Men's Tennis Cruises Past Blue Hose, 4-0

Saturday, May 8

Chapel Hill

1 PM

North Carolina

Presbyterian College (First Round)

William BlumbergUniversity of North Carolina Men's Tennis v PresbyterianNCAA TournamentCone-Kenfield Tennis CenterChapel Hill, NCSaturday, May 8, 2021

William Blumberg won in singles and in doubles (with Brian Cernoch) on Saturday.

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

May 8, 2021 | Men's Tennis

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CHAPEL HILL— Sixth-seeded North Carolina cruised past Presbyterian, 4-0, in the NCAA Tournament first round on a sunny, breezy Saturday afternoon at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

The Tar Heels (20-3) advance to Sunday's second round in Chapel Hill against Oklahoma State, which shut out Navy, 4-0, on Saturday morning.

Carolina breezed to the doubles point, with William Blumberg & Brian Cernoch winning, 6-2, over Sebastian Dominguez and Daniel Stenger. Shortly thereafter, Kiger and Soendergaard beat Javier Matos and Nicholas McKinney, 6-1, at No. 2 to hand the Tar Heels the doubles point and a 1-0 lead.

Rinky Hijikata, Cernoch and Blumberg picked up Carolina's singles wins in a match that lasted an hour and 28 minutes.

Hijikata won first, beating Dominguez by a 6-0, 6-1 score. Cernoch bested Georgije Babi, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 4 and Blumberg topped Max Benson, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles.

Benjamin Sigouin, Josh Peck and Soendergaard each won their first sets at No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, but saw their singles matches go unfinished after Carolina had clinched the team victory.

Tennis Match Results
Presbyterian vs North Carolina
May 08, 2021 at Chapel Hill, N.C. (Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center)

North Carolina 4, Presbyterian 0

Singles competition
1. #35 William Blumberg (NC) def. BENSON, Max (PC) 6-1, 6-1
2. #24 Rinky Hijikata (NC) def. DOMINGUEZ, Sebastian (PC) 6-0, 6-1
3. #56 Benjamin Sigouin (NC) vs. MCKINNEY, Nicholas (PC) 6-4, 3-1, unfinished
4. #60 Brian Cernoch (NC) def. BABIC, Georgije (PC) 6-3, 6-2
5. Josh Peck (NC) vs. STENGER, Daniel (PC) 6-2, 2-2, unfinished
6. Simon Soendergaard (NC) vs. MATOS, Javier (PC) 6-1, 4-1, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. #3 William Blumberg/Brian Cernoch (NC) def. DOMINGUEZ, Sebastian/STENGER, Daniel (PC) 6-2
2. #58 Mac Kiger/Simon Soendergaard (NC) def. MATOS, Javier/MCKINNEY, Nicholas (PC) 6-1
3. Rinky Hijikata/Benjamin Sigouin (NC) vs. BENSON, Max/CONDE, Alberto (PC) 5-2, unfinished

Match Notes:
Presbyterian 11-6
North Carolina 19-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (2,4, 1)
T-1:28

With the second-round match against Oklahoma State coming up shortly, here are highlights from yesterday's NCAA first round win over Presbyterian:#GoHeels pic.twitter.com/gQxitkX81x
— UNC Men's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@carolinatennis) May 9, 2021