Men's Tennis follows win at Murray State with consecutive road trip defeats

Men's Tennis | 1/30/2015 8:03:00 PM

ABILENE - Abilene Christian men's tennis could not have asked for a better start to its road swing through Kentucky and Tennessee as  it handed the Racers of Murray State a 5-2 loss Thursday for the Wildcats first win of the season.

But later that day, and again on Friday, the Wildcats were quieted by their opposition from Lipscomb and Austin Peay by scores of 7-0 and 6-1, respectively, leaving ACU with a 1-4 record at the start of its second season of NCAA DI competition.

Everyone who started for the Wildcats against the Racers, whether in singles or doubles, earned at least one victory as ACU swept doubles and captured five of seven singles contests in straight sets.

Unfortunately, that level of success did not carry over in duals vs. the Bison and Governors.

The Wildcats put up a real fight against Lipscomb (3-2) late Thursday with the No. 2 singles match extended to a third set and the No. 1 and 6 contests each going to a seventh point. But Alex Pavel held off Jason Proctor at No. 2, 5-7, 7-6, 10-4, while No. 1 Rob Mitchell edged Guilherme Gesser, 7-5-7-6, and No. 6 Thais Minet posted a similar score vs. Marco Bensley, 7-6, 7-5.

Bensley went on to earn ACU's lone point vs. Austin Peay (2-0) Friday, beating James Mitchell  at No. 6 in convincing fashion, 6-0, 6-2.

Nico Agritelley and Henry Adams also battled through a number of points vs. the Governors before  being saddled with the loss.  Aaron Jumonville topped Agritelley at No. 3, 7-6 (8-6), 0-6, 10-4, and at No. 5, Adams fell to Manuel Montenegro, 7-5, 7-6 (15-13).

The Wildcats return to action Feb. 7 for their indoor invitational feautring teams from Prairie View A&M, Trinity and Tyler.
 

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Abilene Christian 5, Murray State 2
Kenlake State Park | Murray, Ky.

Singles
Guilherme Gesser (ACU) def. Max McLean (MSU), 6-1, 6-4
Jason Proctor (ACU) def. Aleks Mitric (MSU), 6-0, 6-3
Nico Agritelley (ACU) def. Srdjan Trosic (MSU), 6-4, 6-3
Will True (MSU) def. Henry Adams (ACU), 6-4, 6-1
David Hess (MSU) def. Paul Domanski (ACU), 6-4, 6-3
Marco Bensley (ACU) def. Anjan Kashyab (MSU), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
Gesser/Agritelley (ACU) def. McLean/Hess (MSU), 8-3
Proctor/Domanski (ACU) def. True/Trosic (MSU), 8-1
Adams/Bensley (ACU) def. Mitric/Kashyan (MSU), 8-6

Records
ACU: 1-2 | MSU: 0-3
 

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Lipscomb 7, Abilene Christian 0
Kenlake State Park | Murray, Ky.

Singles
Rob Mitchell (LU) def. Guilherme Gesser (ACU), 7-5-7-6
Alex Pavel (LU) def. Jason Proctor (ACU), 5-7, 7-6, 10-4
Alejandro Manzanares (LU) def. Nico Agritelley (ACU), 6-3, 6-4
Philippe Courteau (LU) def. Henry Adams (ACU), 6-3, 6-3
Daniel Hernandez (LU) def. Paul Domanski (ACU), 6-2, 6-2
Thais Minet (LU) def. Marco Bensley (ACU), 7-6, 7-5

Doubles
Pavel/Courteau (LU) def. Gesser/Agritelley, 6-2
John Tougher/Mitchell (LU) def. Proctor/Domanski, 7-6
Hernandez/Minet (LU) def. Bensley/Adams, 6-3

Records
ACU: 1-3 | LU: 3-2
 

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Austin Peay 6, Abilene Christian 1
Jan 30, 2015 at Clarksville, Tenn. (Austin Peay Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. Dimitar Ristovski (APSU) def. Jason Proctor (ACU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Aleksas Tverijonas (APSU) def. Guilherme Gesser (ACU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Aaron Jumonville (APSU) def. Nico Agritelley (ACU) 7-6 (8-6), 0-6, 10-4
4. Iago Seffrin (APSU) def. Paul Domanski (ACU) 6-2, 7-5
5. Manuel Montenegro (APSU) def. Henry Adams (ACU) 7-5, 7-6 (15-13)
6. Marco Bensley (ACU) def. James Mitchell (APSU) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Paul Domanski/Jason Proctor (ACU) def. Dimitar Ristovski/Iago Seffrin (APSU) 6-3
2. Aaron Jumonville/Aleksas Tverijonas (APSU) def. Guilherme Gesser/Marco Bensley (ACU) 6-4
3. Oleg Drobysh/Evan Borowski (APSU) def. Nico Agritelley/Henry Adams (ACU) 6-4

Records
ACU: 1-4 | APU: 2-0