HILTON HEAD, S.C.-The Chowan Men's Tennis team secured a 5-2 victory over Fairmont State in their second match of the Spring TennisFest on Wednesday afternoon. The Hawks advanced to a 2-6 overall record on the season.

THE BASICS
FINAL | Chowan 5, Fairmont State 2

RECORDS | Chowan 2-6, Fairmont State 2-3

LOCATION | Hilton Head, S.C.

ON THE SCORECARD
In Doubles:
At the No.1 doubles, Mariano Yeh and Edmond Aynedjian were outplayed by the Falcons 6-3, before doubles duo, Adi Kaliakperov and Louis Proulx def. their opponents 7-6(3) at the No.2 doubles match.

Fairmont State led the Hawks 1-0 into singles play after taking the third doubles match by a forfeit from Chowan.

In Singles:
With a forfeit from the Hawks, Fairmont state picked up the sixth singles match.

At the No.5 singles position, Rafael D'Atri beat his opponent 6-0, 6-4, before Edmond Aynedjain secured the 6-1, 6-2 victory at the second singles match.

Keeping the momentum for the Blue and White, Adi Kaliakperov grabbed the 6-2, 6-2 win at the No.3 singles match.

With the score reading 3-2 in favor of Chowan, Mariano Yeh clinched the match win after def. the Falcons 3-6, 6-3, 10-7, at the No.1 singles.

Senior, Louis Proulx followed Yeh with a 4-6, 6-1, 10-5 win in the fourth singles position, to seal the match win for Chowan.

UP NEXT
The Hawks will next match up against University of Missouri-St. Louis on Thursday, March 14^th in their final match of the 2019 Spring TennisFest.