Monday, September 24, 2012
MUFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The Lipscomb men’s tennis team returned from Murfreesboro on Sunday with extra momentum heading into the rest of the fall tournament season.
The Bisons competed in the MTSU-sponsored Dale Short Shootout alongside the host school, UAB, Southern Illinois and Belmont.
Lipscomb coach Andrew Harris found the tournament to be successful from the start.
“We certainly came out on Friday and did a good job of finishing off points at the net, in particular in the doubles,” Harris said. “For the most part the combinations we have been looking at seem to be coming together nicely.”
Harris said Friday marked a great day for singles play, but Saturday saw some decline.
“On Friday in singles we were able to play with good composure and play complete matches,” Harris said. “On Saturday we were matched up against UAB and did a terrific job of capitalizing on momentum from the doubles match. Unfortunately though our focus and mentality was not where it needed to be on the singles portion and we came up short in some of the matches.”
Harris believes that Sunday’s matches produced some improvement, especially in the doubles matches.
“Finally on Sunday against Southern Illinois-Carbondale we were not at full strength, but the players that were able to compete did a nice job after Saturday's performance,” Harris said. “Furthermore, we were able to solidify some of the doubles positions even more.”
Both the men’s and women’s teams will travel to Chattanooga this weekend to compete in the UTC Steve Baras Classic.
BOX SCORES
SINGLES
Friday
|
Winner |
Loser |
Score |
|
Ettore Zito (Middle Tenn.) |
Oliver Strecker |
6-4, 6-1 |
|
David Salazar |
Yannick Born (Middle Tenn.) |
6-3, 6-0 |
|
Colby Shaw |
Marlon Brand (Middle Tenn.) |
7-6, 6-3 |
|
Tomas Legzdins (Middle Tenn.) |
Tanner Brown |
6-2, 6-7, 6-2 |
|
Stuart Tierney |
Bruno Silva (Belmont) |
6-2, 6-0 |
|
John Tougher |
Henrik Claesson (Belmont) |
6-3, 4-6, 6-2 |
Saturday
|
Winner |
Loser |
Score |
|
David Zimmerman (UAB) |
Oliver Strecker |
7-5, 6-4 |
|
Rafael Rondino (UAB) |
David Salazar |
7-5, 6-4 |
|
Tom Puetz (UAB) |
Colby Shaw |
6-0, 6-2 |
|
Lucas Dirube (UAB) |
Stuart Tierney |
7-6 (7-5), 6-4 |
|
Luiz Felipe Pinto (UAB) |
Tanner Brown |
6-4, 7-6 (7-5) |
|
Korhan Ates (UAB) |
John Tougher |
6-1, 7-6 (7-4) |
Sunday (SIU-LIP)
|
Winner |
Loser |
Score |
|
Badr Cherradi (SIU) |
Oliver Strecker |
6-3, 6-4 |
|
David Salazar |
Rafael Cuadrillero (SIU) |
7-6, 6-2 |
|
Colby Shaw |
Jonny Rigby (SIU) |
6-4, 6-4 |
|
Stuart Tierney |
Martijn Admiraal (SIU) |
7-6, 6-0 |
|
Orhan Spahic (SIU) |
Miguel Cortez |
5-7, 7-6, 6-1 |
DOUBLES
Friday
|
Winner |
Loser |
Score |
|
Yannick Born/Marlon Brand (Middle Tenn.) |
Oliver Strecker/Miguel Cortez |
8-3 |
|
Tomas Legzdins/Ettore Zito (Middle Tenn.) |
David Salazar/Colby Shaw |
8-6 |
|
Tanner Brown/John Tougher |
Bruno Silva/Henrik Claesson (Belmont) |
8-6 |
Saturday
|
Winner |
Loser |
Score |
|
Tom Puetz/David Zimmerman (UAB) |
Oliver Strecker/Miguel Cortez |
8-4 |
|
David Salazar/Colby Shaw |
Rafael Rondino/Lucas Dirube (UAB) |
9-8 (7-4) |
|
Tanner Brown/Stuart Tierney |
Luiz Felipe Pinto/Korhan Ates (UAB) |
8-5 |
Sunday
|
Winner |
Loser |
Score |
|
Badr Cherradi/Jonny Rigby (Southern Illinois) |
Oliver Strecker/Stuart Tierney |
8-5 |
|
Colby Shaw/David Salazar |
Orhan Spahic/Szymon Opieczonek (Southern Illinois) |
8-3 |
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