BELMONT, N.C. – The Belmont Abbey men's tennis team returned home to host Tennessee Wesleyan Monday at the Reidy Tennis Center.
 
Kai Lloveras and Matthew Orozco both came away with victories in singles play but it was the Bulldogs who swept the doubleheader, winning 7-0 and 5-2, respectively.
 
It was the third match in five days for The Abbey.
 
RESULTS 

Match 1: Tennessee Wesleyan 7, Belmont Abbey 0
DOUBLES

1. Octavio Volpi/Valentin Popescu (TWU)/Xaveam Van Wijk/Nicholas Cary (BAC), 6-4
2. Jesus Fernandez/Gregorio Magnarelli (TWU) def. Andres Golindano/Nelson Stafford (BAC), 6-4
3. Patricio Gallegos/Zoilo Rios (TWU) def. Alex Turner/Kent Shiell (BAC), 6-1

 
SINGLES

1. Gabriel Ortiz (TWU) def. Nelson Stafford (BAC), 6-1, 6-3
2. Patricio Gallegos (TWU) def. Xaveam Van Wijk (BAC), 6-2, 6-4
3. Valentin Popescu (TWU) def. Kent Shiell (BAC), 6-4, 6-1
4. Jesus Fernandez (TWU) def. Nicholas Cary (BAC), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7)
5. Zoilo Rios (TWU) def. Golindano (BAC), 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (11)
6. Ruben Busch (TWU) def. Turner (BAC), 6-4, 6-1

 
Match 2: Tennessee Wesleyan 5, Belmont Abbey 2
DOUBLES

1. Patricio Gallegos/ZoiloRios (TWU) def. Pedro Knippling/Thomas Roberts (BAC), 6-1
2. Jhoann Osorio/Pedro Bosio (TWU) def. Marco Garofalo/Alex Crabtree (BAC), 6-3
3. Luis Rosselot/Guido Picasso (TWU) def. Jordan Laner/Matthew Morant (BAC), 6-2

 
SINGLES

1. Valentin Popescu (TWU) def. Gabriel Martin (BAC), 6-2, 6-2
2. Kai Lloveras (TWU) def. Gregorio Magnarelli (BAC), 6-1, 6-1
3. Octavio Volpi (TWU) def. Jai Rowe (BAC), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (11)
4. Matthew Orozco (BAC) def. Pedro Bosio (TWU), 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (5)
5. Guido Picasso (TWU) def. Julian Gonzalez (BAC), 6-0, 7-6 (8)
6. Luis Rosselot (TWU) def. Elijah Buerkle (BAC), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 1-0 (3)

 
UP NEXT
The Crusaders face another quick turnaround as the team splits up for more matches Tuesday. Belmont Abbey will be traveling to face Lander at 2 p.m. and will host North Carolina A&T at 2:30 p.m. at the Reidy Tennis Center.