ROCK HILL, SC--Winthrop sophomores Peter Nagovnak and Dylan Comerford along with junior Chase Altieri and freshman Michael Chen captured wins on the opening day of the 2012 Carolinas Invitational being held this weekend at Memorial Courts.

Nagovnak (Kraubath, Austria), who transferred to Winthrop from the University of Tennessee, defeated South Carolina's Ben Barnette (2-6, 7-5, 6-4) in the Div. I singles.  Comerford (Johannesburg, S. Africa) won his Div. 2 singles match against UNC Asheville's Ryan Matthews (6-1, 6-0). Altieri (Lake Wylie, SC) defeated Presbyterian's Steven Weaver (6-7, 6-4, 6-4) and Chen (Johnson City, TN) claimed a victory over James Flynn of UNC Greensboro (6-1, 6-0).

The Winthrop doubles team of junior Yuta Hirokawa and freshman Steven Patrick (Knoxville, TN) took a 8-6 win over the Campbell team of  Steven Billington and Rik Van Gerwen.

Action in the three-day even resumes on Saturday at 9 a.m. and will continue at 9 a.m. on Sunday.

Here the full results of each Draw:

Singles Div. I
Singles Div. 2
Singles Div. 3
Doubles Div. 1
Doubles Div. 2
Doubles Div. 3.