ORANGEBURG, S.C. – The South Carolina State men's tennis team remained perfect in MEAC play with an 6-1 win over Norfolk State Saturday afternoon at the Hardeep Judge Tennis Courts. 

With the win, South Carolina State improves to 9-6 overall, 4-0 in MEAC play.

FINAL: SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 6 , NORFOLK STATE 1

• South Carolina State took control early, sweeping all three doubles matches to carry a 1-0 lead into singles play. The Bulldogs claimed wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles by identical 6-2 scores with wins by at No. 1 – Mikalai Bankou & Novak Novakovic def. Boris Lunin & Dominik Simunovic – 6-2  and at No. – Iliyas Muratuly & Andrii Borodatiuk def. Marcin Dójczynski & Marcin Andrzejczak – 6-2  and at No. 3 – Bastian Zamora & Gabriel Johnson def. Szymon Janzen & Przemek Nikolajuk – 7-5 

In singles action, South Carolina State secured five of the six matches to clinch the victory. 
Singles 

• No. 1 - Mikalai Bankou def. Marcin Andrzejczak – 6-2, 6-2 
• No. 2 – Novak Novakovic def. Szymon Janzen – 7-5, ret. 
• No. 3 – Szymon Malecki def. Iliyas Muratuly – 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 
• No. 4 - Andrii Borodatiuk def. Dominik Simunovic – 6-4, 6-1 
• No. 5 – Gabriel Johnson def. Kasper Kulpa – 6-3, 6-3 
• No. 6 - Hoang Anh Pham def. Marcin Dójczynski - 6-1, 6-0 

Doubles 

• No. 1 – Mikalai Bankou & Novak Novakovic def. Boris Lunin & Dominik Simunovic – 6-2 
• No. 2 – Iliyas Muratuly & Andrii Borodatiuk def. Marcin Dójczynski & Marcin Andrzejczak – 6-2 
• No. 3 – Bastian Zamora & Gabriel Johnson def. Szymon Janzen & Przemek Nikolajuk – 7-5 

UP NEXT :  South Carolina State will close out regular season play this week league rival NC Central on Monday (April. 6) at Durham, NC at 1:30 p.m., followed by Costal Carolina Saturday (April. 11) at home in a 1 p.m. start inside the Hardeep Judge Tennis Center.

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