Men's Tennis | 4/16/2021 6:30:00 PM
FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The West Liberty University men's tennis team picked up a couple of singles wins here Friday but that wasn't enough to turn the tide in a 5-2 loss at regionally-ranked Fairmont State.
Coach Ronnie Hulewicz's Hilltoppers opened singles play in a 1-0 hole after being swept in the three doubles matches to surrender the doubles point.
Zarion Jones rolled to a 6-4 6-2 straight-set win against the Falcons' Austin Noel at No. 6 singles and
Anton Schulz won a second-set tiebreaker to complete a straight set win at No. 2 singles but no other WLU netter could break through and the hosts prevailed.
The Hilltoppers head back out on the road Sunday for a 2 p.m. match at the University of Charleston.
MEN'S TENNIS
Fairmont State 5, West Liberty 2
Singles
Gui Pachane (FSU) d. Isfan Makhumudov, 6-2 6-4
Bartosz Losiak (FSU) d.
Gianluca Gerndt, 2-1 (ret.)
Anton Schulz (WLU) d. Seena Saadivandi, 6-3 7-6(7)
Joao Martins (FSU) d.
Daisuke Aota, 6-4 4-6 10-4
David Velayos (FSU) d.
Derek Roehner, 6-1 6-0
Zarion Jones (WLU) d. Austin Noel, 6-4 6-2
Doubles
Pachane/Losiak (FSU) d. Roehner/Schulz, 6-0
Martins/Velayos (FSU) d. Makhumudov/Aota, 6-2
Saadivandi/Noel (FSU) d. Gerndt/Jones, 6-4
