Box Score

STATESBORO, Ga.- The Kennesaw State men's tennis team fell to Winthrop 6-1 on Saturday (Mar. 9) at the Wallis Tennis Center.
 
"Overall, today was not a great day both with the level of play as well as our resiliency," Director of Tennis Matt Emery said. "We needed to do a better job in several spots to figure out ways to win even though we weren't playing our best. This team is very hungry and will learn the tough lessons from today and come out with a vengeance tomorrow."
 
Winthrop won the doubles point collecting two of the three doubles matches. The Owls would get a 6-2 win in doubles from Gaston Muhammad and Fermin Calvo Barcelo over Alberto Tingali and Aditya Gokhale.
 
The Owls lone win in singles came from Harvey Maughan at No.6 who defeated Leandros Pappayiannis 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
 
The Owls return to action on Sunday (Mar.10) vs Georgia Southern at the Wallis Tennis Center in Statesboro at 9:30 a.m.
Winthrop 6, Kennesaw State 1
Singles competition
1. Diego Quiroz (WIN) def. Fermin Calvo Barcelo (KSU) 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-0
2. Connor Williamson (WIN) def. Gaston Muhammad (KSU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Gabriel Dias (WIN) def. Sebastian Osorio (KSU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
4. Alberto Tingali (WIN) def. Lucas deTorres Curth (KSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
5. Aditya Gokale (WIN) def. Cian Maguire (KSU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Harvey Maughan (KSU) def. Leandros Pappayiannis (WIN) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Connor Williamson / Diego Quiroz (WIN) def. Drew Lahey/Jack Sorel (KSU) 6-1
2. Gaston Muhammad/Fermin Calvo Barcelo (KSU) def. Alberto Tingali / Aditya Gokhale (WIN) 6-3
3. Gabriel Dias / Lluis Mirrales (WIN) def. Lucas deTorres Curth/Harvey Maughan (KSU) 6-4

Match Notes
Kennesaw State 4-5
Winthrop 6-5
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,5,1,3,4,6)

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