LYNCHBURG, VA -- The Elon College men's tennis team won their fourth match in a row with a 7-0 victory at Liberty University Saturday afternoon. The Fightin' Christians improve to 8-4, while the Flames fall to 2-9 on the season.
Elon won all three doubles matches and made a clean sweep of the singles competition including a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles by Peter Van Graafeiland. At No. 2 singles, freshman Chai Navawongse had to hold off a late rally by LU's Bruno Coelho to win 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
The Fightin' Christians return to action, Wednesday, April 7 when they host the University of Richmond for a 2:30 p.m. match at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
- ELON - Singles
1 Remy Nagel (EC) def. Greg Scaleiri 6-1, 6-4
2 Chai Navawongse (EC) def. Bruno Coelho 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
3 Andreas Moll (EC) def. Tony Fleming 6-2, 6-2
4 Adriano Blacutt (EC) def. Adam Kanack 6-1, 6-0
5 Peter Van Graafeiland (EC) def. Shannon Walker 6-0, 6-0
6 Jake Birk (EC) def. Scott Marlowe 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1 Nagel/Navawongse (EC) def. Coelho/Fleming 8-5
2 Blacutt/Moll (EC) def. def. Scaleiri/Kanack 8-2
3 Birk/Van Graafeiland (EC) def. Walker/Marlowe 8-1
