Vostrikov Nets Lone Win as Tennis Teams Lose Saturday

Saturday, February 7

Richmond, Ky.

12:00 PM

Chattanooga

Eastern Kentucky

2/7/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: GoMocs.com

LADY MOCS FALL 7-0 TO EASTERN KENTUCKY;

RICHMOND, Ky. --- The Chattanooga women's tennis team fell 7-0 to Eastern Kentucky today at the Greg Adams Tennis Facility. The Lady Mocs are 2-3 overall and the Colonels move to 4-2.

Annie Green and Brianna Wishing tallied the Lady Mocs' lone win with an 8-7 (7) win at the No. 3 spot in doubles, but the Colonels claimed the point with wins at both No. 1 and No. 2.

In singles action, Anouk Faure posted a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 4 over UTC's Beata Knizat followed by a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1 by Svetlana Pimenova over the Lady Mocs' Shaina Singh. Eastern Kentucky clinched the victory with a win as Alexandra Sitnikova beat Emily Hangstefer 6-3, 6-3 at No. 2.

The Lady Mocs will return to action Sunday morning with a match against Indiana State at 9 a.m. in Richmond, Ky.

Doubles

1. Svetlana Pimenova-Alexandra Sitnikova (EKU) def. Shaina Singh-Emily Hangstefer (UTC) 8-5

2. Anouk Faure-Jemma Euers (EKU) def. Jennemieke van der Veek-Brianna Wishing (UTC) 8-5

3. Annie Green-Kate Ksiezopolski (UTC) def. Nadia Barz-Alyze Pagal (EKU) 8-7 (7)

order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles

1. Pimenova def. Singh (UTC) 6-2, 6-2

2. Sitnikova def. Hangstefer (UTC) 6-3, 6-3

3. Barz def. van der Veek (UTC) 6-2, 6-2

4. Faure def. Beata Knizat (UTC) 6-2, 6-2

5. Myriem Mhirit def. Green (UTC) 6-3, 6-3

6. Euers def. Wishing (UTC) 6-4, 6-0

order of finish: 4, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5

VOSTRIKOV NETS LONE WIN FOR MOCS IN 6-1 LOSS TO BELMONT

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- Senior Pavel Vostrikov won his second match of the season in the Mocs 6-1 loss to Belmont Saturday afternoon at the Hixson Racquet Center.

Vostrikov dropped the first set 6-7, but rebounded to win the second by a 6-2 margin and claimed the win in a tie-break over Joao Paoliello in the No. 2 singles match.

The Bruins swept the doubles point in order to go up 1-0 then posted wins Nos. 5, 4 and 3 to clinch the win. At No. 5, Renato Antun of Belmont defeated Dakota Pate 6-2, 6-2 for the win followed by a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 4 by Rodrigo Amaral over Alex Butnarcuic. Javier Rodriguez clinched the win with a 6-2, 6-3 decision at No. 3 over Rick van de Bovenkamp.

The Mocs (0-4) Sunday afternoon match at Murray State was cancelled and will not be made up due to the winter weather that hit the area earlier this week.

1. Antun/Rocha (BEL) def. Vostrikov/Parfitt (UTC) 8-1

2. Amaral/Paoliello (BEL) def. Sauska/Pate (UTC) 8-3

3. Amaral/Cirne Lima (BEL) def. van de Bovenkamp/Rudell (UTC) 8-4

Order of finish 1,2,3

Singles

1. Fausto Rocha (BEL) def. Peter Sauska (UTC) 7-5, 6-7, tiebreak 10-6

2. Pavel Vostrikov (UTC) def. Joao Paoliello (BEL) 6-7, 6-2, tie break 10-4

3. Javier Rodriguez (BEL) def. Rick van de Bovenkamp (UTC) 6-2, 6-3

4. Rodrigo Amaral (BEL) def. Alex Butnarcuic (UTC) 6-3, 6-1

5. Renato Antun (BEL) def. Dakota Pate (UTC) 6-2, 6-2

6. Felipe Cirne Lima (BEL) def. Sam Parfitt (UTC) 6-2, 6-3

Order of finish 5,4,3,6,2,1