COLUMBUS - The top-ranked Columbus State University men's tennis team won its second match in as many days as the Cougars downed Point University 7-0 on Monday. The non-conference match took place at the John W. Walden Tennis Center.
With the win, the Cougars improve to 16-0 on the year and increase their regular-season winning streak to 32 matches.
CSU didn't drop more than three games in any of the doubles matches on Monday to gain the early point. The second-ranked duo of
Alvaro Regalado and
Javier Cueto Ramos had the most dominant win out of the Cougar tandems after racing by Gray Walker and Julien Pereira 6-1. At second doubles,
Felix Steen and
Christian Garay were 6-3 winners over Gavin Thomas and Guido Luna.
Pietro Martinetti and
Tommaso Schold capped off the sweep in doubles play with a 6-2 decision over Trey Maust and Santiago Speranza.
Columbus State carried its dominance over Point (6-10) into singles play. Second-ranked Regalado took care of business at first singles against Luna with a 6-4, 6-4 win. Fourteenth-ranked Garay didn't have any trouble with Pereira, downing his opponent 6-1, 6-4 at second singles. At third singles, it was 28th-ranked Schold picking up a 6-2, 6-4 outcome over Maust.
The backend of the Cougar lineup played extremely well on Monday. Cueto Ramos dropped just one game in a 6-1, 6-0 performance against Speranza at fourth singles, while Steen powered by Thoams 6-1, 6-2 in the fifth position. To close out the sweep,
Justin Welz blanked Daniel Sheldon at sixth singles 6-0, 6-0.
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Columbus State will conclude the regular season on Tuesday with a makeup match against Young Harris College at 4:30 p.m. CSU and YHC were originally set to play on April 9 before rain forced the postponement.Â