The Covenant College men's tennis team began their run in the CCS Tournament with Belhaven in the Semifinals. Covenant came ready to play, defeating the Blazers to earn its spot in the championship match on Saturday
Final: Covenant 5, Belhaven 1 Ben Onufrock and Austin Dreslinski dropped a close match in the No. 1 slot of doubles to Abraham Gonzalez and Justin Humphrey 6-8 for Covenant's only defeat.
In the No. 2 position, Brock Boehling and Solomon Crouch got the job done with an 8-2 result over Jesus Diaz and Josiah Leggett. Caleb Domkowski and Gill Dunn also won 8-2, defeating Mark Matviiev and Mark Breedlove in the No. 3 ranked match.
In singles, Onufrock's match in the No. 1 slot against Gonzalez did not finish and was tied 6-6 prior to it being called. Dreslinski won a point for the Scots, defeating Humphrey 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 2 position. Domkowski closed out a two-point afternoon with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Matviiev in the No. 3 slot. After winning the first set in a tiebreak, Crouch's No. 4 position match against Diaz did not finish. Dunn had no problems with Hayden Lassiter in the No. 5 ranked match, defeating him 6-0, 6-0 for his second point of the day.
Graham Hayes was well on his way to a straight set win over Leggett in the No. 6 position before the match was called with the score at 6-1, 4-2. `1qq
Covenant battles Piedmont in the CCS Championship match tomorrow at 2 p.m.
The Covenant women beat Maryville despite falling 2-1 in doubles, Covenant dominated singles to advance to the Championship match.
Final: Covenant 5, Maryville 2 Addi Gunyon and Lauren Carr secured an important point for Covenant in the No. 1 doubles slot with an 8-2 win over Elizabeth Swhaiko and Katelyn Cook.
Angel Traylor and Macy Matson narrowly fell to Abby Diggs and Alyssa Smith 6-8 in the No. 2 position. It was the same fate for Dani Rappuhn and Alexis Baker who also lost 6-8 to Mia Brown and Mandy Webb in the final doubles match.
Gunyon earned her second win of the day in the No. 1 position, taking down Brown 6-1, 6-0. Carr also had a two-point day for the Scots, defeating 6-4, 6-0 Shwaiko in the No. 2 position. This was the match that clinched the win for Covenant. Matson bounced back from her singles loss with a convincing 6-0, 6-1 win over Cook in the No. 3 slot.
The No. 4 ranked match did not finish. Baker was up a set over Smith at the time the match was called. The No. 5 ranked match also did not finish. Traylor was up 7-6, 1-2 over Diggs at the time the match was called. Rappuhn played a near perfect match, taking down Josie McRae 6-0, 6-0 in the No. 6 position.
Covenant takes on top-seeded Piedmont tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. in the Conference Championship match.