ABILENE - The No. 6 Abilene Christian men's tennis team is coming home with a 3-2 record after completing its first road trip of the season Sunday night in Lexington, Ky., with a 7-0 loss to seventh-ranked Kentucky.
Kentucky won both doubles matches by matching 8-2 scores and captured five of six singles contest in straight sets. The lone exception was at No. 1 singles where sixth-ranked
Hans Hach lost in three sets to fifth-ranked Eric Quiqley, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4.
"Hans went to work and gained his (Quiqley) respect very quickly," head coach
Hutton Jones said, "and at some points was very close to getting the job done. Hans has taken some huge steps from last fall and is so much more emotionally mature. He was very impressive this weekend."
Jones also came away impressed by No. 43
Alfredo Desiati's performance at No. 2 singles vs. #111 Alejandro Gomez despite his losing the match 6-4, 6-1.
"Earlier in the day their No. 2 beat a guy from Pepperdine, 6-1, 6-1, and then Alfredo kept it close the whole way in the first set," he said.
ACU's season-opening weekend throughout the Bluegrass State also included a doubleheader split Saturday as the Wildcats followed a 5-2 loss to Eastern Kentucky with a 6-3 triumph over Northern Kentucky.
Against the Colonels, three set wins were attained by Hach and
Nick Plum at No.1 and 5 singles, and then vs. the Norse, the Wildcats won four of six singles and two of three doubles.
"All the teams we played are very good," Jones said. "and while its hard playing four matches in two days, I have to put our kids in tough situations or we might get beat later. It was a positive experience to have played Kentucky, and it was even better to see the guys step it up in their last match."
Hach and Plum registered the best singles marks of the weekend as each posted a 4-1 win-loss record. Desiati went 3-2, while newcomers Borja Cortes and
Guilherme Gesser went 2-3.
Jones utilized 10 different doubles combinations with Hach and Desiati and the Plum Brothers (Nick and Kyle) leading the way with 2-0 records.
ACU returns to action next weekend with a three-day, five-match trip that will pit them against Nicholls State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Rice, Prairie View A&M, and Lamar.
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Eastern Kentucky 5, #6 Abilene Christian 2
Feb 04, 2012 at Richmond, Ky. (Greg Adams Indoor Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #6
Hans Hach (ACUM) def. Niklas Schroeder (EKU) 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
2. Hugo Klientovsky (EKU) def. #43
Alfredo Desiati (ACUM) 6-0, 6-1
3. Phillip Janz (EKU) def.
Guilherme Gesser (ACUM) 6-0, 6-2
4. Paul Verma (EKU) def. Borja Cortes (ACUM) 7-6, 7-6
5.
Nick Plum (ACUM) def. Carles Pons (EKU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-2
6. Emilio Piriz (EKU) def.
Kyle Plum (ACUM) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Phillip Janz/Niklas Schroeder (EKU) def.
Guilherme Gesser/
Nick Plum (ACUM) 8-2
2.
Hans Hach/
Alfredo Desiati (ACUM) def. Craig Campbell/Hugo Klientovsky (EKU) 8-2
3. Carles Pons/Paul Verma (EKU) def. Borja Cortes/
Michael Morris (ACUM) 8-0
#6 Abilene Christian 6, Northern Kentucky 3
Feb 04, 2012 at Richmond, Ky. (Greg Adams Indoor Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #6
Hans Hach (ACUM) def. Guillaume Berman (NKU) 6-0, 6-3
2. #43
Alfredo Desiati (ACUM) def. Martin Leroy (NKU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. Andre Correa (NKU) def.
Guilherme Gesser (ACUM) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
4.
Nick Plum (ACUM) def. Pierce Kohls (NKU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Borja Cortes (ACUM) def. Christopher Angulo (NKU) 7-6, 7-6
6. Tyler Fraser (NKU) def.
Michael Morris (ACUM) 3-6, 6-2, 10-2
Doubles competition
1.
Hans Hach/
Alfredo Desiati (ACUM) def. Guillaume Berman/Pierce Kohls (NKU) 8-2
2. Martin Leroy/Tyler Fraser (NKU) def. Borja Cortes/
Guilherme Gesser (ACUM) 8-4
3.
Kyle Plum/
Nick Plum (ACUM) def. Andre Correa/Drew Schroeder (NKU) 8-3
#7 Kentucky 7, #6 Abilene Christian 0
Feb 05, 2012 at Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Tennis Club)
Singles competition
1. #5 Eric Quigley (UK) def. #6
Hans Hach (ACUM) 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
2. #111 Alejandro Gomez (UK) def. #43
Alfredo Desiati (ACUM) 6-4, 6-1
3. Grant Roberts (UK) def.
Nick Plum (ACUM) 6-1, 6-2
4. Ryuji Hirooka (UK) def. Borja Cortes (ACUM) 6-3, 6-2
5. Maks Gold (UK) def.
Guilherme Gesser (ACUM) 6-2, 6-3
6. Brett Johnson (UK) def.
Michael Morris (ACUM) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. DNP
2. Ryuji Hirooka/Maks Gold (UK) def.
Guilherme Gesser/
Kyle Plum (ACUM) 8-2
3. Matt Davis/Grant Roberts (UK) def.
Alfredo Desiati/Borja Cortes (ACUM) 8-2
