The No. 59-ranked ETSU men’s tennis team won their second-straight match, defeating Charlotte, 4-3, Saturday afternoon from the D.L. Phillips Tennis Complex in Charlotte, N.C.
The Bucs won the doubles point after sweeping all three matches. The ETSU team of junior Marcos Pavlovich and senior Roberto Fernandez defeated the Charlotte team of Ola Jonsson and Joakim Petersson at No. 1 singles, 8-4. Junior Pablo Sahagun and sophomore Alejandro Salazar of ETSU were victorious over 49ers Jonathan McGovern and Marlo Santoso at No. 2 doubles, 8-4. ETSU sophomores Diego Iglesias and Moises Serrano defeated Jacob Nordwall and Jess Rutledge of Charlotte at No. 3 doubles, 8-6.
ETSU won the match by taking three of six singles matches. At No. 1 singles, ETSU’s Pavlovich fell to Charlotte’s Jonsson, 6-0, 1-6, 6-2. Fernandez fell to Charlotte’s Nordwall at No. 2 singles in a close match, 7-6, 7-6. At No. 3 singles, ETSU got their first singles point as Iglesias defeated Charlotte’s Petersson, 6-3, 6-2.
ETSU kept their momentum going, as they won the next two singles matches. ETSU’s Sahagun defeated McGovern of the 49ers at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-2. The Bucs won the point at No. 5 singles as Salazar was victorious over Charlotte’s David Bolin, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Charlotte ended the match by winning the point at No. 6 singles, as Jonathan Clark defeated ETSU’s Serrano, 7-6, 4-6, 10-8.
The win runs ETSU’s record to 9-6 on the season. Charlotte falls to 2-12.
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The Bucs’ tennis team defeated Southern Conference rival Davidson, 6-1, Friday afternoon from Covington Courts in Davidson, N.C.
The Bucs won the doubles point after sweeping all three matches. The ETSU team of junior Marcos Pavlovich and senior Roberto Fernandez defeated the Davidson team of Will Hamilton and Donald Miles at No. 1 singles, 8-4. Junior Pablo Sahagun and sophomore Alejandro Salazar of ETSU were victorious over Wildcats Rob Gould and Chad Winebarger at No. 2 doubles, 9-8. ETSU sophomores Diego Iglesias and Moises Serrano defeated Geoffrey Mullen and Bryan Stonestreet of Davidson at No. 3 doubles, 8-3.
ETSU kept up their momentum, winning five of six hard-fought singles matches. At No. 1 singles, ETSU’s Pavlovich defeated Davidson’s Winebarger 1-6, 6-0, 6-3. Fernandez won at No. 2 singles for the Bucs, defeating David Webb of the Wildcats, 6-0, 6-0. At No. 3 singles, ETSU got another point as Iglesias defeated Davidson’s Rob Haywood, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
“We got off to a great start today by winning the doubles point,” said ETSU head coach Dave Mullins.
“From then on, every match was a battle. The team score looks a little lopsided, but we had some tight matches that we were able to pull out by winning the big points.

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