FINAL RESULTS

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Senior Simon Pritchard and junior Manuel Castellanos claimed the doubles title this past weekend at the Southern Exposure Sunrooms Seahawk Fall Invitational, hosted by UNC Wilmington. Pritchard also went 2-1 in singles action as the Owls began their fall schedule.
 
Pritchard and Castellanos dropped just four games en route to winning the Flight A doubles bracket. It is the third doubles title for Castellanos in the last three seasons.

"I'm very pleased with the way the tournament went," said Director of Tennis Eduardo Rincon. "Not only did Manuel and Simon win a championship, but everybody played and competed well. Simon had a really good showing making it to the semifinals in a very competitive single field. Fermin lost in the first round to the eventual champion in a match that could've gone either way. Lucas and Fermin also had a good showing making it to the semifinals and beating the No. 1-seed on the way."

The duo opened Friday's action with a 6-1 win over Lanthiez and Berdnikoff from James Madison and reached Sunday's championship after dispatching Appalachian State's Morris and Pavlovich, 6-1. Castellanos and Pritchard took the title with a 6-2 win over Gardner-Webb's Plentz and Scholl on Sunday.
 
The Owls were unbeaten in doubles action on Friday's opening day with sophomore Lucas de Torres Curth and sophomore Fermin Calvo Barcelo knocking off Florida Atlantic's Chancerel and Nickerson, 6-2, then defeating top-seeded Webster and Maddocks of Appalachian State, 6-4, to reach the semifinals.

The sophomores' run in the Flight A Double draw was ended by Plentz and Scholl on Saturday morning.
 
In the Flight A singles draw, Pritchard won his first two matches before falling in the semifinals. The senior opened Friday's action with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Plentz of Gardner-Webb, then Saturday morning, defeated Maddocks of App. State, 6-2, 6-2.
 
In Saturday's semifinals, Pritchard won the first set over top-seeded Chancerel from FAU, 6-3, but dropped the second, 6-4, and retired after trailing 5-1 in the third set.
 
Calvo and Castellanos each dropped their opening singles matches on Friday. Calvo took Gardner-Webb's Scholl to a third set before falling, 1-6, 6-0 and 6-4, while Castellanos was ousted by Schohn of FAU, 6-4 and 7-6.
 
De Torres Curth went 1-2 in the Flight B singles draw, beating UNCW's Hublitz, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, but falling in the consolation finals to Donarski of UNCW, 7-6, 6-3.

For the tournament, the Owls went 6-6 in singles matches and an impressive 5-1 in doubles.

Next Up
Following this weekend, the Owls are back on the court Sept. 23 at the Southern Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Georgia.
 
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