Box Score The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's tennis team picked up a big 5-2 win over Jacksonville State today. The Mocs improve to 2-6 overall while the Gamecocks fall to 3-4.
The Mocs were out to avenge a tough, 4-3 loss suffered at JSU last season. The day started off looking good for UTC with a sweep of the doubles matches. Freshman Trent Cobb (Melbourne, Australia) and sophomore William Disterdick (Hixson, Tenn.) opened with an 8-5 win at No. 3.
Sophomores Roberto Vieira (Bedfordview, South Africa) and Chris Smith (Johnson City, Tenn.) followed with an 8-5 win of their own at No. 1. Chattanooga's top duo improved to 5-2 on the year and 1-1 at No. 1. Sophomores Jackson Tresnan (Apopka, Fla.) and Stephen Crofford (Franklin, Tenn.) ended doubles action with a 9-7 win at No. 2.
Cobb kept the momentum going with a speedy 6-1, 6-2 win over Axel Sundberg at No. 2 singles. It was Cobb's sixth singles win of the year as he improves to 2-1 at the No. 2 position.
Disterdick put UTC up 3-0 with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Eric Matthieson at No. 6. The Gamecocks pulled to within 3-1 when Felipe Wantanabe downed senior Rick van de Bovenkamp (Oud-Beyerland, The Netherlands) 6-4, 6-1.
The Mocs closed out the match with Tresnan's 6-4, 6-1 win over Gustavo Holz at No. 4. Tresnan improves to 4-0 at the No. 4 slot and records his team-leading seventh singles win of the year.
Jacksonville State's final point came at No. 1 when Brian Kenyon defeated Vieira 6-3, 6-2. Smith ended the affair with a 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 win over Nenad Marcec at No. 3.
Chattanooga is back in action on Feb. 25 when it hosts Belmont at the UTC Tennis Courts. Match time is set for 2:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) and live scoring will be available on GoMocs.com.
Chattanooga 5, Jacksonville State 2
Feb 20, 2011 at Chattanooga, Tennessee (UTC Tennis Courts)
Doubles competition
1. Roberto Vieira-Chris Smith (UTC) def. KENYON, Brian-HOLZ, Gustavo (JSU) - 8-5
2. Jackson Tresnan-Stephen Crofford (UTC) def. MARCEC, Nenad-SUNDBERG, Axel (JSU) - 9-7
3. Trent Cobb-William Disterdick (UTC) def. SANTOS, Igor-WATANABE, Felipe (JSU) - 8-5
Singles competition
1. KENYON, Brian (JSU) def. Roberto Vieira (UTC) - 6-3, 6-2
2. Trent Cobb (UTC) def. SUNDBERG, Axel (JSU) - 6-1, 6-2
3. Chris Smith (UTC) def. MARCEC, Nenad (JSU) - 7-5, 2-6, 1-0
4. Jackson Tresnan (UTC) def. HOLZ, Gustavo (JSU) - 6-4, 6-1
5. WATANABE, Felipe (JSU) def. R. van de Bovenkamp (UTC) - 6-4, 6-1
6. William Disterdick (UTC) def. MATTHIESON, Eric (JSU) - 6-4, 6-1
