Box ScoreNEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The North Carolina Central University men's tennis team won the top four singles matches to rally for a dramatic 4-3 road win at fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) member Hampton University contested at the Centre Court Racquet Club Saturday afternoon.
Sophomore
Kert Kilumets, freshman
Gabriel Cucalon and senior
Thomas Persico all won in straight sets before freshman
Davide Callegari clinched the Eagles team victory with a dramatic triumph in three sets.
The Pirates jumped ahead, 1-nil, with a 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles and a forfeit win at No. 3 doubles.
Kilumets and Persico did prevail in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (8-6), for their second straight doubles wins in the middle match.
Cucalon was the only NCCU straight-set victor that did not need a tiebreaker to win his match in a 7-5, 6-2 conquest on the second court. Cucalon moved over .500 on the season at 8-7.
Kilumets (6-9) won his third consecutive match by a 7-6 (4), 6-3 score and Persico (2-11) got in the win column by a 6-4, 7-6 (5) margin.
Hampton (4-9) won the bottom two singles bouts to make things interesting until Callegari (6-9) stepped up to win his seesaw affair by a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 tally.
NCCU (3-12) has won two straight matches and Saturday's win over the Pirates was the Eagles first road success of the campaign.
