The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB
Southern Miss
Men's Tennis Falls To Southern Miss, 4-2
3/20/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
HATTIESBURG, Miss. ---- Forced to shuffle its lineup due to an injury to Christian Coetzee, the UAB men's tennis team dropped a 4-2 road match to Conference USA foe Southern Miss Friday.
The Blazers (5-6) lost the doubles point but came back to tie the match at 2-2 with wins at the top two singles positions. Donovan McSeveney downed Wen-Po Tseng at No. 1, 6-3, 6-2, while Mitchell Martell was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over USM's Tarun Surat at No. 2.
The Blazers encountered a setback when Coetzee, playing at No. 3, suffered a hamstring injury early in singles play.
The Golden Eagles (13-5) went on to close out the match with wins at No. 4 and 5 singles.
The Blazers will continue the road trip with a match at C-USA opponent UTSA on Monday.
Southern Miss 4, UAB 2
Singles
No. 1- Donovan McSeveney (UAB) def. Wen-Po Tseng (USM) 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 - Mitchell Martell (UAB) def. Tarun Surat (USM) 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 - Chao-Yu Huang (USM) def. Christian Coetzee (UAB) 2-0, retired
No. 4 - Rakshit Rishi (USM) def. Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 - Brad Marriott (USM) def. Stepan Vancurick (UAB) 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 - Daniel Merker (USM) vs. Oliver Poysti (UAB) 6-2, 5-7, 3-2, unfinished
Doubles
No. 1 - Chao-Yu Huang/Wen-Po Tseng (USM) def. Mitchell Martell/Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) 6-2
No. 2 - Alex Doleac/Brad Marriott (USM) vs. Donovan McSeveney/Christian Coetzee (UAB) 4-3, unfinished
No. 3 - Daniel Merker/Tarun Surat (USM) def. Charles McCombs/Christopher Morriss (UAB) 6-1
Records: UAB 5-6, Southern Miss 13-5
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