CARY, N.C. – Marthinus Visser and Nicolas Rakitin won first-round matches to highlight Campbell performances over the weekend at the USTA/ITA Carolina Regional Championship at Cary Tennis Park.

Visser won in straight sets over Brent Lett of Clemson (6-4, 6-3) in the round of 128 before falling in the round of 64 to seeded Simon Norenius of NC State (6-4, 6-3).

Rakitin stopped Joel Roberts of Presbyterian in the round of 128 (6-3, 6-3), but also fell to a seeded foe from NC State – Nicky Horton – in the round of 64 (6-4, 6-0). 

USTA/ITA Carolina Regional Championship
Oct. 16-21, 2014
Cary Tennis Park / Cary, N.C. 

Campbell Results

Singles
Luke Johnson (Clemson) d. Steven Billington (Campbell) 6-1, 6-2 (Rd. of 128)
Billington d. Viktor Selander (USC Upstate) 6-2, 7-6(6) (Cons.)
Marthinus Visser (Campbell) d. Brent Lett (Clemson) 6-4, 6-2 (Rd. of 128)
Simon Norenius (NC State) d. Visser 6-4, 6-3 (Rd. of 64)
Hampton Drake (Clemson) d. Jonathan O'Neal (Campbell) 6-2, 6-4 (Rd. of 128)
O'Neal d. Ramon Simonetti (USC Upstate) 7-6(3), 6-2 (Cons.)
Nicolas Rakitin (Campbell) d. Joel Roberts (Presbyterian) 6-3, 6-3 (Rd. of 128)
Nicky Horton (NC State) d. Rakitin 6-4, 6-0 (Rd. of 64)
TJ Pura (Duke) d. Lukas Schaefer (Campbell) 6-1, 6-0 (Rd. of 128)
Ben Horst (Furman) d. Schaefer 7-5, 6-4 (Cons.) 

Doubles
Javier Restrepo/Andres Torres (UNCW) d. Jonathan O'Neal/Marthinus Visser (Campbell) 8-4 (Rd. of 64)
Hampton Drake/Christian Harris (Clemson) d. Steven Billington/Nicolas Rakitin (Campbell) 8-6 (Rd. of 64)
Billington/Rakitin d. Brett Caban/Kyle Scott (NC A&T) 8-0 (Cons.)