MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The cold brisk weather seemed not to be a factor for Alabama State men's tennis team today, gifting a win to Kennesaw State 1-6 and knocking off intra-state rival Alabama A&M 4-3. The Lady Hornets fell in both of their matches today 7-0, 7-0.
Bobby Brand and teammate
Lex Pierre defeated KSU's Alex Toliver and Louis Theodor 8-4 to give ASU its first match play doubles win.
Kennesaw State (2-2) took the final six matches on the day to defeat the Hornets 6-1.
Although the Lady Hornets have been playing down a player, they've been giving it all they could to pull out a win.
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Singles competition |
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1. Alex Toliver (KSU) def. BRAND, Bobby (ASUM) 7-6, 6-0 |
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2. Simon Janik (KSU) def. PIERRE, Lex (ASUM) 6-1, 6-1 |
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3. Louis Theodor (KSU) def. VOJNIC, Stefan (ASUM) 6-1, 6-4 |
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4. Gianni Kubin (KSU) def. IVORY, Roddrick (ASUM) 6-0, 6-0 |
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5. Alexander Pena (KSU) def. FREEMAN, Jonathan (ASUM) 6-0, 6-0 |
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6. Matthew Johnson (KSU) def. HALEY, Kenneth (ASUM) 6-1, 6-0 |
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Doubles competition |
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1. BRAND, Bobby/PIERRE, Lex (ASUM12TN) def. Alex Toliver/Louis Theodor (KSU) 8-4 |
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2. Gianni Kubin/Gokalp Ozdemir (KSU) def. FREEMAN, Jonathan/HALEY, Kenneth (ASUM) 8-3 |
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3. Matthew Johnson/Alexander Pena (KSU) def. IVORY, Roddrick/VOJNIC, Stefan (ASUM) 8-2 |
In match two, Alabama State fought a hard fight against rival A&M to improve to (1-3) on the season.
Bobby Brand,
Lex Pierre, and
Jonathan Freeman grasped wins for ASU in their singles match. In doubles, Brand and Pierre gifted wins over A&M's Sandy and Alexander, while
Stefan Vojnic and
Roddrick Ivory downed Stephens and Law.
The Hornets tennis teams will travel to face Troy Feb. 18 at 9 a.m. in Troy, Ala.
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Singles competition |
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1. BRAND, Bobby (ASUM) def. SANDY, D. (AAMU) 6-2, 6-1 |
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2. PIERRE, Lex (ASUM) def. VELIZ, A (AAMU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
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3. ALEXANDER, D (AAMU) vs. VOJNIC, Stefan (ASUM) no result |
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4. BURGER, N. (AAMU) def. IVORY, Roddrick (ASUM) 6-4, 6-3 |
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5. FREEMAN, Jonathan (ASUM) def. STEPHENS, J. (AAMU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 7-2 |
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6. LAW, J. (AAMU) def. HALEY, Kenneth (ASUM) 7-5, 6-3 |
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Doubles competition |
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1. BRAND, Bobby/PIERRE, Lex (ASUM) def. SANDY, D./ALEXANDER, D (AAMU) 8-6 |
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2. BURGER, N./VELIZ, A (AAMU) def. FREEMAN, Jonathan/HALEY, Kenneth (ASUM) 8-3 |
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3. VOJNIC, Stefan/IVORY, Roddrick (ASUM) def. STEPHENS, J./LAW, J. (AAMU) 8-4 |
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