The No. 9 ranked Dalton State men's tennis team (3-1 overall, 1-0 SSAC) shut-out Georgia Southwestern State Sunday (0-4) at Lakeshore Park Tennis Center.

The Roadrunners dominated the visiting Hurricanes on their way to a convincing 9-0 win over the NCAA Peach Belt Conference opponents.

"What a great way to wrap up a challenging weekend of tennis," said DS Coach Zack Rogers. "The guys made up for our slow start Saturday and played some of our best doubles of the season."
Doubles:

1. Nikolay Nikiforov/Sebastian Dartnell (DS) defeated Steven Blythe/Oliver Marshall (GSWS) 8-4
2. Jose Ruda/Adam Hornby (DS) defeated Beau Millwood/Alex Canovas Fernando (GSWS) 8-1
3. Edberg Espinoza/Joe Bray (DS) defeated Joel Landis/Ashley (GSWS) 8-0

 
"The early 3-0 lead allowed me to rest Seb and Jose and get quality singles matches for Eduardo and Hadyn (Fava)," said Rogers. "Edberg showed glimpses of brilliance in a dominating 6-0, 6-0 win at line 1. Eduardo Cabrera earned the deciding point at line 5 with a near perfect 6-0, 6-1 performance. I couldn't be happier with the way our day and weekend went."
 
Singles:

1. Espinoza (DS) defeated Blythe (GSWS) 6-0, 6-0
2. Nikiforov (DS) defeated Canovas Fernando (GSWS) 6-1, 6-3
3. Bray (DS) defeated Millwood (GSWS) 6-4, 7-5
4. Hornby (DS) defeated Lantis (GSWS) 6-2, 6-0
5. Cabrera (DS) defeated Jonathan Martin (GSWS) 6-0, 6-1
6. Fava (DS) defeated Andrew Greneker (GSWS) 6-2, 6-0

 
The Dalton State men's tennis team plays Saturday at Emory University in Atlanta. They will take on Emory at 9:00 a.m. and NAIA No. 1 Ranked Georgia Gwinnett at 2:00 p.m.   

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