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UAB Men's Tennis Defeats Jacksonville State, 4-2
3/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 8, 2006
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- The UAB men's tennis team defeated Jacksonville State, 4-2, Wednesday afternoon at the Brook Highland Racquet Club. With the win the Blazers have now won four of their last five matches and imrpved to 5-2 on the dual match season.
"It was a relief to come away with a victory today," said UAB head coach Derek Tarr. "Jacksonville State came to play but I thought we could have competed better than we did. This helps us improve our overall record but we have to improve to beat some of our nationally-ranked opponents."
In singles action, Senior Anton Mavrin won at the No. 2 singles position, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1, over Bernardo Bachito and Sebastian Falk dominated the No. 3 spot, 6-0, 6-1. JSU battled getting wins from Scott Robertson at the No. 1 spot and Joey Unkenholz at No. 4.
UAB proved to be too much for the Gamecocks winning at No. 5 and No. 6 to clinch the match. Junior Kruno Despotovski led the way winning in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3 over Deigo Pazsoldan at No. 6 singles. Sophomore Johannes Spangenberg came from behind at the No. 5 position to defeated Jean Vaccarin, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.
No doubles matches were played as the Blazers win during singles competition.
The Blazers are scheduled to face Tennessee-Martin Friday starting at 1 p.m. at the Brook Highland Racquet Club. Complete coverage of UAB men's tennis can be found at www.uabsports.com.
Wednesday's Results
UAB 4, Jacksonville State 2
Singles
No. 1 - Scott Robertson (JSU) def. Kristijan Mitrovski (UAB) 6-4, 7-5
No. 2 - Anton Mavrin (UAB) def. Bernado Bachito (JSU) 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
No. 3 - Sebastián Falk (UAB) def. Christian Rybertt (JSU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 - Joel Unkenholz (JSU) def. Thomas Weiss (UAB) 7-6, 1-6, 6-1
No. 5 - Johannes Spangenberg (UAB) def. Jean Vaccarin (JSU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 - Kruno Despotovski (UAB) def. Diego Pazsoldan (JSU) 6-1, 6-3
