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Belmont Abbey Men's Tennis Team

Crusaders Sweep King to Earn Outright Conference Title

4/19/2022 6:24:00 PM

BELMONT, N.C. – The Belmont Abbey men's tennis team closed out its home schedule with a 7-0 sweep of King Tuesday at the Reidy Tennis Center. The victory moved the Crusaders to 9-0 in Conference Carolinas play and officially clinched the regular season outright conference title. This is the second straight year that the team has earned at least a share of the title during the regular season.

The Crusaders got off to a good start with a sweep in doubles play to earn a point and earning wins in all six singles matches. Kai Lloveras was the first Crusader to complete his match with a 6-0, 6-1 win in No. 6 singles while Andres Golindano and Zachary Blythe finished within seconds of each other to clinch. Golindano won his match 6-2, 7-5 while Blythe won 6-1, 6-4. As he did during the previous match against Converse, Kent Shiell closed out the dual with a 7-5, 6-3 win to complete the sweep.

Belmont Abbey is 19-16 overall while King is 3-10 overall and 0-8 in the league.

RESULTS 
DOUBLES
  1. Zachary Blythe/Nelson Stafford (BAC) def. Alex Sodre/Mat Vieria (KING), 6-0
  2. Alex Turner/Andres Golindano (BAC) def. Rhys Halcrow/Andre Schiabel (KING), 6-2
  3. Xaveam Van Wijk/Jai Rowe (BAC) def. Miodrag Popovic/Kyle Robinson (KING), 6-0

SINGLES
  1. Xaveam Van Wijk (BAC) def. Alex Sodre (KING), 6-4, 6-3
  2. Zachary Blythe (BAC) def. Rhys Halcrow (KING), 6-1, 6-4
  3. Nelson Stafford (BAC) def. Andre Schiabel (KING), 6-4, 6-2
  4. Kent Shiell (BAC) def. Miodrag Popovic (KING), 7-5, 6-3
  5. Andres Golindano (BAC) def. Mat Vieria (KING), 6-2, 7-5
  6. Kai Lloveras (BAC) def. Kyle Robinson (KING), 6-0, 6-1

UP NEXT
The Crusaders close the regular season with a match at Emmanuel at 1 p.m. Friday in Franklin Springs, Georgia.
Belmont Abbey will be the No. 1 seed at the Conference Carolinas Tournament the following week in Sumter, South Carolina.
 
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