LCSC men’s tennis falls
to top-ranked AUM at
nationals
05-13-08
MOBILE, Ala. – The
Lewis-Clark State
College men’s tennis
team found out how tough
two-time defending
champion
Auburn-Montgomery can be
and fell to the Senators
6-0 in the second round
of the 57th annual NAIA
Men’s Tennis National
Championships at the
Mobile Tennis Center.
Auburn-Montgomery won
the first six contests
and was leading in the
remaining three when the
match was stopped
because the Senators had
clinched the win.
Auburn-Montgomery, the
top seed in the
tournament, started by
winning the three
doubles matches with the
closest being 8-4. The
Senators continued to
roll in singles play and
won three matches in
straight sets, while
leading 5-0, 3-0 and 4-0
in the second set of the
three uncompleted
matches.
LCSC’s top performance
came from Jonathan
Berhane, who won three
games in his opening set
against Javier Redondo
in the No. 3 singles
match.
The Warriors end the
season at 13-11 overall
and ranked No. 19 in the
NAIA.. The team loses
one senior from this
squad in Ali Faris, who
is from Male, The
Maldives.
DAY 2 - MEN
Match :
Auburn-Montgomery (AL)
def. Lewis-Clark State
(Idaho) 6-0
Doubles:
#1 -
Javier Redondo/Alberto
Romea (AUM) def. Cedric
Dufour/Jonathan Berhane
(LCS) 8-3
#2 - Victor Sanaki Papi/Nikola
Mickovic (AUM) def.
Kevin Lee/Ali Faris (LCS)
8-4
#3 - Tim Mudrick/Daniel
Plasa (AUM) def. Oliver
Stone/Sebastian Kuhn (LCS)
8-1
Singles:
#1 -
Plasa (AUM) v. Dufour (LCS)
DNF 6-1, 5-0
#2 - Romea (AUM) v. Lee
(LCS) DNF 6-1, 3-0
#3 - Sanaki Papi (AUM)
def. Stone (LCS) 6-1,
6-2
#4 - Redondo (AUM) v.
Berhane (LCS) DNF 6-3,
4-0
#5 - Mudrick (AUM) def.
Arslan Mermut (LCS) 6-0,
6-0
#6 - Mickovic (AUM) def.
Kuhn (LCS) 6-1, 6-1
