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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- In the final non-conference match of the season, the 37th-ranked Captains (12-9) suffered a 9-0 shutout to the 34th-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan Battling Bishops on the road. The former conference rivals were the eighth nationally-ranked opponent Christopher Newport has faced this season, and it was just the third time CNU was shut out this season.

The Captains won just two sets in the nine completed matches on Sunday afternoon, as the Bishops through out five freshman in ths six singles starting positions. One of the top battles of the day came at No. 1 singles, as a pair of first-year players matched up, David Reed for CNU and Sebastian Sikh for the Bishops. Sikh, ranked 10th in the Atlantic South region, dropped the first set to Reed, ranked 14th, but rallied for wins in the second and third. Reed dropped the match by a final score of 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. 

Rookie Justin Cerny captured the other set victory for CNU, playing against Fernando Nardelli at the No. 3 line. Cerny won the first set, 7-5, but dropped the second, 6-1. Playing in a third set match tiebreaker, the two teetered back and forth before Nardelli managed to pull away for the 10-7 win. 

Reed and Cerny also played together at No. 1 doubles in the closest pairs matchup of the day. The CNU tandem dropped an 8-4 decision to Sikh and senior Robert Kjellberg. 

Christopher Newport has just one match left on the regular season schedule, set to play against Salisbury University on April 16 at 2:00 pm. The match will decide who takes the second seed in the CAC Tournament, but regardless the outcome, the two teams will meet up again in the CAC Semifinals on Tuesday, April 21.