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Men's Tennis

#12 Men's Tennis Shuts Out Virginia Wesleyan

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - The #12 NC Wesleyan College men's tennis team rolled to their sixth straight win on Saturday as they dominated Virginia Wesleyan 9-0 from Rocky Mount.

The men improve to 19-3 on the season while VWU falls to 7-6.

The Bishops were led in doubles by the third ranked doubles team of seniors Jhonny Acosta and JP Vallejo as they won 8-4 while fellow seniors Max Robinson and Roberto Puig also defeated their foes at the two line 8-5. Finally, Wesleyan completed their doubles sweep with an 8-3 third line win by sophomore John Falke and junior Thato Holmes.

Acosta, the top ranked Atlantic South Region player, then won 6-2, 6-2 at the top spot in singles while Vallejo also won 6-2, 6-2 at the second spot. Junior Augusto Roca then picked up a 6-2, 6-2 win at the third spot while freshman Luca Knese won 6-0, 6-0 at the fourth spot to keep up his stellar season.

Finally, Freshman Diego Segovia dominated his foe 6-0, 6-1 at the 5th line before junior Tshepo Mosarwa capped it off with a 6-1, 6-0 win as well.

The Bishops will next remain home to host rival Averett on Wednesday at 2:00 pm.

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Players Mentioned

Jhonny Acosta

Jhonny Acosta

5' 10"
Senior
John Falke

John Falke

6' 5"
Sophomore
Thato Holmes

Thato Holmes

5' 7"
Junior
Luca Knese

Luca Knese

5' 11"
Freshman
Tshepo Mosarwa

Tshepo Mosarwa

5' 10"
Junior
Roberto Puig

Roberto Puig

5' 9"
Senior
Max Robinson

Max Robinson

6' 1"
Senior
Augusto Roca

Augusto Roca

5' 9"
Junior
Diego Segovia

Diego Segovia

5' 10"
Freshman
JP Vallejo

JP Vallejo

5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Jhonny Acosta

Jhonny Acosta

5' 10"
Senior
John Falke

John Falke

6' 5"
Sophomore
Thato Holmes

Thato Holmes

5' 7"
Junior
Luca Knese

Luca Knese

5' 11"
Freshman
Tshepo Mosarwa

Tshepo Mosarwa

5' 10"
Junior
Roberto Puig

Roberto Puig

5' 9"
Senior
Max Robinson

Max Robinson

6' 1"
Senior
Augusto Roca

Augusto Roca

5' 9"
Junior
Diego Segovia

Diego Segovia

5' 10"
Freshman
JP Vallejo

JP Vallejo

5' 10"
Senior