Hawks push winning streak to eight matches

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon men's tennis team knocked off Covenant 8-1 on Friday.

The win was the eighth straight for the Hawks (8-3, 5-0 USA South).

Huntingdon won each of its three doubles matches 8-2. Bobby Foroughian and Zac Baldwin won at No. 1, Sebastian Riveros Florez and Meyer Schwartzberg won at No. 2 and Trey Pirtle and John Jones won at No. 3.

In singles, Foroughian (No. 1), Florez (No. 2), Jones (No. 4), Baldwin (No. 5) and Aaron Triplett (No. 6) each picked up wins. It was the eighth straight singles victory for both Foroughian and Florez and the seventh straight for Baldwin.

Huntingdon plays at Piedmont on Saturday at noon.

Match Results

vs. Covenant

Singles

No. 1: Bobby Foroughian (HC) def. Matthew Harvie (CC) 7-5, 1-6, 7-5

No 2: Sebastian Riveros Florez (HC) def. Chris Cox (CC) 6-4, 6-4 

No. 3: Michael O'Brien (CC) def. Meyer Schwartzberg (HC) 7-6, 7-5 

No. 4: John Jones (HC) def. John Granholm (CC) 6-3, 6-3

No. 5: Zac Baldwin (HC) def. Roy Anderson (CC) 6-0, 6-3

No. 6: Aaron Triplett (HC) def. Connor Shimmel (CC) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1: Baldwin-Foroughian (HC) def Harvie-Cox (CC) 8-2

No. 2: Schwartzberg-Florez (HC) def. O'Brien-Dan Madden (CC) 8-2

No. 3: Jones-Pirtle (HC) def. Anderson-Travis Hutchinson (CC) 8-2