NORFOLK, Va. – The North Carolina A&T men's tennis team completed its first season back since having the program discontinued in 2006 with a 6-1 loss to Norfolk State at Centre Court Racquet Club on Friday.
The Aggies finished their season 0-16 overall and 0-4 in the conference after the MEAC matchup against the Spartans (6-12, 2-3 MEAC).
The Aggies lone win came from Kyle Scott from the No. 6 singles position. Scott defeated Shaheed Mourillon-Swift 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 and 10-8 in the tiebreaker. It was Scott's first win of the season as he battled to end a personal 15-match losing streak. Brett Caban, the Aggies leader in wins this season with four, lost at No. 4 singles to Daniel Grauel, 6-3, 6-1. Caban won three matches from the No. 4 singles position.
The other entertaining matchup featured John Wilson IV at No. 3 singles. He and Antonio Pejic battled to a tiebreaker in the first set (7-5) before Pejic came away as a 7-6 winner. Wilson and Pejic went nine games before Pejic prevailed 6-3. Dreshaun Jarmon was the Aggies No. 1 singles player and lost to Pascal Domnik 6-2, 7-5.
The Aggies lost the doubles point to the Spartans by losing all three doubles matches.
Tennis Match Results
North Carolina A&T vs Norfolk State
Apr 3, 2015 at Norfolk, Va.
Norfolk State 6, North Carolina A&T 1
Singles competition:
1. DOMNIK,Pascal (NSU) def. JARMON,Dreshaun (NCATM) 6-2, 7-5
2. BRAGA,Igor (NSU) def. BAILEY,Joshua (NCATM) 6-0, 6-0
3. PEJIC,Antonio (NSU) def. WILSON,John IV (NCATM) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
4. GRAUL,Daniel (NSU) def. CABAN,Brett (NCATM) 6-3, 6-1
5. SINGH,Fatehdeep (NSU) def. FRANCE,Keiston (NCATM) 6-0, 6-0
6. SCOTT,Kyle (NCATM) def. MOURILLON-SWIFT,S. (NSU) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
Doubles competition:
1. DOMNIK,Pascal/PEJIC,Antonio (NSU) def. JARMON,Dreshaun/WILSON,John IV (NCATM) 5-4
2. BRAGA,Igor/MOURILLON-SWIFT,S. (NSU) def. WHITEHEAD,Nicholas/BAILEY,Joshua (NCATM) 8-0
3. SINGH,Fatehdeep/GRAUL,Daniel (NSU) def. CABAN,Brett/SCOTT,Kyle (NCATM) 8-0