MARTIN WINS AGAIN, AGGIE MEN LOSE TO CAMPBELL

Greensboro, N.C., March 25, 2006 – Damon Martin, the Aggies No. 1 singles tennis player, continued his winning ways on Saturday by earning a win over Campbell’s Marc Sifre in straight sets.

As a team, the North Carolina A&T men lost to Campbell, 5-1 in a non-conference contests at the Aggie Tennis Complex.

Martin defeated Sifre 6-4, 7-5 to win his fourth match in a row and his ninth match in his last 10 outings. Martin is 12-6 on the season and 7-1 in the MEAC. He has won 11 of his 12 matches as the Aggies No. 1 singles player.

“I had no problems today with my serve and volley game,” he said. “After yesterday’s match, I knew that I wanted to get off quickly and attack. Overall I think we did pretty well today.”

The match consisted entirely of singles play, as Campbell won five of the six matches. Jared Martin played well, winning his first set against Sebastian Thesleff at No. 6 singles. Thesleff won the second set 6-2, and pulled out the tiebreaker 10-5 to seal the victory for the Camels.

The Aggies will host their final home match of the season on Fri. Apr. 7, as they will take on Gardner-Webb at 3 p.m. The match will be the final appearance for seniors Damon Martin and Porter Myrick.

N.C. A&T Tennis Results
Mar. 24, 2006
Campbell 5, Aggies 1
Singles

1. Damon Martin (NCAT) defeated Marc Sifre (Campbell), 6-4, 7-5
2. Vasja Gorjup (Campbell) defeated Vitas Hawley (NCAT), 6-1, 6-2
3. Artoym Starkov (Campbell) defeated Jeremy Martin (NCAT), 7-6, 6-2
4. Carlos Campo (Campbell) defeated Porter Myrick (NCAT), 6-3, 7-6
5. Ryan Mills (Campbell) defeated Quincy Hawley (NCAT), 6-1, 6-0
6. Sebastian Thesleff (Campbell) defeated Jared Martin (NCAT), 4-6, 6-2, 10-5