TENNIS TEAMS SWEEP HOWARD

Saturday, March 24

Norfolk, Va

6:00 pm

Hampton University

Howard University

3.24.18 | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis

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NORFOLK, Va. – Hampton tennis teams took on Howard in the Battle of the Real HU on the tennis courts at Old Dominion University Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on Saturday night and Hampton won both matches. The women won 4-0, while the men won 4-1.

Howard took the doubles point in the men's match as Charles Hudson and Davy Van Geerke won at line three 6-1 for Hampton. In singles, Hampton won at lines one, two, three and six to take the match. Van Geerke won the clinching match at line two with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Cole Gittens as Hampton won its first match of the season.

In the women's match, Hampton won at line one doubles as Mariam Mitaishvili and Yulia Kapitanova scored a 7-5 win over Nicole Hutchinson and Kindha Nasef. A forfeit at line three gave Hampton the second doubles win to take the team point.

In singles, Hampton won at the top two singles spots with Mitaishvili winning 6-4 6-2 at line one and Kapitanova 6-1, 6-0 at line two. A forfeit win at line six for Ciara Walker put Hampton ahead 4-0 for the clincher.

For more information on Hampton University tennis, please contact the Office of Sports Information at 757-727-5757 or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.