BOONE, N.C. – Winthrop men's tennis (8-6, 4-0 Big South) won its fourth-consecutive match with a 4-3 road win at Appalachian State (10-9, 0-1 Sun Belt) Sunday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED
-App State took an early lead with the doubles point with close 6-4 wins on courts one and two.

-The Eagles bounced back with a strong start in singles play, led off by Gabriel Dias at No. 5 with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 victory, his first straight-set victory of the season.

-Tremayne Mitchell gave the Eagles a 2-1 lead with his eighth-consecutive singles win, and second-consecutive in straight-sets. The win was just Mitchell's second appearance at the No. 2 position this season, playing most of the season at court four.

-Winthrop's lead would stretch to 3-1 with another straight-set win delivered by Connor Williamson, also the second-consecutive victory for the sophomore and both in straight-sets.

-The Mountaineers weren't going quietly, however, coming back with wins on court one and three to knot the match up at 3-3. The decision would come down to Aditya Gokhale on court six. The junior, playing in the singles lineup for just the fourth time this season, earned his first singles victory of the season and clinched the match for the Eagles.  

NOTABLES
-Tremayne Mitchell won his eighth-straight singles match, his team-leading 11^th singles victory on the season which matches his career-high 11 singles victories from the 2015 season.

-Sophomore Gabriel Dias owns a 7-7 singles record on the season, with each of his previous six wins of the season coming in three sets or a tiebreaker. Allowing just two games, today's win was his most dominant of the season and first in straight-sets.

-Since dropping a tough 6-0 loss to Ga. Southern on Feb. 25, Winthrop has won seven of eight matches over the past month, including its 4-0 start to Big South play. The win improved Winthrop's road record to 4-4 on the season.

UP NEXT
The Eagles are on the road again Tues., Apr. 3 for a conference match is at Radford at 2 p.m. Winthrop returns to Rock Hill Tennis Center on Fri., Apr. 6 to take on Charlotte at 3 p.m.

FULL RESULTS
Singles
1. Scott Webster (APP) def. QUIROZ, Diego (WIN) 6-4, 6-1
2. MITCHELL, Tremayne (WIN) def. Milo Bargeron (APP) 6-3, 6-1
3. Ben Webster (APP) def. PAPPAYIANNIS, L. (WIN) 6-0, 7-6 (7-2)
4. WILLIAMSON, Connor (WIN) def. Alex Pavkovich (APP) 6-2, 6-2
5. DIAS, Gabriel (WIN) def. Blake Carter (APP) 6-1, 6-1
6. GOKHALE, Aditya (WIN) def. Alex Brea (APP) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3

Doubles
1. Scott Webster/Milo Bargeron (APP) def. QUIROZ, Diego/MITCHELL, Tremayne (WIN) 6-4
2. Ben Webster/Alex Pavkovich (APP) def. WILLIAMSON, Connor/GOKHALE, Aditya (WIN) 6-4
3. Alex Brea/Campbell Stone (APP) vs. DIAS, Gabriel/RYAN, Joshua (WIN) 5-5, unfinished