MURFREESBORO, NC- The Chowan University men's tennis team grabbed a 9-0 win over Virginia State University at the Rose Family Tennis Complex on Tuesday afternoon. The Hawks move to a 13-7 overall while the Trojans slipped to 8-6 on the season with the setback.

In doubles competition, Farid Hajizada and Adi Kaliakperov opened the match with an 8-4 win over Sultan Kenes and Jonathan Fuchs. Mateusz Izycki and Mariano Yeh teamed up for an 8-4 win over Alexzander Walker and Marcus Smith in the number two doubles position before, Rafael Goncalves and Enrique Barge beat Blaine Davies and Keon Halley 8-1 in number three doubles action.

Heading into singles play, Chowan picked up a win at all six positions. In the number one singles match, Kaliakperov defeated Kenes 6-4, 6-3, while Smith fell to Hajizada in the number two singles 6-0, 6-1. Izycki picked up the number three singles play 6-2, 6-2 over Fuchs, while Goncalves beat Davies 6-3, 6-1 in the number four singles position. At the fifth singles match, Yeh won a clean 6-0, 6-0 over Walker while, Barge secured the sixth singles victory over Halley 6-3, 6-1 for Chowan.

The Hawks are back in action on April 13^th when they travel to Richmond, Virginia for a conference match up against Virginia Union University.

Chowan 9, Virginia State University 0
4/11/2017 at Chowan University (Rose Family Tennis Court) 

Singles competition

1. KALIAKPEROV,Adi (CU-B) def. Sultan Kenes (VSUMTN) 6-4, 6-3

2. HAJIZADA,Farid (CU-B) def. Marcus Smith (VSUMTN) 6-0, 6-1

3. IZYCKI,Mateusz (CU-B) def. Jonathan Fuchs (VSUMTN) 6-2, 6-2

4. GONCALVES,Rafael (CU-B) def. Blaine Davies (VSUMTN) 6-3, 6-1

5. YEH,Mariano (CU-B) def. Alexzander Walker (VSUMTN) 6-0, 6-0

6. BARGE,Enrique (CU-B) def. Keon Halley (VSUMTN) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. HAJIZADA,Farid/KALIAKPEROV,Adi (CU-B) def. Sultan Kenes/Jonathan Fuchs (VSUMTN) 8-4

2. IZYCKI,Mateusz/YEH,Mariano (CU-B) def. Marcus Smith/Alexzander Walker (VSUMTN) 8-4

3. BARGE,Enrique/GONCALVES,Rafael (CU-B) def. Blaine Davies/Keon Halley (VSUMTN) 8-1

Match Notes

Virginia State University 8-6

Chowan 13-7

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,2,4,1,5,3)

Official: Dzarr Daniels