Box Score The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's tennis team dropped a 4-3 match to Tennessee Tech at the Hixson Racquet Club this afternoon. The Mocs went up 3-1, but dropped the last three singles contests to fall to 0-5 on the year while TTU improves to 1-3.
Chattanooga started off the day with a win at No. 1 doubles. Freshman Trent Cobb (Melbourne, Australia) and sophomore William Disterdick (Hixson, Tenn.) posted an 8-4 win but the Mocs lost the doubles point to fall behind 1-0.
UTC mounted a rally in singles action, led by sophomore Jackson Tresnan (Apopka, Fla.). He scored a 6-0, 6-0 win against James Crawdord at No. 5. Senior Rick van de Bovenkamp (Oud-Beyerland, The Netherlands) followed that up with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Arturo Santa Ruiz at No. 4. Cobb rounded out the Mocs scoring with his 6-4, 6-4 win over Justin Kristein at No. 2.
Chattanooga dropped the next three matches, two three-setters and one that went to a tiebreaker in the second set, to lose 4-3. UTC is back on the court tomorrow at the Hixson Racquet Club. UTC hosts North Alabama at 10:00 a.m. (E.S.T.). Live scoring will be available on GoMocs.com.
Tennessee Tech 4, Chattanooga 3
Feb 05, 2011 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (Hixson Racquet Club)
Doubles competition
1. Trent Cobb-William Disterdick (UTC) def. HARRIS, Lloyd-CRAWFORD, James (TTU) - 8-4
2. CHEN, Alex-KIRSTEIN, Justin (TTU) def. Chris Smith-Stephen Crofford (UTC) - 8-6
3. EREMEEV, Vasily-OLIVIERA, Murilo (TTU) def. R. van de Bovenkamp-Roberto Vieira (UTC) - 8-3
Singles competition
1. CHEN, Alex (TTU) def. Roberto Vieira (UTC) - 7-6 (10-8), 2-6, 6-3
2. Trent Cobb (UTC) def. KIRSTEIN, Justin (TTU) - 6-4, 6-4
3. EREMEEV, Vasily (TTU) def. Chris Smith (UTC) - 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
4. Jackson Tresnan (UTC) def. CRAWFORD, James (TTU) - 6-0, 6-0
5. R. van de Bovenkamp (UTC) def. SANTA RUIZ, Arturo (TTU) - 6-2, 6-2
6. OLIVIERA, Murilo (TTU) def. William Disterdick (UTC) - 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
