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Blazers Fall To ODU At Conference USA Championship
4/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
NORFOLK, Va. ---- The UAB men's tennis team fell 4-0 to No. 58-ranked Old Dominion in its opening round match Friday at the 2015 Conference USA Championship.
The seventh-seeded Blazers (6-12) faced a difficult challenge taking on the Monarchs (16-2) on ODU's homecourts.
Old Dominion, seeded second in the tournament, captured the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and 2 positions and then clinched the victory to advance to Saturday's semifinals by taking straight set victories at the No. 1, 3 and 6 spots in singles.
Christian Coetzee, the Blazers' No. 4 player in the lineup, won his first set 6-4 over ODU's Javier Jover Maestre but trailed by a 5-3 margin in the second set. In doubles, Coetzee and Donovan McSeveney were leading their match at No. 2, 6-5, before play was halted with the Monarchs winning at the No. 1 and 3 positions.
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2015 Conference USA Championship
Friday, April 17 - Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center
No. 58 Old Dominion 4, UAB 0
Singles
No. 1 - Carlos Lopez Villa (ODU) def. Mitchell Martell (UAB) 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 - Adam Moundir (ODU) vs. Donovan McSeveney (UAB) 6-2, 3-3, unf.
No. 3 - Michael Weindl (ODU) def. Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) 6-3, 7-5
No. 4 - Javier Jover Maestre (ODU) vs. Christian Coetzee (UAB) 4-6, 5-3, unf.
No. 5 - Theophile Lanthiez (ODU) vs. Stepan Vancurik (UAB) 6-3, 4-3, unf.
No. 6 - Zvonimir Podvinski (ODU) def. Christopher Egan-Morriss (UAB) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Adam Moundir/Michael Weindl (ODU) def. Mitchell Martell/Trey McCombs (UAB) 8-2
No. 2 - Javier Jover Maestre/Carlos Lopez Villa (ODU) vs. Christian Coetzee/Donovan McSeveney (UAB) 5-6, unf.
No. 3 - Theophile Lanthiez/Zvonimir Podvinski (ODU) def. Luiz Felipe Pinto/Stepan Vancurik (UAB) 8-5
Records: Old Dominion 16-2, UAB 6-12
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