ECU Takes Win Over NC Central

Sunday, February 18

Greenville, N.C.

12 p.m.

East Carolina University

NC Central

February 18, 2018 | Men's Tennis

GREENVILLE, N.C. --- The ECU men's tennis team won its fourth straight match with a 6-1 victory over NC Central at the River Birch Tennis Center Sunday. It was the Pirates' first outdoor match of the year and their fourth straight win over the Eagles since 2006.

Records
ECU (8-1), NC Central (0-3)

Coach's Quote
"It was nice to finally get a match outside. I thought we played better as the match went on and got more used to being outdoors. Will Bissett played very well this afternoon. I'm happy for him""– ECU Head Coach Shawn Heinchon

Results:
Singles
1. Theofanis Kontopoulos (NCCU) def. Vlad Anghel (ECU) 6-4, 6-4
2. William Bissett (ECU) def. Gabriel Cucalon (NCCU) 7-6(4), 6-4
3. Austin Allen (ECU) def. Sebastian Bromley (NCCU) 6-3, 6-0
4. Freddie McGeehan (ECU) def. Pablo Juez-Torres (NCCU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Wisse Jonker (ECU) def. Gary Brooks Campbell (NCCU) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. Kasey Countee/Ronny Georgi (ECU) def. Gabriel Cucalon/Sebastian Bromley (NCCU) 7-5
2. Javier Renones/Wisse Jonker (ECU) def. Theofanis Kontopoulos/Pablo Juez-Torres (NCCU) 6-4

Up next
ECU will travel to Lafayette, La. to play Texas A&M Corpus-Christi and Louisiana in a doubleheader on Friday, Feb. 23, facing the Islanders at 12 p.m. and the host Rajun Cajuns at 6 p.m.