Eagles serve up Panthers' first loss
Eagles capatilize on doubles play
Alison Smalling
Issue date: 2/9/10 Section: Sports
victory over Price, winning 6-3, 0-6, 6-3. The Eagles got their match-winning fifth point at No. 1 singles. Zoricic took the first set 6-3, but Ramos battled back for a 6-2 win in the second, setting up a
critical third set. Zoricic seemed to have the match in hand,
going up 5-2 in the third, but Ramos responded by
holding serve and then breaking Zoricic to make the score 5-4. Zoricic regained her
composure and broke back
in the next game, winning
the match on a cross-court shot.
Florida Tech got its fourth win at No. 6 singles as Dohner bested Abraul 6-0, 4-6, 11-9.
The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team's 2010 campaign began with a decisive 8-1 victory over Florida Tech on Saturday at the Crotty Tennis Complex on Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach campus. The match was also the first of the season for Florida Tech, which is ranked 36th in the ITA/NCAA Division II preseason poll.
The Eagles jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead as Charlie Rice and Luke Maricic teamed up for an easy 8-1 doubles win over Yan Rodriguez and Mike Schmidt, and Istvan Bolgar and Peter Francis collected an 8-2 doubles win against James McLane and Drew Hollis. The lone hiccup in the match for the Eagles came at No. 1 doubles, as Loe Losmozos and Jon Hanna held off Jan Hoekzema and Alexis Huegas 9-7 to make the score 2-1 heading into singles.
Huegas had little trouble getting past McLane at No. 2 singles as he was the first player off the court following a 6-2, 6-1 win. Francis downed Hanna 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 and Rice scored the clincher with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Hollis at the No. 4 spot.
Hoekzema and Lozmozos had another tough battle at No. 1 singles, but in the end it was Hoekzema who pulled out the win 7-6 (4), 6-2. Zander Woodford-Smith bested Joel Zahlan 6-0, 6-3 and Maricic easily dispatched Abaraa 6-0, 6-1 to seal the win.
critical third set. Zoricic seemed to have the match in hand,
going up 5-2 in the third, but Ramos responded by
holding serve and then breaking Zoricic to make the score 5-4. Zoricic regained her
composure and broke back
in the next game, winning
the match on a cross-court shot.
Florida Tech got its fourth win at No. 6 singles as Dohner bested Abraul 6-0, 4-6, 11-9.
The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team's 2010 campaign began with a decisive 8-1 victory over Florida Tech on Saturday at the Crotty Tennis Complex on Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach campus. The match was also the first of the season for Florida Tech, which is ranked 36th in the ITA/NCAA Division II preseason poll.
The Eagles jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead as Charlie Rice and Luke Maricic teamed up for an easy 8-1 doubles win over Yan Rodriguez and Mike Schmidt, and Istvan Bolgar and Peter Francis collected an 8-2 doubles win against James McLane and Drew Hollis. The lone hiccup in the match for the Eagles came at No. 1 doubles, as Loe Losmozos and Jon Hanna held off Jan Hoekzema and Alexis Huegas 9-7 to make the score 2-1 heading into singles.
Huegas had little trouble getting past McLane at No. 2 singles as he was the first player off the court following a 6-2, 6-1 win. Francis downed Hanna 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 and Rice scored the clincher with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Hollis at the No. 4 spot.
Hoekzema and Lozmozos had another tough battle at No. 1 singles, but in the end it was Hoekzema who pulled out the win 7-6 (4), 6-2. Zander Woodford-Smith bested Joel Zahlan 6-0, 6-3 and Maricic easily dispatched Abaraa 6-0, 6-1 to seal the win.
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