David Zhuang Photo By: Evan Rosen/The Triangle

David Zhuang lived up to his reputation as a showboater during the 3:00 PM round of matches.

Zhuang (6-1) made light work of Philadelphian Razvan Cretu (3-4), earning a sweep (11-8)(11-9)(11-7)(11-9).

Tied for first in the standings with Zhuang is Eric Owens (6-1), who is becoming a crowd favorite. In perhaps the most thrilling match of the round, Owens defeated Sean Lonergan in six games (11-7)(11-8)(8-11)(7-11)(11-9)(11-4).

In other action, Yinghua Cheng improved to 5-2 with his victory over John Leach (8-11)(11-5)(11-3)(11-8)(11-5), who is near the bottom of the standings with a 1-6 overall record.

Mark Hazinski defeated Tahl Leibovitz (0-7) in five games (14-12)(8-11)(11-7)(11-9)(11-9) to boost his overall record to 5-2.

Khoa Nguyen (4-3) lost his fourth match in a row to Yu Shao (4-3) in four games (11-7)(11-8)(11-3)(11-7).

Han Xiao (5-2) frustrated Adam Hugh (1-6) on his way to a victory in five games (12-10)(11-5)(11-3)(11-13)(11-7).

Cheng, Hazinski, and Xiao are tied for third with 5-2 records, as the competition for the last two spots heats up.

Attendance for the 3:00 PM round was 1,550.