Spiders Earn Tough 5-2 Home Win Against Norfolk State

Sunday, March 14

Westhampton Courts

11AM

University of Richmond

Norfolk State

Spiders Earn Tough 5-2 Home Win Against Norfolk State

03/14/2021 | Men's Tennis

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RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond men's tennis team swept the doubles point and held on in singles winning four of the six matches to secure a 5-2 home win against Norfolk State Sunday at the Westhampton Tennis Courts.

The Spiders (2-5) started the match by sweeping all three doubles matches. Junior John Walsh (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) and junior Campbell Erwin (San Antonio, Texas) earned a 6-1 win against Ivan Ivars and Ibrahim Abbas at No. 3 doubles.

Junior Alex Wernink (Glen Cove, N.Y.) and graduate student Matt Fernandez (Richmond, Va.) clinched the doubles point after taking down Andres Alcaraz and Santiago Rendon, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles.

In the final doubles match, freshman Daniel Kliebhan (Newtown, Pa.) and junior Josh Keitelman (Chevy Chase, Md.) went to a tiebreaker with Federico Rebecchini and Ignacio Guevel at No. 1 doubles. Keitelman and Kliebhan won 7-6 (9-7) in the tiebreaker winning the last three points after trailing 6-7.

In singles, Fernandez gave the Spiders a 2-0 lead after winning in straight sets against Rebecchini, 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Freshman Sebastian Miano (Barcelona, Spain) didn't drop a game in a dominant 6-0, 6-0 win against Abbas at No. 6 singles.

Walsh clinched the win with a tough third set win against Ivars, 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2 at No. 4 singles. Walsh dropped the second set tiebreaker 7-4 but bounced back to win the third set 6-2. Wernink made it 5-0 for the Spiders at No. 3 singles taking down Rendon, 7-5, 6-4.

Norfolk State would earn two points at No. 5 singles and No. 2 singles in third-set tiebreakers. Guevel won against Erwin, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 (7-2). Erwin fought off a couple of match points to force a tiebreaker but came up short.

In the final match, Alcaraz won against Kliebhan, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2) at No. 2 singles. Kliebhan battled to force a third set after winning the second set 7-5.

Richmond will host Delaware on Saturday, March 20 at 10:30 a.m. at the Westhampton Tennis Courts.

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Richmond 5, Norfolk State 2
Singles competition
1. Matt Fernandez, (UR) def. Federico Rebecchini (Norfolk State), 6-3, 6-3
2. Andres Alcaraz (Norfolk State) def. Daniel Kliebhan, (UR), 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2)
3. Alex Wernink, (UR) def. Santiago Rendon (Norfolk State), 7-5, 6-4
4. John Walsh (UR) def. Ivan Ivars (Norfolk State), 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2
5. Ignacio Guevel (Norfolk State) def. Campbell Erwin (UR), 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 (7-2)
6. Sebastian Miano (UR) def. Ibrahim Abbas (Norfolk State), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Daniel Kliebhan/Josh Keitelman (UR) def. Rebecchini/Guevel (Norfolk State), 7-6 (9-7)
2. Alex Wernink/Matt Fernandez (UR) def. Alcaraz/Rendon (Norfolk State), 6-2
3. Campbell Erwin/John Walsh (UR) def. Ivars/Abbas (Norfolk State), 6-1

Match Notes:
Richmond 2-5
Norfolk State 1-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1, 6, 4, 3, 5, 2)

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