Dukes Pick Up 5-2 Victory at Norfolk State

Saturday, February 20

Norfolk, Va.

3 p.m.

James Madison University

Norfolk State

2/20/2016 9:44:00 PM | Men's Tennis

NORFOLK, Va. – James Madison men's tennis picked up its second straight win with a 5-2 decision at Norfolk State on Saturday afternoon.

The Dukes improved to 3-2 this spring while the Spartans fell to 0-4.

JMU started off doubles play with a 1-0 lead courtesy of a default at the No. 3 position. The Dukes capitalized for the opening point with a 6-3 win by juniors Miljan Ruzic and Sebastian Salinas over Antonio Pejic and Fatehdeep Singh at No. 2 doubles.

With a pair of defaults at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, JMU held a 3-0 lead over NSU. The Dukes pushed to a match-winning five points when Salinas tallied his second victory of the day in two-set fashion (6-3, 6-2) over Flavian Fernandez at No. 1 singles, and junior Brett Moorhead battled to a three-set tiebreak win (6-4, 6-7(6), 10-5) over Dan Dumitrascu at No. 3 singles.

Continuing with their tour of the Commonwealth, the Dukes head south to face No. 20 Virginia Tech on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. before a northern swing to visit former league foe George Mason on Sunday, Feb. 28 in a 1 p.m. match.

QUOTING HEAD COACH STEVE SECORD
"It was good to get the win today, and I was glad to see Sebastian and Miljan get back to form. The whole team fought hard and gave us opportunities to work out enough individual matches for the team win."

FULL RESULTS
Doubles

Fernandez/Henning def. Stirling/Stitt 7-5
Ruzic/Salinas def. Pejic/Singh 6-3
Branth/Moorhead def. NSU – default

Singles

Sebastian Salinas def. Flavian Fernandez 6-3, 6-2
Benedikt Henning def. Robert Stirling 6-3, 7-6(6)
Brett Moorhead def. Dan Dumitrascu 6-4, 6-7(6), 10-5
Antonio Pejic def. Tristan Stitt 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
Maxi Branth def. Fatehdeep Singh – default
Miljan Ruzic def. NSU – default

UP NEXT
JMU heads to No. 20 Virginia Tech on Thursday, Feb. 25, for a 5 p.m. match before swinging up to George Mason for a 1 p.m. match on Sunday, Feb. 28.