MOBILE, Ala. – Abilene Christian tennis began its weekend road trip to the Gulf Coast with a split decision Friday morning vs. the men's and women's tennis teams of Auburn-Montgomery.
ACU's fifth-ranked women's team edged the Warhawks, 5-3, but the Wildcats' 16th-ranked men's program suffered an 8-1 defeat in which four singles matches were decided in three sets.
Sophomore Borja Cortes earned the Wildcats' only point today, winning his match at No. 5 over Othmane Lalami, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, but earlier in the match Lalami and Zinelabidine Jouini beat him and partner
Jason Proctor at No. 2 doubles, 8-5.
ACU's No. 1 doubles team of
Hans Hach and
Guilherme Gesser also lost its match, 8-5, to the third-ranked NAIA team of Tim Hewitt and Bence Toth, while at No. 3,
Kyle Plum and
Nicklas Wingord fell 8-2 to the tandem of Miguel Grifol and No. 2 singles player Nicolas Pinones.
Pinones would go on to defeat Hach at No. 1 singles, coming back from a set down to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, and Gesser fell to sixth-ranked Hewitt, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, at No. 2 singles.
ACU's women's team won only two of five contested singles matches against the short-handed defending NAIA champions, but started the dual with a 3-0 lead thanks to three doubles victories, one of which came by default.
Last year's all-America duo of
Micah Hermsdorf and
Hannah Kelley defeated top-ranked singles player Jade Curtis and Maria Fernanda Vargas at the No. 1 position, 8-2, while at No. 2,
Brittney Reed and
Laura Mongin held on to beat Tiffany William and Chanel Cunningham, 8-6.
Julia Mongin and
Kaysie Hermsdorf won by default at No. 3 since the Warhawks were unable to field a team at that position. In singles, both sides opted not to play a match at No. 6 singles.
ACU's top-three players today –
Micah Hermsdorf, Reed and Kelley – all lost in straight sets, but
Laura Mongin crushed Vargas, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 for her 14th win of the season and
Kaysie Hermsdorf pushed her win streak to six with a victory at No. 5 over Morgane Zowczak, 6-1, 7-5.
The Wildcats return to action Saturday morning with a doubleheader vs. nationally ranked West Florida.
Abilene Christian 5, Auburn Montgomery 3
04/12/2013 at Mobile, Ala.
Singles competition
1. Jade Curtis (AUMW) def.
Micah Hermsdorf (ACUW) 6-4, 7-5
2. Tiffany William (AUMW) def.
Brittney Reed (ACUW) 6-0, 6-3
3. Chanel Cunningham (AUMW) def.
Hannah Kelley (ACUW) 6-4, 6-1
4.
Laura Mongin (ACUW) def. M. Fernanda Vargas (AUMW) 6-1, 6-0
5.
Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACUW) def. Morgane Zowczak (AUMW) 6-1, 7-5
6. No player (ACUW) vs. No player (AUMW) no result
Doubles competition
1.
Micah Hermsdorf/
Hannah Kelley (ACUW) def. Jade Curtis/M. Fernanda Vargas (AUMW) 8-2
2.
Brittney Reed/
Laura Mongin (ACUW) def. Tiffany William/Chanel Cunningham (AUMW) 8-6
3.
Julia Mongin/
Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACUW) def. No player/No player (AUMW), by default
Match Notes
Abilene Christian 20-5
Auburn Montgomery 10-8
Auburn Montgomery 8, Abilene Christian 1
Apr 12, 2013 at Mobile, Ala.
Singles competition
1. N Pinones-Haltenhoff (AUM) def.
Hans Hach (ACUM) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. Tim Hewitt (AUM) def.
Guilherme Gesser (ACUM) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
3. Bence Toth (AUM) def.
Nicklas Wingord (ACUM) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
4. Miguel Grifol (AUM) def.
Jason Proctor (ACUM) 6-2, 6-2
5. Borja Cortes (ACUM) def. Othmane Lalami (AUM) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4
6. Josh Reason (AUM) def.
Marco Bensley (ACUM) 6-3, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. Tim Hewitt/Bence Toth (AUM) def.
Hans Hach/
Guilherme Gesser (ACUM) 8-5
2. Zinelabidine Jouini/Othmane Lalami (AUM) def.
Jason Proctor/Borja Cortes (ACUM) 8-5
3. Miguel Grifol/N Pinones-Haltenhoff (AUM) def.
Kyle Plum/
Nicklas Wingord (ACUM) 8-2
Match Notes
Abilene Christian 12-13
Auburn Montgomery 15-3
