished
4. SOLA, Gerard (CAM-M) def. Fredric Lehfeldt (ECU-M) 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
5. SCHWAB, Lorenz (CAM-M) def. Kasey Countee (ECU-M) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
6. CLEMENTE, Fernando (CAM-M) def. James Ling (ECU-M) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
1. WERNER, Dustin/SCHWAB, Lorenz (CAM-M) vs. Freddie McGeehan/Kasey Countee (ECU-M) 5-5, unfinished
2. RAKITIN, Nicolas/SCHAEFER, Lukas (CAM-M) def. Vlad Anghel/Fredric Lehfeldt (ECU-M) 6-1
3. SOLA, Gerard/O'NEAL, Jonathan (CAM-M) def. Ronny Georgi/James Ling (ECU-M) 6-4