BELMONT, N.C. – Xaveam Van Wijk won matches in doubles and singles play to help the Belmont Abbey men's tennis team earn a 4-3 victory over Mount Olive Saturday at the Reidy Tennis Center.

Van Wijk teamed up with Nicholas Cary in No. 1 doubles with a 7-6 victory and the clinching point in singles play with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Armando Ferreira. The win moved Belmont Abbey to a 7-0 record in Conference Carolinas play. The team is 17-16 overall.

The Crusaders also swept the three doubles matches with Nelson Stafford also earning two wins on the day and Kent Shiell winning in No. 3 singles.
Mount Olive is now 8-4 overall, 4-2 in the conference.

RESULTS

DOUBLES

1. Nicholas Cary/Xaveam Van Wijk (BAC) def. Armando Ferreira/Guilherme Zotin de Oliveira (UMO), 7-6 (3)
2. Nelson Stafford/Zachary Blythe (BAC) def. Gregory Normand/Elios Briand (UMO), 6-2
3. Andres Golindano/Alex Turner (BAC) def Adam Ibrahim/Diego Ortega Cadahia (UMO), 6-1

SINGLES

1. Xaveam Van Wijk (BAC) def. Armando Ferreira (UMO), 6-2, 6-3
2. Nelson Stafford (BAC) def. Adam Ibrahim (UMO), 6-1, 6-2
3. Kent Shiell (BAC) def. Guilherme Zotin de Oliveira (UMO), 6-3, 6-2
4. Israel Rodriguez Rojas (UMO) def. Nicholas Cary (BAC), 0-6, 7-5, 6-2
5. Aditya Balda (UMO) def. Andres Golindano (BAC), 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
6. Gregory Normand (UMO) def. Kai Lloveras (BAC), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5

UP NEXT
The Crusaders head on the road to face Converse at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Spartanburg, South Carolina.