Trey Mallory & UNCW Advance To CAA Final
Bermudian Trey Mallory and his top-seeded UNC Wilmington [UNCW] men’s tennis team defeated No. 4 Delaware 4-1 in a rain-delayed Coastal Athletic Association Tournament semifinal at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
Delaware earned the doubles point, winning two of three matches. Delaware claimed the first point with a 6-4 victory in the No. 3 doubles match. Play was then suspended for over two hours due to weather. At the time of the delay, Delaware led the No. 2 doubles match 6-5, while the No. 1 doubles match was tied 5-5.
Upon resumption, Delaware’s Karol Malirz and Mason Robins defeated Mallory and Aleex de Gabriele in a 7-6 tie-break in the No. 2 doubles match.
Despite losing the doubles point, UNCW secured four straight singles victories. Mallory, competing in the No. 4 singles match against Delaware’s Tapiro Itamar, won the first set 7-5 and was leading the second set 4-2 when the overall match concluded. UNCW’s four singles wins secured their advancement to the CAA Tournament Final with a 4-1 victory.
