The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Men's Tennis Falls to Auburn, 5-2
3/20/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 20, 2006
AUBURN, Ala. --- The UAB men's tennis team came up short in close matches at all three doubles positions, then fell in four of six singles spots as the Blazers dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 50 Auburn here Saturday.
UAB (6-3) had some opportunities to upset the Tigers, but three-set losses at No. 2 and No. 4 singles turned out to be huge for Auburn.
The Tigers (10-4) took a 1-0 lead by claiming the doubles point with narrow wins at all three positions. Auburn then assumed a 3-0 advantage with wins at No. 1 by Alex Schweizer over UAB's Anton Mavrin (6-1, 6-2) and at No. 2 by Nick Lane over Kristijan Mitrovski (6-3, 4-6, 6-3). The Blazers then notched one of their two victories on the day as Johannes Spangenberg won at No. 5 singles over Auburn's Pawel Dilaj, 6-4, 6-2.
Auburn's other wins came at No. 4 as Milan Krnjetin defeated UAB's Andre Maier, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 and at No. 6 as Lukas Marsoun beat Kruno Despotovski, 6-4, 6-3.
The Blazers' other win was a 6-2, 6-0 victory at No. 3 singles as senior Sebastian Falk disposed of Auburn's Robbert Lathouwers.
Auburn 5, UAB 2
Singles
No. 1 - Alex Schweizer (AU) def. Anton Mavrin (UAB) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 - Nick Lane (AU) def. Kristijan Mitrovski (UAB) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
No. 3 - Sebastian Falk (UAB) def. Robbert Lathouwers (AU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 - Milan Krnjetin (AU) def. Andre Maier (UAB) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 - Johannes Spangenerbg (UAB) def. Pawel Dilaj (AU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 - Lukas Marsoun (AU) def. Kruno Despotovski (UAB) 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 - Schweizer-Krnjetin (AU) def. Mavrin-Mitrovski (UAB) 8-5
No. 2 - Lathouwers-Marsoun (AU) def. Falk-Maier (UAB) 8-6
No. 3 - Dilaj-Lane (AU) def. Spangenberg-Thomas Weiss (UAB) 9-7
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