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Men's Tennis Falls to East Carolina
02.01.2009 | Men's Tennis
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina won all six singles matches and earned the doubles point in a 7-0 victory over UNC Asheville on Saturday evening at the Asheville Racquet Club.
The win improved the Pirates' dual record to 2-0, while the Bulldogs dropped to 0-2.
In doubles play, UNC Asheville's pairing of Mauricio Correa and Jonas Brobeck nearly knocked off ECU's Denis Ermilov and Jaroslav Horvath. Correa and Brobeck were eventually defeated 9-8.
For the second straight week, Nicolai Nonnebroich played a three set singles match. The freshman from Mougins, France defeated Ermilov 6-4 in the first set, but Ermilov won the second set 6-4 and the third 1-0 (8).
The Bulldogs play again today at 5:00 p.m. at the Asheville Racquet Club against Appalachian State. East Carolina returns to action on Friday at Old Dominion.
Doubles
No. 1 - Ermilov/Horvath (ECU) def. Brobeck/Correa (UNCA); 9-8 (5)
No. 2 - Kochetov/Skalmerud (ECU) def. Greer/White (UNCA); 8-6
No. 3 - Oakley/Whitwell (ECU) def. Joe May/Nonnenbroich (UNCA); 8-5
Singles
No. 1 - Jaroslav Horvath (ECU) def. Mauricio Correa (UNCA); 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 - Denis
Ermilov (ECU) def. Nicolai Nonnenbroich (UNCA); 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8)
No. 3 - Stephen Whitwell (ECU) def. Jonas Brobeck (UNCA);
6-1, 6-3
No. 4 - Henrik Skalmerud (ECU) def. Nathan White (UNCA);
6-2, 6-4
No. 5 - Aleksey
Kochetov (ECU) def. Innokentiy Sedov (UNCA); 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 - Bryan Oakley (ECU) def. Alexander Greer (UNCA); 6-0,
6-3
