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HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The George Mason University men's tennis team opened the 2018 PTR Springfest with a 7-0 victory over Ohio Wesleyan on Tuesday morning at the Van Der Meer Tennis Center.
Tuesday's match marked the first of four for the Green & Gold at the spring break collegiate tennis summit.
"The guys came out playing well today," head coach Jimmy Davis said. "We executed our game on big points and I thought we did a good job taking care of the controllables. We're still working on refining the doubles and making improvements every day, but the guys have been working extremely hard in practice so we can get to the level we know we are capable of reaching. Tomorrow will be a good test of or mental toughness with two back-to-back matches."
Opening with doubles action, the tandem of senior
Giuliano Buzoianu and sophomore
Edward Ayers won 8-2 to claim the first victory for the Green & Gold. The pair of freshmen
Carter Bradford and
Ryan Charles then took the No. 3 doubles match, 9-7. It marked their first dual doubles contest together this season.
At No. 1 doubles, senior
Pally Ray and sophomore
Jakob Nielsen took an 8-6 decision to give Mason the 3-0 sweep of the doubles point.
In singles action, Bradford continued his hot start to the dual season, winning easily (6-0, 6-1) at No. 4. He's 8-2 in singles action during the spring slate.
At No. 2, Nielsen also made quick work of his Ohio Wesleyan opponent, claiming a 6-3, 6-0 decision. The victory snapped a six-match skid for the Mississauga, Ontario, product.
Sophomore
Isaiah Volk clinched the match over the Battling Bishops with a straight sets victory at No. 6. He defeated Alex Lutz, 6-0, 6-1, and is now 2-1 in dual singles in 2018.
Buzoianu won his third-straight singles match at No. 5. He won his first set over Elliot Garwood 6-0, then took the second set in 6-1 fashion to improve to 5-4 in dual singles matches this season.
Rounding out the day, Ray earned a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 3, while Ayers captured a 6-3, 6-0 decision over Shouta Fukamachi at No. 1.
Mason returns to action at PTR Springfest with a pair of matches on Wednesday. The Green & Gold face off with Belmont Abbey at 8:15 a.m., then battle Edinboro (Pa.) at 2:30 p.m.
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