Gamecocks Stay Perfect with Doubleheader Sweep

Feb. 10, 2017

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina men’s tennis continued its perfect play with a 4-1 victory over Old Dominion and a 7-0 win over SC State at the Carolina Tennis Center Friday, Feb. 3.

South Carolina doubles continued their strong play with Yancy Dennis and Harrison O’Keefe getting things off to a good start in the Old Dominion match with a dominating 6-0 win in the No. 2 spot, topping Jose Nunez Navarro and Aziz Kijametovic. The No. 3 tandem of Paul Jubb and Gabriel Friedrich rode their power game to a 6-4 win over Javier Jover Maestre and Michael Weindl.

Alex Fennell quickly doubled the Gamecocks’ advantage with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Justin Herrera in the No. 6 match. Old Dominion got on the board when Andrew Schafer fell to Javier Jover Maestre in the No. 5 spot.

No. 121 Gabriel Friedrich played some of his best tennis of the season, defeating No. 18 Adam Moundir in straight sets in the No. 1 spot. O’Keefe clinched the match with a three-set victory over Weindl, making a final score of 4-1.

After a short break, the Gamecocks returned to the courts for the afternoon match against SC State. Dennis and O’Keefe were sharp early in doubles as the tandem blanked Soufiane Mouline and Vladyslav Yanchenko. Jubb and Friedrich clinched the doubles point on with a 6-1 victory in the No. 3 spot to give the Gamecocks a 1-0 lead.

In singles play, South Carolina stormed to first set wins on all courts. Schafer was the first to deliver his point, topping Aleksander Stupar 6-1, 6-0. O’Keefe finished his afternoon yielding just three games to Martin Figura in a well-crafted 6-1, 6-0 win on court number one. Freshman Paul Jubb stayed perfect on the season with his 6-3, 6-2 win over Yanchenko, his first in the No. 2 spot, to clinch the match 4-0.

The Gamecocks played out the rest of the singles, taking wins in straight sets on courts three, four and six to make a 7-0 final score over SC State.

Quoting Coach Josh Goffi