Thursday, February 10
Columbia, SC
5 P.M.
Wake Forest University
2
at
5
South Carolina
Deacs Fall on the Road at No. 13 South Carolina, 5-2
2/10/2022 8:52:00 PM | Men's Tennis
COLUMBIA, SC – The No. 6 Wake Forest men's tennis team dropped a road tilt at 13-ranked South Carolina Thursday night, 5-2.
The Gamecocks claimed a 1-0 advantage after winning the doubles point, before winning three first-set en route to taking the match. The Deacs (13-2), dropped doubles matches on courts one and three, ahead of singles action. In singles, South Carolina (9-0) won on courts two and three, before clinching the match on court four.
Wake Forest senior No. 51 Melios Efstathiou fell to No. 97 Connor Thomson, 6-4, 6-3 and Deacs senior No. 71 Eduardo Nava was defeated by Toby Samuel, 7-6, 6-4. The clinch came on court four as Rrezart Cungu was bested by South Carolina's Raphael Lambling, 7-5, 6-3.
After the Gamecocks clinched, junior No. 118 Taha Baadi picked up a straight-set victory and No. 35 Filippo Moroni ended the night with two points for the Deacs.
UP NEXT
The Deacs will round out the weekend road trip at No. 1 Ohio State on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
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The Gamecocks claimed a 1-0 advantage after winning the doubles point, before winning three first-set en route to taking the match. The Deacs (13-2), dropped doubles matches on courts one and three, ahead of singles action. In singles, South Carolina (9-0) won on courts two and three, before clinching the match on court four.
Wake Forest senior No. 51 Melios Efstathiou fell to No. 97 Connor Thomson, 6-4, 6-3 and Deacs senior No. 71 Eduardo Nava was defeated by Toby Samuel, 7-6, 6-4. The clinch came on court four as Rrezart Cungu was bested by South Carolina's Raphael Lambling, 7-5, 6-3.
After the Gamecocks clinched, junior No. 118 Taha Baadi picked up a straight-set victory and No. 35 Filippo Moroni ended the night with two points for the Deacs.
UP NEXT
The Deacs will round out the weekend road trip at No. 1 Ohio State on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
123
620
Daniel Rodrigues / 0 (14/-) [SC]
461
#2 Singles Match
12
64
Toby Samuel / 0 [SC]
76
#3 Singles Match
12
43
Connor Thomson / 0 (97/-) [SC]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
53
Raphael Lambling / 0 [SC]
76
#5 Singles Match
123
741
James Story / 0 [SC]
660
#6 Singles Match
12
76
Carter Morgan / 0 [SC]
60
Order of Finish:
3,2,4,6,1,5
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