Box Score
MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Morehead State men’s tennis team put together an impressive performance this afternoon, as they defeated the Bobcats of West Virginia Wesleyan 7-0. The Eagles have now won three straight and improved their record to 5-2.
"We are improving everyday when we are on the court, we are happy with the way the doubles are improving and getting better." Said Head Coach
Kevin Fulton. "We are hitting an important stretch of the season and we are looking forward to conference play."
The Eagles took an early lead in the match 1-0 after sweeping through the doubles matches. At number one MSU’s duo of
Greg Anderson and
Jerry Sundgren edged the Bobcat’s pair of Marc Rosner and Rafael Cavalcante 8-7 (6).
Bradley Bryan and
Lovell Medcalf beat Alvaro Ochoa and Doug Hornak 8-4 in the number two spot. At number three the Bobcat’s duo of Dennis Cole and Rob Hilton came up well short of the Eagle team of
Nathan Blum and
Nathan Martin 8-3.
Singles action started off with a great match between Anderson and Rosner, the match went to the third set where Anderson was able catch stride and win 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. In the number two spot Bryan bested Ochoa 7-5, 6-3 to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead in the match.
Sundgren was matched against Cavalcante at the number three spot, and came out victorious 6-4, 6-4. Nathan Martin at number four took care of business defeating Danilo Fanciscon 6-0, 6-2.
At the number five
Dusan Milovanovic beat Javier Yim Kim 6-0, 6-2, and in the sixth spot
Chris Shafik won 8-3 over Eduard Gusevs.
The Eagles will be on the road for there next two matches this coming weekend. On March 5 the Eagles will be at Southern Illinois University and on March 6, MSU will take on Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
