PETERSBURG, Va. – Back on the court after a week off, the Longwood men's tennis team got back on their feet with a 7-0 sweep over Commonwealth opponent Virginia State.
 
The Longwood men picked up a win for the 11th time this season and snaps its two match losing streak after two conference defeats at the hands of UNC Asheville and Presbyterian. The win is the latest in Longwood's (11-7, 1-4 Big South) final push for the postseason.
 
"It's been a week since playing and we've had an emotional season," said Longwood's second-year head coach and director of tennis Jhonatan Medina Alvarez. "Some ups and downs, but today's win will get us ready for next week and our final conference matches. I know this will get us ready for conference play and I am excited for the rest of April."
 
In their return to the court in a dominant fashion, the dynamic duo of Amadeo Blasco and Guilherme Sergio took a 7-5 win from Virginia State's (1-3-1) Sultan Kenes and Jonathan Fuchs at the top position. "It was good for our confidence and we're happy that we have a winning season," Sergio said, "We're on our way to reach our goals especially after today's match."
 
As the Lancers got back into their groove, Guillermo Cagigas and Raisai Sakai won 6-0 over Keon Halley and Alexzander Walker.

Clinching the doubles point, the Lancers went into singles play 1-0 lead. From the doubles point on the Lancers kept rolling.
 
A forfeit win from Blasco kicked off singles play as Sergio defeated Kenes 6-3, 6-3 on court two. At the No. 3 spot in the order, Cagigas dominated his counterpart Halley 6-0, 6-0 along Rosen Naydenov who defeated Walker in a 6-0, 6-0 fashion. Sakai won his eighth singles match this season, after defeating Fuchs 6-2, 6-0 before Casanovas finished the sweep with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Josh McFadden.
 
The Lancers will host conference foe Hampton on April 10 at 11 a.m. on Lancer Courts
 
#GoWood



Longwood 7, Virginia State 0
4/7/2019 at Ettrick, Va. (VSU Tennis Complex) 

 

Singles competition

1. BLASCO, Amadeo (LWU) def. No player (VSU), by forfeit

2. SERGIO, Guilherme (LWU) def. KENES, Sultan (VSU) 6-3, 6-3

3. CAGIGAS, Guillermo (LWU) def. HALLEY, Keon (VSU) 6-0, 6-0

4. SAKAI, Raisei (LWU) def. FUCHS, Jonathan (VSU) 6-2, 6-0

5. CASASNOVAS, Marc (LWU) def. McFADDEN, Josh (VSU) 6-1, 6-2

6. NAYDENOV, Rosen (LWU) def. WALKER, Alexzander (VSU) 6-0, 6-0

 

Doubles competition

1. BLASCO, Amadeo/SERGIO, Guilherme (LWU) def. KENES, Sultan/FUCHS, Jonathan (VSU) 7-5

2. CAGIGAS, Guillermo/SAKAI, Raisei (LWU) def. HALLEY, Keon/WALKER, Alexzander (VSU) 6-0

3. NAYDENOV, Rosen/CASASNOVAS, Marc (LWU) def. No player/No player (VSU), by forfeit

Match notes

Longwood 11-7

Virginia State 1-4-1