CHATTANOOGA – The Chattanooga Mocs men's tennis team suffered a 7-0 sweep to Presbyterian College on Sunday afternoon at the Strang-Voges Tennis Center on the campus of The McCallie School.
Following the loss, Chattanooga falls to 3-7 overall this season (1-0 SoCon). Presbyterian evens its record to 6-6.
"I'm really proud of the guys today with a couple of top guys out, many played two spots higher and did a great job," head coach
Chuck Merzbacher said after the match.
"Kerim's [Hyatt] match at No. 1 singles was high level and some of the best tennis I've seen this year."
Hyatt was locked in a long battle at the top singles spot that saw a trio of tie-break scenarios. Hyatt ultimately fell 6-7 (12), 7-6 (9), 1-0 (5) to Presbyterian's Max Benson. Half of the six singles matches on the day entered tie-break play in at least one set.
"I think the weekend overall was one we can build on. Hopefully we can heal up this week for our trip to Alabama next weekend," Merzbacher added.
Chattanooga returns to action on Friday and Sunday, March 4 and 6, when it travels to Alabama to face UAB and Troy. Live stats and results will be posted on the schedule page when available. For any weather updates and schedule changes, stick to GoMocs.com.
PRESBYTERIAN 7, CHATTANOOGA 0
DOUBLES
1. Max Benson/Dusan Milanovic (PC) def.
Kerim Hyatt/
Kaisei Kuroki (UTC) 6-3
2.
Peyton Gatti/
Ryan Mudre (UTC) vs. Nicholas McKinney/Georgije Babic (PC) 4-4, unfinished
3. Sebastian Dominguez/Javier Matos (PC) def.
Simon Labbe/
Jordan McClure (UTC) 6-3
SINGLES
1. Max Benson (PC) def.
Kerim Hyatt (UTC) 6-7 (12-14), 7-6 (11-9), 1-0 (10-5)
2. Dusan Milanovic (PC) def.
Peyton Gatti (UTC) 6-1, 6-4
3. Javier Matos (PC) def.
Jordan McClure (UTC) 6-4, 7-6 (0-4)
4. Sebastian Dominguez (PC) def.
Ryan Mudre (UTC) 6-4, 7-6 (0-2)
5. Nicholas McKinney (PC) def.
Quinten Nevenhoven (UTC) 6-0, 6-1
6. Georgije Babic (PC) def.
Jacob Marshall (UTC) 7-5, 6-3
MATCH NOTES
Presbyterian 6-6, 0-0 Big South
Chattanooga 3-7, 1-0 SoCon
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,2,6,3,4,1)
Held at Strang-Voges Tennis Center
T-3:17 A-27
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