Hawks eliminate Covenant in USA South men’s tennis tournament

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – The Huntingdon men's tennis team earned a return trip to the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals with a 5-4 win over Covenant on Friday.

The third-seeded Hawks (12-5) will play second-seeded Methodist (12-4) in the semifinals on Saturday at 9 a.m.

Against Covenant, Huntingdon built a 2-1 lead entering singles. The No. 3 doubles team of Trey Pirtle-Tyler Chaffee won 8-1 and the No. 2 team of Sebastian Riveros Florez-Meyer Schwartzberg won 8-2. Pirtle and Chaffee are 9-0 this season and Florez-Schwartzberg are 13-3.

In singles, Schwartzberg won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 singles and Zac Baldwin won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4 singles to give the Hawks a 4-1 lead. Aaron Triplett's 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles clinched the match for the Hawks. The win was the 10th of the season for Triplett (10-5).

Match Results

vs. Covenant

Singles

No. 1: Matthew Harvie (CC ) def. Bobby Foroughian (HC) 6-3, 6-0

No 2: Chris Cox (CC) def. Sebastian Riveros Florez (HC) 6-3, 6-4 

No. 3: Michael O'Brien (CC) def. John Jones (HC) 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 

No. 4: Zac Baldwin (HC) def. John Granholm (CC) 6-1, 6-2

No. 5: Meyer Schwartzberg (HC) def. Dan Madden (CC) 6-2, 6-1

No. 6: Aaron Triplett (HC) def. Roy Anderson (CC) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1: Harvie-Cox (CC) def. Baldwin-Foroughian (HC) 9-7

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

No. 3: Tyler Chaffee-Trey Pirtle (HC) def. Anderson-Travis Hutchinson (CC) 8-1