Box Score The Virginia Wesleyan men's tennis team faced the Chowan University Hawks in a scrimmage and lost in a close 4-3 battle.
Chowan took the doubles point with wins at all three spots. The final doubles match to finish was at #1 as
Sebastien Muller and
Hovo Madanyan fell in a tightly contested 6-4 set.
The Marlins entered singles play down 1-0. Chowan captured straight set wins over
Rafael Rullan Zarraga and
Carlos Rullan Zarraga at #1 and #4 respectively. Next to finish was the #2 singles match as
Tudor Vlad fell to Egor Pishchelev 6-0, 7-5, clinching the match for the Hawks.
The remaining three matches played were all won by the Marlins to bring the final score to 4-3.
Sebastien Muller won at #3 singles with a score of 7-6, 6-3. After winning the first set 6-1, Madanyan won by default at #6 as his opponent retired early in the second set.
Alen Curovic was last on court but seized a convincing 6-0, 6-4 win at #5.
Doubles:
1. Marcel Ungerboeck / Tadeo Missan (CU) def.
Hovo Madanyan /
Sebastien Muller (VWU) 6-4
2. Egor Pishchelev / Nikola Cvetanovic (CU) def.
Alen Curovic /
Tudor Vlad (VWU) 6-1
3. Thales Sette / Tadeo Sanchez (CU) def.
Jan Puvill /
Sainandan Challagundla (VWU) 6-0
Singles:
1. Marcel Ungerboeck (CU) def.
Rafael Rullan Zarraga (VWU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Egor Pishchelev (CU) def.
Tudor Vlad (VWU) 6-0, 7-5
3.
Sebastien Muller (VWU) def. Tadeo Missan (CU) 7-6 (5), 6-3
4. Nikola Cvetanovic (CU) def.
Carlos Rullan Zarraga (VWU) 6-2, 6-1
5.
Alen Curovic (VWU) def. Maksim Kachuk (CU) 6-0, 6-4
6.
Hovo Madanyan (VWU) def. Tadeo Sanchez (CU) 6-1, 1-0 (ret.)