Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls

JCSU Men's Tennis Opens 2015-16 Season With Loss to Catawba

9/19/2015 4:24:00 PM

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JCSU Men's Tennis Falls To Catawba, 9-0

Charlotte, N.C. (Sept. 19, 2015) – The Johnson C. Smith men's tennis team opened the 2015-16 season with a 9-0 home non-conference loss to Catawba.

The Golden Bulls were only able to win two games in singles competition on the afternoon and one game in the doubles competition.   JCSU's Tarick Miller (New Orleans, La.) fell in his match at No. 2 singles to Lucas Miller by a 6-0, 6-1 count while teammate Gerald Miller (New Orleans, La.) also fell by a 6-0, 6-1 count.

In doubles competition, JCSU's Sharif Axam and Anthony Jefferson fell in their match at No. 2  to Catawba's Aaron Vanhorenbeck and Jack Mordey by an 8-1 score.

The Golden Bulls (0-1) will travel to Belmont Abbey on Saturday, Sept. 26 for an 11:00 a.m. match.


Catawba def. JCSU, 9-0

Singles
No. 1     Jack Mordey (Catawba) def. Sharif Axam (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No.2      Lucas Miller (Catawba) def. Tarick Miller (JCSU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 3     Lucca Picca (Catawba) def. Gerald Miller (JCSU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 4     Michael Patch (Catawba) def. Anthony Jefferson (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 5     Mitchell McDonald (Catawba) def. Hazel Vazquez (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6     Iago Montero Nunez (Catawba) def. Eric Lopez-Araujo (JCSU), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1     McDonald/Lucas (Catawba) def.  G. Miller/T. Miller (JCSU), 8-0
No. 2     Aaron Vanhorenbeck/Mordey (Catawba def. Axam/Jefferson (JCSU), 8-1
No. 3     Patch/Picca def. Vazquez/Lopez-Araujo (JCSU), 8-0

Records
Catawba              1-0
JCSU                      0-1