MURFREESBORO, NC - The Chowan University men's tennis team defeated Virginia State University 9-0 in CIAA play on Wednesday afternoon.  The Hawks improve to 10-10 overall on the season and 7-0 in the CIAA with the victory.  The Trojans slip to 3-5 overall and 3-4 in the conference with the setback.  

Chowan rolled through Virginia State in both doubles and singles play.  In doubles competition, Farid Hajizada and Rafael Goncalves defeated Nicholas Pfab and Elia Dreier 8-1 in the number one spot while Tristan Martin and Danilo Galovic handed Nicholas Brown and K'wmane Tonkins an 8-6 setback in the number two position.  In number three doubles, Ivan Doubograev and Sasha Kirsanov picked up an 8-4 win over Delwin McCurdy and Evan Dirksen.

In singles play, Goncalves defeated Pfab 7-5, 6-1 in the number one position.  Hajizada and Doubograev both topped their opponents in the second and third positions with scores of 6-4, 6-4 and 6-2, 6-0, respectively.  In the fourth spot, Enrique Barge clinched the match win for the Hawks with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Tonkins while in the fifth spot, Martin picked up a victory over McCurdy (6-1, 6-2).  Carlos Ramirez earned the final win for the Hawks with a 6-1, 6-2 win in the number six position.  

The Hawks return to action on April 9^th when they host Virginia Union University.  First serve is slated for 1:00pm.