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No. 34 Clemson Sweeps Doubleheader over SC State and Boston College

No. 34 Clemson Sweeps Doubleheader over SC State and Boston CollegeNo. 34 Clemson Sweeps Doubleheader over SC State and Boston College

CLEMSON, S.C. – No. 34 Clemson (12-11, 6-5 ACC) won both legs of a doubleheader in dominant fashion, sweeping both South Carolina State (8-7, 3-0 MEAC) in the afternoon and Boston College (4-13, 0-11 ACC) in the evening.

South Carolina State

Clemson earned its fourth-straight win this afternoon, defeating South Carolina State, 4-0.

The Tigers got off to a hot start with No. 25 Noa Vukadin / Viktor Markov winning 6-1. South Carolina State drew even in doubles play after Johnson / Zamora defeated Noah Lopez Cherubino / Yannic Nittmann, 6-4. Henrik Bladelius / Marko Mesarovic were locked in a tight matchup with the Bulldogs’ Muratuly / Borodatiuk for the clinch. The pairs alternated the first six games before Muratuly / Borodatiuk broke the Tigers’ serve to go up 4-3 but Bladelius / Mesarovic took over, winning the next three games to earn Clemson the doubles point.

Markov got the Tigers started quickly in singles play, polishing off a 6-1, 6-1 victory in just 42 minutes to give Clemson a 2-0 advantage. On court five, Lopez Cherubino dropped just three games en route to another sub one-hour victory, defeating Anh Pham, 6-2, 6-1. Vukadin then clinched the match for the Tigers after defeating Novakovic in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.

DOUBLES (FINISHED 1, 3, 2*)

  1. #25 Vukadin / Markov (CU) defeated Bankou / Novakovic (SCSU), 6-1.
  2. Bladelius / Mesarovic (CU) defeated Muratuly / Borodatiuk (SCSU), 6-4.
  3. Johnson / Zamora (SCSU) defeated Lopez Cherubino / Nittmann (CU), 6-4.

SINGLES (FINISHED 1, 5, 2*)

  1. #54 Markov (CU) defeated Bankou (SCSU), 6-1, 6-1.
  2. Vukadin (CU) defeated Novakovic (SCSU), 6-2, 6-2.
  3. Mesarovic (CU) led Muratuly (SCSU), 6-3, 2-2, ABD.
  4. Bladelius (CU) led Borodatiuk (SCSU), 6-1, 2-2, ABD.
  5. Lopez Cherubino (CU) defeated Anh Pham (SCSU), 6-2, 6-1.
  6. Nittmann (CU) was tied with Zamora (SCSU), 6-1, 3-6, ABD.

Boston College

The Tigers picked up their 21st straight victory over the Eagles, sweeping Boston College, 4-0.

Bladelius / Mesarovic defeated Boston College’s Pack / Overvelde, 6-3, to open doubles play before No. 25 Vukadin / Markov took care of O’leary / Greschner by the same score shortly after, clinching the doubles point for the Tigers. At the time of abandonment, Lopez Cherubino / Nittmann were a game away from victory, leading their opponents, 5-4.

Mesarovic got the ball rolling for the Tigers in doubles play with a victory over Greschner in two sets, 6-1, 6-3. Bladelius put Clemson on the precipice of victory, defeating Overvelde, 6-2, 6-1. Vukadin sealed the win after defeating Gao, 6-1, 6-1. At the time of abandonment, No. 54 Markov led Carioscia (7-5, 3-2), Lopez Cherubino was tied with Levanat (2-6, 6-1) and Nathan Pitts led Rais (6-3, 4-1) in his season debut.

DOUBLES (FINISHED 2, 1*)

  1. #25 Vukadin / Markov (CU) defeated O’Leary / Greschner (BC), 6-3.
  2. Bladelius / Mesarovic (CU) defeated Pack / Overvelde (BC), 6-3.
  3. Lopez Cherubino / Nittmann (CU) led Levanat / Carioscia (BC) 5-4, ABD.

SINGLES (FINISHED 3, 4, 2*)

  1. #54 Markov (CU) led Carioscia (BC), 7-5, 3-2, ABD.
  2. Vukadin (CU) defeated Gao (BC), 6-1, 6-1.
  3. Mesarovic (CU) defeated Greschner (BC), 6-1, 6-3.
  4. Bladelius (CU) defeated Overvelde (BC), 6-2, 6-1.
  5. Lopez Cherubino (CU) was tied with Levanat (BC), 2-6, 6-1, ABD.
  6. Pitts (CU) led Rais (BC), 6-3, 4-1, ABD.

UP NEXT

The Tigers are back in action at Duckworth on Saturday for a home ranked ACC matchup against No. 31 SMU at noon.

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