The NAIA's No. 1-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College men's tennis team hit another round number in its historic collegiate winning streak Monday afternoon with a 4-0 victory against NCAA Division II University of Texas-Tyler at the GGC Tennis Facility.
GGC (13-0) has now won 160 consecutive matches.
The latest victory, during the GGC Spring Invitational, was affected by a 90-minute rain delay during singles play. But it didn't keep the team from scoring another shutout victory – the 11th of the spring season.
Junior
Matthias Haim and senior
Daniel Czepielewski quickly earned a 6-2 victory on the No. 2 doubles court. Meanwhile, the other two doubles matches were hard-fought battles that needed tiebreakers to determine the winner. Senior
Vicente Lagos and freshman
Guilhem Perez Le Tiec eventually won the last four points of the tiebreaker to win the No. 3 match, 7-6 (3), to clinch the doubles point.
The Grizzlies dominated singles play, with Haim collecting a 6-0, 6-1 victory on the No. 1 court and sophomore
Alex Gurmendi collecting a 6-1, 6-0 triumph at No. 2 singles.
Senior
Valentino Caratini captured the match-clinching fourth point with a 6-1, 6-3 win on the No. 3 court.
GGC players won the first set in each of the remaining three singles matches.
"I didn't think we were going to get the match in after the first rain delay. Give credit to UT-Tyler for sticking around and completing the match. Once play resumed, the guys took care of business to get to the match-clinching point before rain returned. Play was evenly matched in doubles. The No. 2 match was a key element in clinching the (doubles) point. Then we were able to establish our dominance in singles," said Head Coach
Chase Hodges.
Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to continue play in the GGC Spring Invitational by hosting NAIA No. 9 Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.) on Tuesday, March 8, from the GGC Tennis Facility, starting at 1 p.m.
