Box Score PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The Benedict College men's tennis team defeated Morehouse 4-1 on Sunday in the consolation match of the 2023 Cricket SIAC Men's Tennis Championship to earn third place.
Benedict captured the first and second doubles matches to earn the doubles point.
Mark Chigaazira and
Jaylon Bokknight won 6-3 over Michael Griffin and Santiago Soto at No. 1 singles, and
Divgurjot Singh and
Richard Ngwarwi took a 6-1 victory over Da'rian Mallory and Emmett Hill at No. 2 singles.
In singles action,
Mark Chigaazira defeated Soto 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1, while Singh defeated Mallory 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3.
Jason Chigaazira had a 3-1 lead over Griffin at No. 2 singles when Griffin retired for Benedict's fourth point.
Mark Chigaazira was named to the All-Tournament team in singles, while Singh and Ngwarwi were named All-Tournament in doubles.
The Tigers finish the season with a 9-8 record.
