The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's tennis team scored two wins in both singles and doubles play at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals in Knoxville, Tenn., today. 

Junior Niklas Gerdes and freshman Tomas Rodriguez both advanced to the second round of the main draw with wins today.  Gerdes defeated Louisville's Fredrik Moe (6-3, 6-3), while Rodrigues beat Memphis's Jeremy Taylor (6-3, 3-6, 6-3). 

In doubles play, Rodrigues teamed up with fellow freshman Kerim Hyatt to take out Ball State's Thibault DeNegri/Danilo Kovacevic (8-6) in the doubles main draw.  Also scoring a win today were Gerdes and junior Simon Bustamante.  They are the No. 7 seed and opened with an 8-5 win against Butler's Michael Dickson and Adrian Mag. 

The Mocs are back in action tomorrow.  There is a link for live updates of selected matches on the men's tennis schedule page on GoMocs.com.  Be sure to check back to GoMocs.com for a full recap at the end of the day.

UTC Results
Singles Results
Steven Karl (Dayton) def. Simon Bustamante (UTC) – 6-7 (4), 4-3 Ret
Niklas Gerdes (UTC) def. Fredrik Moe (Louisville) – 6-3, 6-3
Payam Ahmadi (Indiana) def. Jacob Marshall (UTC) – 6-4, 6-1
Tomas Rodrigues (UTC) def. Jeremy Taylor (Memphis) – 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
(13) Sergi Fontchberta (ETSU) def. Kerim Hyatt (UTC) – 6-3, 7-5
Panu Virtanen (Vanderbilt) def. Luke Plaisted (UTC) – 6-2, 6-1

Doubles Results
Tomas Rodriguez/Kerim Hyatt (UTC) def. Thibault DeNegri/Danilo Kovacevic (Ball State) – 8-6
Aviv Ben Shabat/Mason Dragos (Butler) def. Luke Plaisted/Pablo Llebeili (UTC) – 8-2
(7) Niklas Gerdes/Simon Bustamante (UTC) def. Michael Dickson/Adrian Mag (Butler) – 8-5
Fanis Kontopoulos/Wenc Albin (TTU) def. Cooper Long/Jacob Marshall (UTC) – 8-1