CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson Tigers (18-5, 6-4) split the day as they dropped a 4-1 match over No. 6 NC State (18-4,10-0) and swept the College of Charleston (7-7) 7-0 on Sunday at the Duckworth Family Tennis Facility.
Clemson 1, NC State 4
The Tigers brought the energy early as they dominated in doubles. Viktor Markov and Wissam Abderahman swiftly defeated William Manning and Nikolay Nedelchev of NC State 6-3. Seconds after, Romain Gales and Max Damm secured the doubles point for the Tigers in an impressive 6-4 win over the No. 23 ranked duo of Luca Staeheli and Jules Leroux.
No. 31 Noa Vukadin and Max Smith led No. 9 Braden Shick and Fons Van Sambeek 5-4 as doubles concluded.
In singles, Clemson continued to battle but the Wolfpack were quick to secure two set victories and close out the match, 4-1. The Tigers become the second ACC team to take the doubles point from NC State as No. 5 Virginia is the only other team to do so this season.
Clemson 7, College of Charleston 0
In doubles, the Tigers dominated as Vukadin and Smith swept Charleston’s Mattia Bernardi and Eddie Vo, 6-0 on court one. Closing out the victories in doubles was Damm and Markov as they took down the Charleston duo on court two 6-3 to secure the doubles point.
In singles, Vukadin was first to secure a win as he took down Bernardi 6-1, 6-1 on court one. Following Vukadin was Smith as he tabbed a victory on court four as he downed Charleston’s Matias Gaedechens 6-3, 6-0. Clinching the match for the Tigers was freshman Edoardo Cheire Ligniere as he took the 6-1, 6-2 win on court five.
Earning the final singles wins for the Tigers was Matt Pitts, Romain Gales and Viktor Markov as Clemson earned a 7-0 sweep over the Cougars.
Up next, the Tigers will host their final regular season home match against Georgia Tech on Friday, April 11. The match is slated for 6 p.m. ET and will be the program’s Senior Day match as the team is set to honor Max Smith, Matt Pitts and Max Damm.
RESULTS:
Clemson (17-5), 1 vs No. 6 NC State (18-4), 4
Doubles
Order of Finish: 3, 2
Singles
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 6, 1
Clemson (18-5), 7 vs College of Charleston (7-7), 0
Doubles
Order of Finish: 1, 2
Singles
Order of Finish: 1, 4, 5, 6, 3, 2