The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB
Old Dominion
Men's Tennis Falls To No. 70 ODU, 6-1
4/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
NORFOLK, Va. ---- The UAB men's tennis team wrapped up its two-match road trip to Virginia Sunday with a 6-1 Conference USA loss to No. 70-ranked Old Dominion at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.
The Blazers (5-10, 0-4 C-USA) gained a win at No. 2 singles as Donovan McSeveney defeated the Monarchs Michael Weindl, 6-4, 7-5.
Mitchell Martell and Trey McCombs were winners at No. 3 doubles, downing the ODU pair of Zvonimir Podvinski and Theophile Lanthiez, 8-2.
Old Dominion (14-2, 4-0) won in straight sets at each of the other singles positions to put the match away.
The Blazers return to their homecourts at Lakeshore Tennis Center this week for three dual matches. UAB plays host to Jackson State on Wednesday, April 8 and will meet Alabama A&M on Thursday and UAH on Friday. All three matches are scheduled to start at 12 p.m. CT.
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No. 70 Old Dominion 6, UAB 1
Doubles
No. 1 - Adam Moundir/Michael Weindl (ODU) def. Christian Coetzee/Stepan Vancurik (UAB) 8-2
No. 2 - Carlos Lopez Villa/Javier Jover Maestre (ODU) def. Donovan McSeveney/Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) 8-4
No. 3 - Mitchell Martell/Trey McCombs (UAB) def. Zvonimir Podvinski/Theophile Lanthiez (ODU) 8-2
Singles
No. 1 - Carlos Lopez Villa (ODU) def. Mitchell Martell (UAB) 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 - Donovan McSeveney (UAB) def. Michael Weindl (ODU) 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 - Adam Moundir (ODU) def. Stepan Vancurik (UAB) 6-3, 5-0, ret.
No. 4 - Javier Jover Maestre (ODU) def. Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 - Theophile Lanthiez (ODU) def. Henry Paiste (UAB) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 - Zvonimir Podvinski (ODU) def. Trey McCombs (UAB) 6-1, 6-2
RECORDS: UAB 5-10, Old Dominion 14-2
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