WISE, Va. (March 29, 2018) — Playing in gusty winds reaching 15-20 miles per hour, the Salem University Tiger men's tennis team defeated teh University of Virginia at Wise Cavaliers 9-0 to claim its second shutout victory of the season. 

Leading the way was freshmen Patryk Garwacki and Gregor Lainer, who teamed for a victory in doubles and won their individual matches. Antonio Shaw and Andres Padilla showed great poise in picking up a crucial win at the No. 2 doubles spot to put Salem up 3-0 heading into singles matches. 

"We played great in doubles today, especially Antonio and Andres, who pulled out a tough match," Head Coach Todd Tucker said. "The guys were extremely focused today. They played at a very high level. It was a good match to prepare for next week as we face three top 15 nationally ranked teams." 

With their second win in a row, the Tigers improve to 7-11 on the season. The Cavaliers drop to 2-11. Salem will return to action on April 1 with a match against No. 14-ranked Bluefield State College in Bluefield, West Virginia. 

Results

Doubles

Gregor Lainer / Patryk Garwacki (SU) def. Andrei Rutunytsky / Ethan Herron (UV) 8-6
Andres Padilla / Antonio Shaw (SU) def. Victor Tunnikov / Christopher Armistead (UV) 9-7
Ivan Arevalo / Carlos Padilla (SU) def. Colton Burke / John Hamilton (UV) 8-2

Singles

Patryk Garwacki (SU) def. Andrei Rutnytskyi (UV) 6-3, 6-0
Gregor Lainer (SU) def. Viktor Tunnikov (UV) 6-0, 6-4
Ivan Arevalo (SU) def. Christopher Armistead (UV) 6-3, 6-2
Andres Padilla (SU) def. Ethan Herron (UV) 6-4, 6-1
Eugene Bour (SU) def. Colton Burke (UV) 6-2, 7-5
Carlos Padilla (SU) def. John Hamilton (UV) 6-0, 6-0