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Men's Tennis Gets a Split in North Carolina
The Colonials fall to Greensboro but defeat Charlotte in weekend play.
Arya Vayghan won the deciding match against Charlotte to get the victory for the Colonials.
 
Arya Vayghan won the deciding match against Charlotte to get the victory for the Colonials.
  

March 8, 2009

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GREENSBORO & CHARLOTTE, NC -- The George Washington University men's tennis team fell to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 4-3, on Friday afternoon and defeated Charlotte, 4-3, Saturday.

At Greensboro, Yan Levinski won his No. 2 singles match 6-3, 6-3. At the No. 4 singles position Chris Kushma won his match 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, while Arya Vayghan won his No. 6 match-up 6-3, 6-0.

In doubles play against UNCG, the Colonials fell in all three matches.

On Saturday at Atlantic 10 Conference rival Charlotte, the Colonials duo of Levinski and Kushma won their No. 2 doubles match, 8-4, while GW fell in the No. 1 and No. 3 match-ups.

Levinski took the momentum into his singles match, winning at the No. 1 position 6-4, 6-3. Erik Hannah won at the No. 3 position 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1, while Alex Sohaili was victorious at the No. 5 spot for the Colonials.

The match against Charlotte came down to the No. 6 singles match as the deciding factor for the win. GW's Vaghan, who had just battled back from a long bought of illnesses, took the first set 6-3, dropped the second set 3-6, but came back to force a tie-breaker in the third set to win the match 7-6 (3).

The Colonials next host the Duquesne Dukes on Saturday, March 14, at 7:00 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Tennis Courts.

 

 

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