CHATTANOOGA (March 1, 2024) – The Chattanooga Mocs men's tennis team earned a convincing 7-0 shutout win over in-state foe Austin Peay during non-conference action inside the Strang-Voges Tennis Center at the McCallie School on Friday morning.
 
Following the win, Chattanooga has now won three of its last four and improves to 6-7 on the season. Austin Peay falls to an even 4-4 following the defeat.
 
Chattanooga opened the match with a 1-0 lead after doubles play with the No. 2 duo of Cortland Grove and Jordan McClure clinching the team's point with a 7-6 tie-breaking victory. The No. 1 pairing of Peyton Gatti and Jakub Jupa kicked off the match with a 6-4 win to accompany the win at No. 2.
 
It was all UTC in singles action as Gatti started things with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 6 before Kristof Kincses capped off a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 5 to give the hosts a 3-0 lead in the match. Grove provided the match-clinching moment with a comeback victory (3-6, 6-1, 6-1) in the No. 4 slot to give the Mocs its third win in the last four matches.
 
Ryan Mudre accounted for the team's fifth point with a gritty 6-1, 5-7, 10-6 tiebreaking win at No. 3 ahead a 7-5, 6-4 decision from Jupa at No. 2 singles for the sixth point. Gabriel Castillo preserved the team's shutout with a 4-6, 6-1, 10-7 rally victory at No. 1 to capture his fourth singles win in his last five tries.
 
Chattanooga (6-7) quickly returns to action with a Sunday non-conference road contest against a red-hot Gardner-Webb squad in Boiling Springs, N.C. Match coverage links, if available, will be located on the schedule page at GoMocs.com.
 
Chattanooga 7, Austin Peay 0
3/1/2024 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (Strang-Voges Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Gabriel Castillo (UTC) def. Sota Minami (APSU) 4-6, 6-1, 10-7
2. Jakub Jupa (UTC) def. Giovanni Becchis (APSU) 7-5, 6-4
3. Ryan Mudre (UTC) def. Aeneas Schaub (APSU) 6-1, 5-7, 10-6
4. Cortland Grove (UTC) def. Tom Bolton (APSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
5. Kristof Kincses (UTC) def. Javier Tortajada (APSU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Peyton Gatti (UTC) def. Glen Arnet (APSU) 6-1, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. Peyton Gatti/Jakub Jupa (UTC) def. Sota Minami/Aeneas Schaub (APSU) 6-4
2. Cortland Grove/Jordan McClure (UTC) def. Tom Bolton/Giovanni Becchis (APSU) 7-6
3. Javier Tortajada/Bodi van Galen (APSU) def. Gabriel Castillo/Kristof Kincses (UTC) 6-4
 
Match Notes
Austin Peay 4-4
Chattanooga 6-7
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (6,5,4,3,1,2)
Strang-Voges Tennis Center (McCallie School)
T-2:51 A-27

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