The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s tennis team posted wins over North Alabama and Covenant at the Racquet Club in Hixson today. The Mocs took 13 of 14 points in the two wins.
UTC opened with a 6-1 victory against North Alabama, avenging last year’s 4-2 loss to the Lions. Chattanooga won the nightcap 7-0 over the Scots to improve to 3-6 on the year.
Senior Nic Wilson and freshman Niklas Gerdes won two doubles matches today.
They are on a three-match streak and improve to 3-1 at No. 1 in the spring.
Senior Lucas Plesky led the Mocs with a pair of straight-sets wins at No. 1. Gerdes won both his matches at No. 2, along with freshman Max Grobbelaar and senior Derrick Brown. Junior Austin Boaz was in the lineup at No. 6 against Covenant and scored his first win of the season.
“We played well throughout the doubles and singles to get the victory over a very good North Alabama squad,” stated head coach Carlos Garcia. “We came off a great week of practice and the team responded to get a much needed win. We followed that up with another solid performance in the evening match from start to finish vs Covenant College.”
Tonight was the first ever Mocs Ball Kids event where each singles match had its own ball kid working the particular court.
“The kids did a wonderful job and many thanks to them as well as to Chad Winters (Director of Tennis at Coachworks at the Club) for helping with this new program here at Chattanooga Tennis,” said Garcia.
Next up for the men is a home match against Troy on Feb. 24 at the Racquet Club. First serve is 2:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) and live scoring is available on the men’s tennis schedule page on GoMocs.com.
Chattanooga 6, North Alabama 1
Feb 18, 2017 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (Racquet Club)
Doubles competition
1. Nic Wilson/Niklas Gerdes (UTC) def. Ray Donovan/Gustavo Girao (UNA) 6-3
2. Lucas Plesky/Simon Bustamante (UTC) def. Benjamin Poire/Max Druppel (UNA) 6-4
3. Miguel Garcia/Taylor Ausbon (UNA) def. Max Grobbelaar/Austin Boaz (UTC) 6-3
Singles competition
1. Lucas Plesky (UTC) def. Miguel Garcia (UNA) 6-4, 6-4
2. Niklas Gerdes (UTC) def. Benjamin Poire (UNA) 6-4, 6-2
3. Max Druppel (UNA) def. Nic Wilson (UTC) 6-2, 6-4
4. Simon Bustamante (UTC) def. Ray Donovan (UNA) 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
5. Derrick Brown (UTC) def. Gustavo Girao (UNA) 6-2, 6-4
6. Max Grobbelaar (UTC) def. Taylor Ausbon (UNA) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
Chattanooga 7, Covenant 0
Feb 18, 2017 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (Racquet Club)
Doubles competition
1. Nic Wilson/Niklas Gerdes (UTC) def. Matthew Harvie/Chris Cox (CCM) 6-3
2. Derrick Brown/Lucas Plesky (UTC) def. Logan Hull/Micah Fox (CCM) 6-1
3. Simon Bustamante/Austin Boaz (UTC) def. Connor Shimmel/Trey Wood (CCM) 6-4
Singles competition
1. Lucas Plesky (UTC) def. Matthew Harvie (CCM) 6-4, 6-2
2. Niklas Gerdes (UTC) def. Chris Cox (CCM) 6-1, 6-0
3. Derrick Brown (UTC) def. Logan Hull (CCM) 6-2, 6-3
4. Max Grobbelaar (UTC) def. Micah Fox (CCM) 6-2, 6-2
5. Michael Birnbaum (UTC) def. Trey Wood (CCM) 6-1, 6-0
6. Austin Boaz (UTC) def. Trey Wetjen (CCM) 6-0, 6-0