King Falls in a Close Home Match Up Against NGU

Bristol, Tenn. – The King University Men's and Women's Tennis hosted North Greenville this afternoon in an afternoon match-up. King would fall in both the matches, not without putting up a fight in the Men's, they fell 4-3, and the Women's fell 7-0.
 
Men:
 
The King University Men's Tennis team took on NGU with a strong doubles, but would fall due to some close matches that slipped through their fingers. The men fell to NGU 4-3 with the winning point in the doubles. Danny Neleman/ Lucas Machado and Ben Jones/ Bar Meshel would both earn wins in doubles with scores of 6-4 and 6-3, respectively.
 
Heading into singles with the lead 1-0, King was looking to finish it here to earn another win on the season. Neleman went the Tornado, going with a strong win in straight sets with a 6-2 and 6-4 win.
 
The Tornado would lose the next four matches, falling in each match. Meshel, Rohan Chalisgaonkar, and Beckham Sylvester all would fall in close matches.
 
Machado would win the final match, however, on the court with a win in three sets. He fell early, losing 6-2, then came back winning 6-4 in the second, which pushed him to get the close win 7-5.
 
Singles competition

1. Danny Neleman (King) vs Louie Fletcher (KU) King: 2-0
2. Bar Meshel (King) vs Gabriel Pegoraro (NGU) North Greenville: 2-1
3. Lucas Machado (King) vs David Roseler (KU) King: 2-1
4. Becklam Sylvester (King) vs Pavle Markus (NGU) North Greenville: 2-1
5. Rohan Chalisgaonkar (King) vs Will Hernandez (NGU) North Greenville: 2-0
6. Ben Jones (King) vs Dean Kingsley (NGU) North Greenville: 2-0

 
Doubles competition

1. Neleman/ Machado (King) vs Fletcher/ Roseler (KU) King: 6-2
2. Chalisgaonkar/ Sylvester (King) vs Markus/ Pegoraro (NGU) North Greenville: 6-1
3. Jones/ Meshel (King) vs Kingsley/ Hernandez (KU) King: 6-3

 
Women:
 
The King University Women's Tennis team put up a strong fight in between the points with long sets and points through the afternoon, however, fell in a sweep, losing 7-0. They were able to score a few points through the matches, with a close doubles match in the number one doubles, with a final score of 6-4.
 
Shelby Tranchita had the closest match of the afternoon for the Tornado, with a match going to three sets. She would fall in the first set 6-4 but would come back in the second one after falling 6-4. She would fight hard in the first few points, but would ultimately fall 10-4 in the final set.
 
Singles competition

1. Deniz Aytun (King) vs Abigal Watson (NGU) North Greenville: 2-0
2. Rani Malhoe (King) vs Julia Machado (NGU) North Greenville: 2-0
3. Shelby Tranchita (King) vs Andjela Mrvaljevic (NGU) North Greenville: 2-1
4. Trinity Moore (King) vs Adriana Flores (NGU) North Greenville: 2-0
5. Ruth Robison (King) vs Mikayla McKenzie (NGU) North Greenville: 2-0
6. Sarah Hale (King) vs Lauren Harrelson (NGU) North Greenville: 2-0

 
Doubles competition

1. Aytun/ Moore (King) vs McKenzie/ Flores (NGU) North Greenville: 6-4
2. Malhoe/ Robison (King) vs Watson/ Machado (NGU) North Greenville: 6-2
3. Tranchita/ Lily Blecher (King) vs Mrvaljevic/ Harrelson (NGU) North Greenville: 6-1

 
Up Next: The Tornado will come back home tomorrow, Saturday, March 21^st, at 1:00 pm to take on Converse.  
 
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