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Vols Complete 4-0 Opening Weekend in Men's Tennis
January 16, 2017 | Men's Tennis
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee men's tennis team rallied past North Florida 5-2 and swept Austin Peay 7-0 in a doubleheader Monday at Goodfriend Tennis Center.
Sophomore Timo Stodder went a combined 8-0 between singles and doubles and freshman Scott Jones was 7-0 to lead Tennessee (4-0) in the opening weekend.
After losing the doubles point to North Florida, the Vols rallied in singles play. The back half of the lineup led the way, with Jones, Luca Wiedenmann and Jack Schipanski collecting straight-set wins to put Tennessee up 3-1.
Junior Luis Valero clinched the match with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Jefta Kecic on court 2.
After the match was decided, Stodder earned his highest ranked win of the season, defeating No. 51 Jack Findel-Hawkins 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the top of the lineup.
North Florida had pushed No. 2-ranked Wake Forest in a 5-2 loss on Saturday, also winning the doubles point in that match.
"We knew North Florida was going to be a very good team," Tennessee head coach Sam Winterbotham said. "They had better energy than us in doubles, and it showed in the performance. It was a good shock to our system, and our guys rebounded very well though. I thought the effort in singles and the closeness of the team was fantastic. Luis and Timo's performance at 1 and 2 reminded me of our successful teams when we are extremely competitive at 1 and 2."
The Vols returned to the courts in the afternoon against Austin Peay, dropping only one set en route to the Vols' first shutout of the season. Senior Sunay Bhat won his first dual match of the season, beating James Mitchell of Austin Peay 6-2, 6-1 to clinch the match on court 6.
Tennessee plays at Georgia Tech next Sunday.
NOTES
- Starting from winning the last three games of the season opener against Southern Illinois, freshman Luca Wiedenmann won 24 consecutive games. The streak ended with him leading 6-0, 3-0 against North Florida's Jonathan Deautriell.
- Playing No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles, Timo Stodder went a combined 4-0 opening weekend. He leads the Vols with a 15-4 singles record.
- The Vols won all three singles tiebreakers played Monday with Timo Stodder, Scott Jones and Jack Schipanski all winning breakers.
BOX SCORES
TENNESSEE 5, NORTH FLORIDA 2
Singles
1. Timo Stodder, UT, def. #51 Jack Findel-Hawkins, UNF, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
2. Luis Valero, UT, def. Jefta Kecic, UNF, 6-4, 7-5
3. Yannick Zuern, UNF, def. Srdjan Jakovljevic, UT, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
4. Jack Schipanski, UT, def. Lasse Muscheites, UNF, 7-6(5), 6-1
5. Scott Jones, UT, def.Sahil Deshmukh, UNF, 7-6(3), 6-4
6. Luca Wiedenmann, UT, def. Jonathan Deautriell, UNF, 6-0, 6-3
Doubles
1. #12 Findel-Hawkins/Muscheites, UNF, def. #26 Schipanski/Valero, UT, 6-3
2. #47 Jones/Stodder, UT, def. Zuern/Kecic, UNF, 7-5
3. Deshmukh/Deautriell, UNF, def. Wiedenmann/Jakovljevic, UNF, 6-3
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,5,4,2,1,3).
TENNESSEE 7, AUSTIN PEAY 0
Singles
1. Timo Stodder, UT, def. Manuel Montenegro, AP, 6-1, 6-3
2. Luis Valero, UT, def. Almantas Ozelis, AP, 6-1, 6-2
3. Srdjan Jakovljevic, UT, def. Aaron Jumonville, AP, 6-2, 6-1
4. Scott Jones, UT, def. Aleh Drobysh, AP, 6-0, 6-2
5. Luca Wiedenmann, UT, def. Alex Kartsonis, AP, 6-3, 5-7, [10-4]
6. Sunay Bhat, UT, def. James Mitchell, AP, 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1. #26 Schipanski/Valero, UT, def. Drobysh/Ozelis, AP, 6-4
2. #47 Jones/Stodder, UT, def. Jumonville/Montenegro, AP, 6-3
3. Jakovljevic/Wiedenmann, UT, def. Woodhamp/Kartsonis, AP, 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,1,6,3,2,5).
