PENSACOLA, Fla. – The No. 7 Valdosta State men's tennis team blanked Christian Brothers, 7-0, Friday afternoon at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex.
VSU improved to 8-4 on the year and 4-1 in Gulf South Conference play, while CBU fell to 6-12 overall and 1-7 in league play. The Blazers got off to a hot start with a sweep of all three doubles matches as sophomores
Christian Wedel and
Cameron Henricy Trigolos won at No. 3, 6-0 over Seth Macute and Alban Pineda. Top-ranked sophomores of
Luca Mack and
Rodrigo Carvalho won 6-1 at the top spot in the lineup to clinch the point.
Junior
Christian Felline won 6-1, 6-2, over Pinada at No. 4 singles for a 2-0 lead as the momentum continued for the Blazers. Wedel pushed the lead to 3-0 with a win at No. 3 over Jojo Sandoz, 6-3, 6-2, for his eighth-straight singles victory. No. 53 Carvalho won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 singles to win the match for the Blazers. No. 10-ranked Mack won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 singles, while Trigolos won at No. 5, 6-2, 6-1 and graduate student
Swann Flohr won at No. 6, 6-1, 6-0.
The Blazers continue in Pensacola Saturday with Mississippi College at 2 p.m. ET and conclude the weekend Sunday at 10:30 a.m. ET against No. 29 West Alabama.