DURHAM, N.C. – The Elon University men’s tennis team wrapped up day two of the Duke Invitational against the No. 20 North Carolina Tar Heels at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center.
In this points event, each player has the opportunity to earn points based upon the position in which he is playing in the ladder. For example, a win at number one singles would earn the player eight points while a win at number two would be worth seven points. The same applies for the four doubles pairings.
Elon’s top duo of Cameron Silverman and Eric Turner fell just short of a victory, 8-6, against the Tar Heel’s Joey Burkhardt and Brennan Boyajian. At number two doubles, UNC’s Jose Hernandez and Esben Hess-Olesen defeated the Phoenix’s Stefan Fortmann and Andrew Prince, 8-5.
On court three, Elon freshmen Jordan Kaufman and Dan Sablik fell to Zach Hunter and Oystein Steiro by a final of 8-1, while the maroon and gold’s Carlos Arboleda and Christopher Geaslen dropped an 8-3 decision to Cameron Ahari and William Parker at number four.
In singles play, Silverman fell to Hernandez, the 30th ranked player in the country, at number one, 6-1, 6-2.
Fortmann claimed seven points for the Phoenix at the number two spot by defeating Boyajian, 6-1, 6-3.
At number three, Turner played a close first set against Hess-Olesen but was not able to pull out the win, falling 6-4, 6-3. UNC picked up wins on courts four and five as Parker defeated Kaufman (6-2, 6-3) and Rafiee defeated Arboleda (6-2, 6-2).
In a match for two points, Meyer claimed a win over Prince, 6-1, 6-4, at the seventh spot. UNC’s Coxe claimed the finals single match with a 6-3, 3-0 victory over Gealsen.
The Phoenix will play William & Mary in the final day of the Duke Invitational tomorrow, Jan. 16, at 9 a.m.