Tar Heels Win 6-1 At Boston College

Sunday, April 8

Chestnut Hill, MA

12:00 PM

North Carolina

Boston College

Simon Soendergaard
University of North Carolina Men's Tennis v Virginia
Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Sunday, April 1, 2018

Junior Simon Soendergaard clinched the match at BC with a win on Court 3.

April 8, 2018 | Men's Tennis

By: UNC Athletic Communications

The UNC men's tennis team earned its seventh Atlantic Coast Conference victory of the spring Sunday, winning 6-1 at Boston College. Playing on indoor courts at Flynn Recreation Center, the Tar Heels improved to 16-4 overall, 7-1 ACC.

Next up for Carolina is a pair of home matches, the final ones of the regular season. UNC hosts Georgia Tech on Saturday at noon and Clemson next Sunday at 1 p.m. at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

The Tar Heels opened against the Eagles with the doubles point, winning on courts 2 and 3. On Court 2, junior Blaine Boyden and freshman Benjamin Sigouin earned a 6-1 victory, and junior Simon Soendergaard and freshman Mac Kiger followed with a 6-2 win on Court 3 to seal the point. The team of senior Robert Kelly and sophomore William Blumberg led 5-2 on Court 1 when the match was suspended.

In singles, Blumberg was the first to win, on Court 1. He beat Derek Austin 6-1, 6-2. Kelly was next on Court 4, where he beat Kent Mukai 6-2, 6-4.

Soendergaard clinched the team win with a straight-sets victory on Court 3, beating Markus Nordby 6-1, 6-3.

On Court 2, Sigouin dropped his first set to Chris Grasel but rallied to take the second 6-1 and claim the victory with a 6-4 win in the third.

With play available on just four indoor courts, the fifth and sixth spots started as courts opened up. At No. 5, Boyden beat Max Palmer 6-2, 6-2.

The Eagles picked up their only win at No. 6, where Sean Mullins beat Kiger. Kiger won the first set 6-1, and Mullins took the second 7-5. With the team outcome decided, the two played a 10-point tiebreaker in place of a third set and Mullins won that 11-9.

No. 6 North Carolina 6, Boston College 1
Doubles
Order of match finish: (2,3)
1. #4 Blumberg/Kelly (UNC) vs. Austin/Mullins (BC), 5-2 UF
2. Sigouin/Boyden (UNC) d. Palmer/Grasel (BC), 6-1
3. Soendergarrd/Kiger (UNC) d. Turner/Melvin (BC), 6-2

Singles
Order of match finish: (1,4,3,2,5,6)
1. #2 William Blumberg (UNC) d. Derek Austin (BC), 6-1, 6-2
2. #29 Benjamin Sigouin (UNC) d. Chris Grasel (BC), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
3. Simon Soendergaard (UNC) d. Markus Nordby (BC), 6-1, 6-3
4. #118 Robert Kelly (UNC) d. Kent Mukai (BC), 6-2, 6-4
5. Blaine Boyden (UNC) d. Max Palmer (BC), 6-2, 6-2
6. Sean Mullins (BC) d. Mac Kiger (UNC), 1-6, 7-5, 1-0(9)

Records: UNC 16-4 (7-1 ACC), Boston College 7-10 (0-8 ACC)