NORFOLK, VA- The Chowan University men's tennis team fell to Norfolk State University 6-1 in nonconference play on Monday afternoon.  The Hawks fall to 9-10 on the season with the loss while the Spartans improve to 7-12 on the year with the victory. 

Chowan fell to Norfolk State in all three doubles positions.  Anotonio Pejic and Fatehdeep Singh upended Farid Hajizada and Rafael Goncalves 8-2 in number one doubles play while Danilo Galovic and Tristan Martin dropped an 8-1 decision in the number two spot.  Sasha Kirsanov and Ivan Doubograev came up short with an 8-4 loss in the number three position. 

With a 1-0 lead after doubles play using the NCAA Division I scoring system, the Spartans defeated the Hawks in five out of the six singles positions.  Goncavles and Hajizada both dropped 6-3, 6-0 decisions in number one and two singles play, respectively, while Pejic picked up a win by retirement over Doubograev.  Enrique Barge fell to Daniel Grauel 6-1, 6-0 while Singh clipped Martin in tiebreaker play.  Carlos Ramirez picked up the lone victory of the afternoon for the Hawks with an 8-6 win over Shaheed Mourillon in the sixth position. 

Chowan returns to CIAA play on April 7^th with a 3:00pm contest against Virginia State University.