University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
East Tennessee State University
Men’s Tennis falls at ETSU
03.30.2021 | Men's Tennis
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The UNC Asheville men's tennis team traveled to ETSU for a non-conference match on Tuesday, falling to the Bucs 5-2.
Asheville is now to 7-5 overall this season, and will next compete on April 7 when it travels to Gardner-Webb. The winner of that match will win the Big South regular-season championship and lock up the No. 1 seed in the Big South Championship.
Charlie Morkel and Jon Brann Reid fought valiantly at the No. 1 doubles flight, but were topped in a 7-6 tiebreaker as the Bucs took all three doubles. Morkel fared better in singles competition, taking down his opponent in a down-to-the wire match, topping Frazier Rengifo 7-6 (7 tiebreaker) and took the second set narrowly 6-4.
Leo Bierbaum snagged the other point for the Bulldogs, showing his resilience by winning in three sets. Bierbaum took the first set 7-6 with a three-point tiebreaker, dropping the second 3-6 but won a 1-0 (10 tiebreaker) in the third to claim victory at the No. 4 singles.
The match, which was previously scheduled for Wednesday, was moved to Tuesday because of weather.
ETSU 5, UNC Asheville 2
Doubles:
1. Juan Lugo/Frazier Rengifo (ETSU) def. MORKEL, Charlie/REID, Jon Brann (AVL) 7-6 (7-1)
2. J. Sebastian Zabala/Thiago Pernas (ETSU) def. NOLAN, Oli/SERRA, Rafa (AVL) 6-4
3. Miguel Este/Dimitri Badra (ETSU) def. BIERBAUM, Leo/THURSFIELD, Harry (AVL) 6-1
Singles:
1. #57 Dimitri Badra (ETSU) def. NOLAN, Oli (AVL) 6-1, 6-2
2. MORKEL, Charlie (AVL) def. Frazier Rengifo (ETSU) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
3. Juan Lugo (ETSU) def. REID, Jon Brann (AVL) 6-4, 6-1
4. BIERBAUM, Leo (AVL) def. Thiago Pernas (ETSU) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 1-0 (11-9)
5. Milo Bargeron (ETSU) def. DAOSAENGSAWANG, Sira (AVL) 7-5, 6-3
6. Miguel Este (ETSU) def. FENDER, Quinn (AVL) 6-1, 7-5)
Match Notes
UNC Asheville 7-5
ETSU 7-6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,3,6,2,5,4)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,6,2,5,4
