#4 Presbyterian College Wins 2021 Men's Tennis Championship
Big South Player of the Year Max Benson earned a three-set victory to complete the comeback on Saturday afternoon to earn the Presbyterian College men's tennis team the Big South Championship winning 4-3 over Radford. The match was held at Marion Diehl Park in Charlotte, N.C...
FINAL SCORE: No. 4 Presbyterian 4, No. 2 Radford 3
LOCATION: Marion Diehl Park (Charlotte, N.C.)
RECORDS: Presbyterian (11-6) | Radford (12-7)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Presbyterian got out to a fast start with a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles with Sebastian Dominguez and Daniel Stenger earning the win.
- Radford quickly answered with a pair of victories at No. 2 and 3 doubles to take the opening point of the match.
- The Highlanders extended the lead to 2-0 with a victory at No. 2 singles.
- Javier Matos got PC on the board with a straight-set victory at No. 6 singles before Stenger earned a win at No. 5 singles to tie the match at two apiece.
- Radford jumped back out in front with a victory at No. 3 singles.
- Nicholas McKinney rallied from a set down to earn a three-set victory to tie the match at three and line up the deciding match on Saturday.
- Benson traded the first two sets with Radford's No. 1 to set up the third set decider. Benson took a 5-2 lead in the final set and held a late charge from the Highlanders to earn the 6-4 championship clincher.
NOTABLES
- Saturday's title is the second that the Blue Hose men's tennis program has won and the first since 2017.
- McKinney with his singles win pushed his win streak to nine in a row and sits 13-1 overall this season.
- Matos got PC on the board in singles with his victory at No. 6 singles to improve to 7-2 on the year and has now won three straight singles matches.
- Stenger and Dominguez picked up their team-high sixth win in doubles.
UP NEXT
- The Blue Hose will now await the NCAA selection show which is slated for Monday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. on NCAA.com. The tournament is scheduled to begin on May 20 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.