SC State Falls To Presbyterian In Men’s Tennis Action

CLINTON, SC—The South Carolina State men's tennis team suffered its second loss of the season in a tough 5-2 defeat to Presbyterian College on Wednesday at Templeton Tennis Courts.
        Coach Hardeep Judge's and the Bulldogs (1-2) played without top senior player Peteris Vinogradvos dropped the doubles point early in the contest with Andrew Brigham/William O'Connell def. Anton Protsenko/Artemiy Nikitin (8-6) and Rafael Berghaus /Grayson Mills defeated Aziz Yuldashev/Marius Dragoi 8-4.
      SC State posted victories in singles action with junior Artemiy Nikitin def. Rafael Berghaus at the No. 3 spot 6-4, 6-2, while freshman Marius Dragoi knocked off Gonzalo Asis 7-6, 6-4 at the No.6 spot.
       The Bulldogs return to action on Tuesday when they hit the road to take on Wofford University in a non-conference matchup. First serve is 2:30 p.m.

Tennis Match Results
SC State University vs Presbyterian College
(Templeton Tennis Courts)

Presbyterian College 5, SC State University 2

Singles competition
1. MILLS, Grayson (PCM) def. PROTSENKO,Anton (SCSUM) 7-6, 6-7, 1-0 (10-5)
2. O'CONNELL, William (PCM) def. BIZON,Tomas (SCSUM) 6-2, 6-1
3. NIKITIN,Artemiy (SCSUM) def. BERGHAUS, Rafael (PCM) 6-4, 6-2
4. BRUCE, Danny (PCM) def. STIBUREK,Jiri (SCSUM) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
5. BRIGHAM, Andrew (PCM) def. YULDASHEV,Aziz (SCSUM) 6-0, 6-4
6. DRAGOI,Marius (SCSUM) def. ASIS, Gonzalo (PCM) 7-6, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. BRIGHAM, Andrew/O'CONNELL, William (PCM) def. PROTSENKO,Anton/NIKITIN,Artemiy (SCSUM) 8-6
2. BERGHAUS, Rafael/MILLS, Grayson (PCM) def. YULDASHEV,Aziz/DRAGOI,Marius (SCSUM) 8-4
3. STIBUREK,Jiri/BIZON,Tomas (SCSUM) def. BRUCE, Danny/CROCKER, Nathan (PCM)
8-5

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