GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's tennis team will host North Carolina A&T (NCAT) in a non-conference dual on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. before traveling to Samford for action in The Southern Conference (SoCon) on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET.

MATCH INFORMATION vs. NORTH CAROLINA A&T
When: Thursday, March 27
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Where: UNCG Tennis Courts | Greensboro, N.C.
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MATCH INFORMATION at SAMFORD
When: Saturday, March 29
Time: 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET
Where: Pat M. Courington Tennis Pavillion | Birmingham, Ala.

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS

• UNCG is 7-10 overall and 2-2 in the SoCon.
• The Spartans are coming off a 2-1 week with 5-2 victories over Wofford on Monday and Campbell on Wednesday at the UNCG Tennis Courts before falling 6-1 at Davidson on Saturday.
• All seven of the Spartans' wins this season have come at home. UNCG is 7-3 at home and 0-7 on the road.
• William Elmers and John Gabelic are leading the Spartans in doubles with a team-best 6-4 record.
• Andrew Black and Devon Moskowitz are 6-11 so far while competing in doubles.
• Tymofiy Khrystyuk and Luke Thomson own a 3-7 mark together in doubles this season.
• As individuals in doubles, Gabelic and Elmers are the best on the team with 9-6 and 8-7 records, respectively.
• Moskowitz leads the Spartans with a 12-5 record in singles.
• Gabelic owns the second-best singles record so far at 9-8.
• Black is third on the team with an 8-9 mark in singles.
• Elmers and Khrystyuk each have six wins in singles so far with records of 6-9 and 6-11, respectively.
• Black and Moskowitz were ranked No. 79 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Doubles Rankings on Dec. 5, 2024.
• Black and Moskowitz teamed up to post a 7-0 record and six points for their first national ranking in either singles or doubles. The duo earned its seven wins during the fall season, with a pair during the UNCG Fall Invitational, three at the Davidson Fall Invitational and two more during the Spartan Fall Invitational.
• The Spartans played in five different tournaments this past fall including the UNCG Fall Invitational, Davidson Fall Invitational, ITA Regional Championships, Spartan Fall Invitational and Wake Forest Fall Invitational.
• Last season's men's tennis squad finished 6-16 overall with an 0-7 mark in the SoCon.
• The season ended with a 4-0 loss to top-seeded ETSU in the SoCon Tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• Khrystyuk paced the team in singles with a 9-10 record. Gabelic was right behind him with a 9-12 record for the season.
• Khrystyuk and Thomson led the way for the Spartans in doubles play with a 5-6 record and 2-2 mark in the SoCon.
• The Spartans have five returning juniors on their roster this season as well as three freshmen (Elmers, Eric Lindemann and Alan Trbonja) who are in their first year at UNCG.
• Head Coach Jeff Trivette is in his 25th season with UNCG Tennis.

SCOUTING THE AGGIES

• North Carolina A&T is off to an 11-2 start this season and coming off back-to-back losses at No. 1 Wake Forest, 4-0, on March 16 and at Queens University, 4-1, on March 17.
• The Aggies opened the season with four straight 7-0 wins over Bluefield State, Belmont Abbey, Shaw and USC Sumter from Feb. 14-27.
• NCAT has three doubles pairings with seven or more wins this season. They are: Jindrich Brill and Lucas Coupu-Moison (8-2), Said Akbarov and Ian Pedersen (7-2) and Mathieu Dussaubat and Kaua Santos (7-4).
• Brill owns the best singles record at 10-1.
• Akbarov is second on the squad with a 10-2 mark in singles.
• Pedersen (9-3), Dussaubat (9-4) and Santos (9-4) each own nine-win records.
• Pedersen earned his first-ever conference weekly honor on March 18 when the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) named him its co-player of the week in men's tennis.
• The Aggies finished last season with a 15-5 record before ending the campaign with a 4-2 loss to the College of Charleston in the first round of the CAA Tournament.
• Head Coach Dejon Bivens has been at the helm of the Aggie men's tennis program since Aug. 16, 2021, and been a part of the program since 2017.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS

• Samford is riding a 14-4 overall record and perfect 4-0 mark so far in SoCon action.
• The Bulldogs have earned five straight wins, including a 7-0 victory most recently on Friday while hosting Chattanooga.
• Samford is led in doubles by Sebastian Harrison and Vitorio Sardinha, who have combined for an 8-1 record together.
• Sandeep Mohandoes leads the Bulldogs in singles victories with a 14-3 record.
• Last season saw the Bulldogs finish with a 15-8 record and 6-1 mark in the SoCon.
• The Bulldogs are under the tutelage of Head Coach Oliver Reynolds and Assistant Coach Maxwell Giddens.

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UP NEXT
The Spartans will travel to Macon, Georgia, for their final SoCon test on the road at Mercer on April 6 at 1:00 p.m. before returning home to host UNC Asheville on April 8 at 3:00 p.m. at the UNCG Tennis Courts.

UNCG will then conclude the regular season with its final SoCon test, hosting Chattanooga on April 12 at noon at the UNCG Tennis Courts.