Pfeiffer Men's Tennis Sweeps Roanoke 7-0

Misenheimer, N.C. (Feb. 22, 2025)– The Pfeiffer University men's tennis team took a 7-0 home win over visiting Roanoke College on Saturday afternoon at the Knapp Tennis Center in Misenheimer.

RECORDS
Pfeiffer – 2-1
Roanoke – 1-2

THE BASICS
Pfeiffer took control of the match early by sweeping all three doubles matches to jump ahead 1-0.  The team of freshman Aissultan Mukhambetov and Jayden Wellman won their No. 2 match 6-1 to start the sweep.

In singles play, Pfeiffer won all six contested matches, with Mukhambetov rolling over Roanoke's John-Henry Herrington by a 6-0, 6-0 final in the No. 4 match.

Following a win at No. 6 by Bogdan Stan (6-2, 6-3) and at No. 5 by Andres Valdez-Arze (6-2, 6-0), the Falcons clinched the win when graduate student Benedikt Pfeiffer won his match at No. 1 over Federico Maccari by a 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 (10-2) score to give Pfeiffer the win.

Mathius Dessureau and Wellman also won their matches at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively to provide the sweep.

The Next Match
Pfeiffer will open USA South play on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 2:00 p.m. against No. 22 N.C. Wesleyan at the Knapp Tennis Center.