Nine Straight Wins for Men's Tennis

3/2/2007 7:00:00 PM | By: GoMocs.com

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The men's tennis team moved to 2-0 in the Southern Conference Saturday with a 5-2 victory over Davidson. The win was the ninth straight of the dual season, the program's longest in at least 10 years.

The Mocs swept the three doubles matches and won four of six singles matches to improve to 11-2 overall.

Claiming singles victories for the Mocs were Mark Fynn at the No. 2 position, Peter Sauska at No. 3, Razvan Axente at No. 4 and Pavel Vostrikov at No. 6.

Badr Bouabdellah competed for UTC at No.1, and Michael Hangstefer played the No. 5 spot.

Sauska improved his team-best singles win streak to nine matches.

In doubles action, Head Coach Carlos Garcia used the teams of Fynn and Sauska at No. 1, Bouabdellah and Hangstefer at No. 2 and Axente and Vostrikov at No. 3 to sweep the Wildcats in all three matches.

Davidson falls to 3-6 overall and 0-1.

The Mocs host the College of Charleston Sunday at 1 p.m. at the UTC Tennis Complex.

Chattanooga men 5, Davidson 2
UTC Tennis Complex
Chattanooga, Tenn.

Doubles (for one team point)
1. Fynn-Sauska (UTC) def. Bolton-Simihaian (DAV), 8-5
2. Bouabdellah-Hangstefer (UTC) def. Compeau-Noble (DAV), 8-5
3. Axente-Vostrikov (UTC) def. Burns-Myers (DAV), 8-7

Singles
1. Flaviu Simihaian (DAV) def. Badr Bouabdellah (UTC), 7-6, 6-0
2. Mark Fynn (UTC) def. John Bolton (DAV), 7-6, 6-2
3. Peter Sauska (UTC) def. Scott Myers (DAV), 6-3, 6-2
4. Razvan Axente (UTC) def. Eric Noble (DAV), 6-2, 6-4
5. Sam Burns (DAV) def. Michael Hangstefer (UTC), 6-3, 6-4
6. Pavel Vostrikov (UTC) def. Phil Compeau (DAV), 6-3, 6-1

Team Records: Davidson (3-6, 0-1), UTC (11-2, 2-0)
UTC wins its ninth straight match

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