ST. LOUIS, Mo. - In the first round of the 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Men's Tennis Championships, the Carthage Firebirds defeated Covenant College (Ga.) 5-2 to advance to a second match in WashU's regional. The win for Carthage in the NCAA Tournament is the program's first team win since 2016, when Carthage defeated John Carroll 5-3 in Chicago, Illinois.
Carthage has taken on WashU in the big dance on a number of occasions, last doing so in 2015. The Firebirds have matched up with the Bears in three of its last four trips to the NCAA Tournament, falling each time.
Heading into tomorrow's regional match with the Bears, Carthage has now won ten consecutive matches for the first time since the team won 12 in a row in 2021-2022.
- Final Score: Carthage 5, Covenant (Ga.) 2
- Location: Tao Tennis Center - St. Louis, Missouri
- Records: Carthage 19-5 (6-1 CCIW), Covenant 18-7 (6-0 CCIW)
Singles Competition
- Yanozie Amadike (CAR) vs. Ben Onufrock (COV) 6-1, 3-6, unfinished
- Francisco Silveira (CAR) def. Austin Dreslinski (COV) 6-1, 6-2
- Myles Krzewinski (CAR) def. Ben Luke (COV) 6-0, 6-2
- Cooper Ferruzzi (CAR) def. Ethan Gibson (COV) 6-3, 6-3
- Luca Okino (CAR) vs. Gill Dunn (COV) 6-4, unfinished
- Marco Czosnyka (CAR) def. Solomon Crouch (COV) 7-5, 6-0
Doubles Competition
- Dreslinski/Onufrock (COV) def. Amadike/Krzewinski (CAR) 8-5
- Dunn/Crouch (COV) def. Ferruzzi/Silveira (CAR) 8-7(6)
- Czosnyka/Jaworski (CAR) def. Gibson/Hayes (COV) 8-7(4)
Order of Finish:
Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,2,6,4)
- With the win over Covenant, Carthage earned the chance to play another match in 2023. The Firebirds will take on the regional host, No. 3 WashU, tomorrow - Friday, May 5 - at 10:00 a.m. local time.
