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Gamecocks Sweep UNCW at Home
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Gamecocks Sweep UNCW at Home

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The No. 17 South Carolina men’s tennis team got back in the win column on Friday afternoon, sweeping UNCW 7-0 at home. The Gamecocks picked up two wins in doubles action to get an early lead over the Seahawks before completing the sweep by fighting back on a few tie breaks in singles to finish the match.

Jelani Sarr and Atakan Karahan struck first, winning their doubles match 6-3 from the No. 2 position. Connor Thomson and Lucas da Silva officially clinched the doubles point on court 4, winning 6-2 from the No. 1 position after going on a 4-0 run to begin the match.

Sean Daryabeigi advanced the Gamecocks to 2-0 after dominantly winning his match in straight sets of 6-3, 6-0. From court 2, da Silva earned the next point for South Carolina after claiming both sets 6-4, 6-2. Karahan officially clinched the match for the Garnet & Black with a 7-5, 6-4 victory. Sarr won a tightly contested first set in a tie break 7-6 before following up with a 6-4 win for his second to make the score 5-0 for the Gamecocks.

Casey Hoole and Gabe Avram each won their first sets but dropped the second to force a deciding set. Hoole fought hard through a super tiebreak, bouncing back from a 7-2 deficit to come out on top 10-7. Avram rounded out the day with a 6-3 win in his third set after coming back from being down 1-3 to complete the 7-0 sweep.

Up Next

The Gamecocks open SEC play at home next weekend, hosting Alabama on Sat., Feb 22 for a 1:00 p.m. match.

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(17) South Carolina 7, UNCW 0

Doubles (order of finish: 2,1)

  1. Connor Thomson/Lucas da Silva (SC) def. Sam Nicholson/Joseph Wayand (UNCW) 6-2
  2. Jelani Sarr/Atakan Karahan (SC) def. Harold Huens/Lukas Steffen (UNCW) 6-3
  3. Alex Degabriele/Jordi Domenech (UNCW) led Casey Hoole/Sean Daryabeigi (SC) 4-2

Singles (order of finish: 3,2,4,5,1,6)

  1. Casey Hoole (SC) def. Harold Huens (UNCW) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
  2. Lucas da Silva (SC) def. Sam Nicholson (UNCW) 6-4, 6-2
  3. #66 Sean Daryabeigi (SC) def. Joseph Wayand (UNCW) 6-3, 6-0
  4. Atakan Karahan (SC) def. Lukas Steffen (UNCW) 7-5, 6-4
  5. #105 Jelani Sarr (SC) def. Alex Degabriele (UNCW) 7(7)-6(3), 6-4
  6. Gabe Avram (SC) def. Jordi Domenech (UNCW) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3

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