Sea Gulls win dual matches by identical 8-1 scores
SALISBURY, Md. - The teams were different but the outcome was the same. That was the story for the Salisbury University men's tennis team on Saturday at the SU Tennis Complex as the Sea Gulls defeated Virginia Wesleyan College and Chowan University by identical 8-1 outcomes.

Salisbury (2-0) starts its 2007 campaign off on the right foot with the back-to-back dual match victories. In the first match against VWC (4-1) the Sea Gulls won every match except for No. 1 singles. Junior Eric Caudill defeated SU sophomore Matthew Nicholson in his dual match debut, 6-4, 6-1.

The Sea Gulls also received three single wins from freshmen making their maroon and gold debut. Evan Thomas and Jason Williams won in straight sets while fellow freshman Scott Burtzlaff took down VWC's No. 2 single Jeff Zenisek in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0. SU swept the doubles matches pretty handily. Junior Brendan Kincaid and Nicholson held down the No. 1 doubles match with an 8-4 victory over Caudill and Zenisek.

Kincaid made his singles debut against Chowan as the No. 2 single for SU and won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3. In doubles, Kincaid and Nicholson defeated Darick Gilman and Diego Timoteo 8-5. The lone loss for the Sea Gulls against the Hawks (1-3) came from the hands of Timoteo in the No. 3 singles match against Burtzlaff, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-8.

Salisbury will travel tomorrow to Virginia Beach, Va., to face Piedmont College (Ga.) at Christopher Newport University.