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Men's Tennis Falls To No. 33 Alabama In Opener
1/18/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 18, 2014
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ---- The UAB men's tennis team opened its 2014 dual match season Saturday, falling to No. 33-ranked Alabama, 4-1, at the Roberta Allison Baumgardner Tennis Facility.
The Blazers picked up their only win in the match with a victory at No. 6 singles by sophomore Luis Felipe Pinto. Pinto downed the Crimson Tide's Hayes Brewer, 6-2, 6-2.
The Blazers claimed the first doubles match as Rafael Rondino and Pinto were 6-2 winners at No. 3 over the Tide tandem of Andrew Goodwin and Stuart Kenyon. But Alabama seized the momentum with victories at No. 1 and 2 doubles to take a 1-0 lead into singles play.
Nikko Madregallejo and Daniil Proskura defeated the UAB duo of Chris Helliar and Mitchell Martell, 6-4, at No. 1 while Becker O'Shaughnessy and Sean Donohue took a 6-3 win at No. 2 over UAB's Donovan McSeveney and Lucas Dirube.
In singles, Alabama jumped to a 3-0 lead as O'Shaughnessy, listed at No. 51 in the ITA singles rankings, beat UAB's Rondino, 6-0, 6-4 at the No. 2 position. Madregallejo was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Dirube at the No. 3 spot.
Pinto trimmed the Crimson Tide advantage to 3-1 with his win at No. 6 singles. But Alabama's Proskura, ranked No. 14 nationally in singles, handed UAB's Helliar only his third loss (now 16-3) of the 2013-14 season, winning 6-2, 6-2.
The matches at No. 4 and 5 singles were halted once the Tide clinched the victory. Kenyon was leading UAB's McSeveney, 6-1, 4-5, at No. 4 while Goodwin held a 6-4, 3-3 advantage over the Blazers' Martell.
No. 33 Alabama 4, UAB 1
Singles
No. 1 - #14 Daniil Proskura (UA) def. #88 Chris Helliar (UAB) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - #51 Becker O'Shaughnessy (UA) def. Rafael Rondino (UAB) 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 - Nikko Madregallejo (UA) def. Lucas Dirube (UAB) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 - Stuart Kenyon (UA) vs. Donovan McSeveney (UAB) 6-1, 4-5, unfinished
No. 5 - Andrew Goodwin (UA) vs. Mitchell Martell (UAB) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
No. 6 - Luis Felipe Pinto (UAB) def. Hayes Brewer (UA) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Nikko Madregallejo/Daniil Proskura (UA) def. Chris Helliar/Mitchell Martell (UAB) 6-4
No. 2 - Becker O'Shaughnessy/Sean Donohue (UA) def. Donovan McSeveney/Lucas Dirube (UAB) 6-3
No. 3 - Rafael Rondino/Luis Felipe Pinto (UAB) def. Andrew Goodwin/Stuart Kenyon (UA) 6-2
Records: UAB 0-1, Alabama 1-0
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