BUIES
CREEK,
N.C.—The Campbell men's tennis team finished up its regular
season Thursday with a 5-2 conference win over Belmont at the
Nisbet Tennis Center.
The Camels improved their
record to 13-9, including a 4-4 mark in Atlantic Sun play. Belmont fell to 5-8, 2-6 in
league play.
Artoym Starkov and Sebastian
Thesleff each recorded both singles and doubles wins on the
day.
Starkov, a senior, claimed
the number-three singles match over Javier Rodriguez, after teaming
with sophomore Vasja Gorjup to win the two-spot doubles match
8-5. With the win, Starkov
evened his singles record at 12-12 on the season.
Thesleff dropped only one
game in route to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Zach Zola at
number-six. The sophomore
improved his singles mark to 18-3, 7-1 in league action.
Earlier, Thesleff teamed up
with sophomore Brent Darden to claim a 9-7 win at number-three
doubles. The team remains
undefeated in doubles play with a 5-0 mark.
With the two and three-spot
doubles victories, Campbell earned the doubles point. Belmont's Javier Rodriguez and Fausto
Rocha won the number-one doubles match.
Junior Gabriel Delarue
claimed his fifth-straight singles victory with a 6-4, 6-4 win over
Alex Gillott at number-one.
Delarue improved his singles mark to 16-10.
Also earning a singles
victory was junior Marc Sifre, with a 6-0, 6-1 decision at
number-two. Sifre's singles
record stands at 15-10 on the year.
Belmont's Felipe Abreu claimed the
four-spot singles match, and Ignacio Gesto won at
number-five.
The Camels have one week off
before they head to Johnson City, Tenn. for the Atlantic Sun
Championship, which begins on Thursday, April 19.
Campbell 5, Belmont
2
Doubles
1. Javier Rodriguez / Fausto Rocha (BEL)
def. Gabriel Delarue / Marc Sifre 8-5
2. Artoym Starkov / Vasja
Gorjup (CAM) def. Alex Gillott / Ignacio Gesto 8-5
3. Sebastian Thesleff / Brent
Darden (CAM) def. Felipe Abreu / Zach Zola 9-7
Singles
1. Gabriel Delarue (CAM) def.
Alex Gillott 6-4, 6-4
2. Marc Sifre (CAM) def.
Fausto Rocha 6-0, 6-1
3. Artoym Starkov (CAM) def.
Javier Rodriguez 6-2, ret.
4. Felipe Abreu (BEL) def.
Vasja Gorjup 6-3, 7-5
5. Ignacio Gesto (BEL) def.
Viktor Taune 6-4, 6-7, (12-10)
6. Sebastian Thesleff (CAM)
def. Zach Zola 6-1, 6-0
