The Presbyterian Blue Hose (13-9, Big South: 3-1) conclude the regular season on the road at the UNC Asheville Bulldogs (8-9, Big South: 1-3) on Wednesday, April 12 at 2 p.m. With a win, Presbyterian would claim a share of the Big South regular season title.
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The Blue Hose are on a five-match winning streak.
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BIG SOUTH WEEKLY AWARD
Last week,
Max Benson was named Big South Player of the Week and
David Mamalat claimed Big South Freshman of the Week honors. This marked the third time this season that Presbyterian has captured the Big South Player and Freshman of the Week awards in the same week. On January 25, Benson was Big South Player of the Week and Mamalat claimed Freshman of the Week honors. On March 8,Â
Javier Matos was Big South Co-Player of the Week andÂ
Denim Yadav was the Freshman of the Week.
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On January 19,Â
Dusan Milanovic was selected as the Big South Player of the Week.
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Mamalat (January 25, March 22, April 5) and Yadav (February 22, March 8, March 29) have each garnered Big South Freshman of the Week honors three times this season.Â
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NATIONAL RANKINGS
The doubles team of Benson and Milanovic is ranked No. 47 in the ITA doubles rankings. Milanovic is ranked No. 62 in the ITA singles rankings.
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SPRING SEASON RESULTS
This season in singles play, Milanovic, who has won nine straight matches, has a 16-2 record at number one singles. Matos has won 12 straight matches giving him 15 wins. Benson has tallied 12 wins this spring. Yadav has nine wins while
Sebastian Dominguez has collected eight wins.
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Presbyterian has captured the doubles point 15 times this season. The doubles tandems of Dominguez and Matos and Benson and Milanovic are tied for the team lead with 11 wins apiece.
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UNC ASHEVILLE
Presbyterian has won the last three matches between the two teams including a 4-0 win in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Big South Tournament. UNC Asheville defeated Presbyterian, 4-3, in their last match in Asheville on March 24, 2021.
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The Bulldogs enter the match having lost their last two matches which were road matches at Campbell and Gardner-Webb. Sam Nicholson leads the Bulldogs with 12 singles wins playing number one, two, or three singles. The doubles team of Rafa Serra and Jon Brann Reid leads the team with eight wins all at number one doubles.
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