GWU Men's Tennis Falls to No. 65 Radford, 5-2, Sunday Afternoon
April 10, 2011 | Men's Tennis
RADFORD, Va. - The Gardner-Webb men's tennis team fell to Radford Sunday afternoon by a score of 5-2 at the RU Tennis Courts.
Gardner-Webb falls to 10-10 overall, 3-2 in Big South Conference play, while Radford improves to 18-3 overall and 5-1 in league play.
The afternoon began with doubles action, where the duo of Adam Knutsson-Sundblad and Korhan Ates defeated Nick Sayer and Paul Boslet (8-4) at the No. 3 position, yet Radford took the remaining two matches to take the early 1-0 advantage.
In singles play, Andrew Veeder defeated Igor Ogrizek (4-6, 6-4, 10-8) at the No. 3 position, and Matthew Parker defeated Paul Boslet (6-4, 6-7(4), 10-5) at the No. 6 position, yet Radford took the remaining four singles matches to seal the overall win.
The Runnin' Bulldogs will return to action this Friday afternoon, taking on Winthrop in the final match of the 2011 regular season. The match is set for a 2:30 PM start time in Rock Hill, S.C.
RESULTS
No. 65 Radford 5, Gardner-Webb 2
DOUBLES
1. Ivan Salec/Thomas Dehaen (RU) def. Andrew Carter/Andrew
Veeder (GWU) 8-4
2. Stijn Meulemans/Igor Ogrizek (RU) def. Roman Piftor/Julien
Belair (GWU) 8-3
3. Adam Knutsson-Sunblad/Korhan Ates (GWU) def. Nick Sayer/Paul
Boslet (RU) 8-4
SINGLES
1. Ivan Salec (RU) def. Julien Belair (GWU) 6-0, 6-4
2. Nick Sayer (RU) def. Korhan Ates (GWU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Andrew Veeder (GWU) def. Igor Ogrizek (RU) 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
4. Stijn Meulemans (RU) def. Roman Piftor (GWU) 7-5, 6-7(5),
10-7
5. Thomas Dehaen (RU) def. Adam Knutsson-Sundblad (GWU) 6-0,
6-2
6. Matthew Parker (GWU) def. Paul Boslet (RU) 6-4, 7-6(4), 10-5
