UW – 5, UNCW – 2
SEATTLE – Washington won their day two consolation group contest today, 5-2, with a hard-fought meeting with the Seahawks of UNC-Wilmington. The Dawgs are now 1-1 at the conclusion of ITA Kickoff Weekend and are 3-2 on the year with a week off before their next matchup against the University of Portland on Feb. 6th.
Due to weather concerns in the southeast, an earlier match rescheduling for todays match was pushed up another half hour from 7:30am to 7am PT. This early call time did little to hamper the the play of the Dawgs, as after taking an early lead in the doubles matchups, with top duo Purohit/Pearson making short work of the Wilmington No.1’s 6-1. Cleaning up the doubles match, the Husky No.3 pairing of Belday/Seo, after going down early, rallied back to clinch the point by way of a 6-4 victory…