DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University men's tennis freshman Facundo Olmedo defeated Luis Reis 6-3, 6-3 to earn his fifth consecutive singles win and clinch the Eagles' 4-3 victory over Longwood University at the Dr. James W. Younge Tennis Courts on Thursday evening.

The action began with graduate Student Sebastian Pino and sophomore Oliver Saarinen teaming up to beat Guillermo Cagigas and Timeo Puech 7-5, while Olmedo paired up with senior LaQuon Gilchrist to defeat Gary Huang and Alejandro Uribe 6-2 to claim the maroon and gray's first point.

Later in singles play, Pino battled and outlasted Cagigas 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, while freshman Kareem Abdul Hakim beat Puech 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Freshman Naresh Bharathy was clipped by Lukas Krause (6-1, 6-3), junior Shaka Cristellotti was beaten by Uribe (7-6, 6-2), and Saarinen was defeated by Yoav Weinberg (6-4, 6-3).

Up next, NCCU (5-13) will travel to Greensboro to battle rival North Carolina A&T State University at the Aggie Tennis Center on Saturday, April 1.