CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Freshman Yaroslav Prostakov stepped up big as a newcomer to win all three of his matches at the No. 5 singles position, along with seven other wins from five different flight positions at this weekends three-day 49ers Invitational hosted in Charlotte, N.C. from September 19-21st.
Host team Charlotte and the Runnin' Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb were joined by Elon and Richmond in this weekend's very competitive Invitational.
Prostakov (Moscow, Russia) playing in just his second Collegiate Invitational earned the flight championship at No. 5 singles by defeating Charlotte's Alex Calott 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 in Sunday's match to claim the flight. The freshman started off the weekend with a solid singles win over Elon's Chris Humphreys, as Prostakov edged him 6-4, 6-0.
Prostakov also played a strong match on Saturday winning 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 over Noah Fenton of Richmond.
Freshman Adam Schmidt (Lund, Sweden) playing in his first Collegiate Invitational at the No. 7 position had a strong weekend picking up a win on Sunday over Charlotte's Carl Solik 6-1, 7-5, and comfortably beating Chris Gleason of Elon 6-0, 6-0 on Friday.
Ernest Alberch continued to play well for the Runnin' Bulldogs also securing two singles wins at the No. 3 Flight over the weekend. The junior from Torello, Spain opened up his weekend fighting back to beat Elon's Neal Port 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, and also defeated Richmond's Caleb Troy 6-4, 6-2.
Juniors Nikita Zverkov and Jonathan Walker each picked up singles wins beating Alex Hahn of Richmond 6-4, 6-4 and Elon's Dan Sablik 6-1, 7-6(3) at the No. 2 and No. 6 positions respectively, with Sophmore Nick Lofrumento also picking up a singles win at the No. 8 flight over Josh Cook of Charlotte 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday's match.
Each of the four doubles positions picked up one win at this weekend's Invitational starting with the No. 1 team of Zverkov and Albrech winning on Sunday afternoon 8-6 over Charlotte's Cisti and Calott.
The No. 2 team of junior Benjamin Kaszas and Prostakov managed a doubles win Saturday defeating Trent/Quenard of Richmond 8-5.
Senior Brendan Dempsey teamed up with the freshman Schmidt to also win on Saturday defeating Richmond's Fenton/Aronson in a comfortable 8-2 fashion.
To wrap things up on Sunday afternoon Walker and Lofrumento got their doubles victory at the No. 4 position outlasting the Charlotte team of Solik/Cook 8-4.
The Gardner-Webb men's tennis team will return to action this coming week on Friday, September 25-26th when they will play host at the 2014 Gardner-Webb Fall Classic in Boiling Springs, N.C.
RESULTS:
Singles
Flight One
Josh Luck (Elon) def. Benjamin Kaszas (Gardner-Webb) – 6-0, 5-7, 7-5
Jacob Dunbar (Richmond) def. Benjamin Kaszas (Gardner-Webb) – 7-6(4), 7-5
Forrest Edwards (Charlotte) def. Benjamin Kaszas (Gardner-Webb) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Flight Two
Robert Lindgren (Elon) def. Nikita Zverkov – 6-2, 6-1
Nikita Zverkov (Gardner-Webb) def. Alex Hahn (Richmond) – 6-4, 6-4
Jordi Massalle Ferrer (Charlotte) def. Nikita Zverkov – 6-4, 6-2
Flight Three
Ernest Alberch (Gardner-Webb) def. Neal Port (Elon) – 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-1
Ernest Alberch (Gardner-Webb) def. Caleb Troy (Richmond) – 6-4, 6-2
Paul Cisti (Charlotte) def. Ernest Alberch (Gardner-Webb) – 6-2, 6-3
Flight Four
Juan Madrid (Elon) def. Brendan Dempsey – 6-1, 6-4
Dylan Trent (Richmond) def. Brendan Dempsey – 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
Jack Williams (Charlotte) def. Brendan Dempsey – 6-3, 6-3
Flight Five
Yaroslav Prostakov (Gardner-Webb) def. Chris Humphreys (Elon) – 6-4, 6-0
Yaroslav Prostakov (Gardner-Webb) def. Noah Fenton (Richmond) – 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Yaroslav Prostakov (Gardner-Webb) def. Alex Calott (Charlotte) – 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
Flight Six
Jonathan Walker (Gardner-Webb) def. Dan Sablik (Elon) – 6-1, 7-6 (3)
Jonathan Quenard (Richmond) def. Jonathan Walker (Gardner-Webb) – 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
Nate Shanok (Charlotte) def. Jonathan Walker (Gardner-Webb) – 6-3, 6-4
Flight Seven
Adam Schmidt (Gardner-Webb) def. Chris Gleason (Elon) – 6-0, 6-0
James Aronson (Richmond) def. Adam Schmidt (Gardner-Webb) – 6-3, 6-2
Adam Schmidt (Gardner-Webb) def. Carl Solik (Charlotte) – 6-1, 7-5
Flight Eight
Adam Fenton (Elon) def. Nick Lofrumento (Gardner-Webb) – 6-0, 6-2
Stahi Kyrikides (Richmond) def. Nick Lofrumento (Gardner-Webb) – 6-3, 6-0
Nick Lofrumento (Gardner-Webb) def. Josh Cook (Charlotte) – 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
Flight One
Lingren/Madrid (Elon) def. Zverkov/Alberch – 8-4
Dunbar/Hahn (Richmond) def. Zverkov/Alberch – 8-7 (5)
Zverkov/Alberch (Gardner-Webb) def. Cisti/Calott (Charlotte) – 8-6
Flight Two
Port/Humphreys (Elon) def. Kaszas/Prostakov (Gardner-Webb) – 8-6
Kaszas/Prostakov (Gardner-Webb) def. Trent/Quenard (Richmond) – 8-5
Edwards/Williams (Charlotte) def. Kaszas/Prostakov (Gardner-Webb) – 8-5
Flight Three
Luck/Fenton (Elon) def. Dempsey/Schmidt (Gardner-Webb) 8-7(5)
Dempsey/Schmidt (Gardner-Webb) def. Fenton/Aronson (Richmond) – 8-2
Massalle/Khail (Charlotte) def. Dempsey/Schmidt (Gardner-Webb) – 8-2
Flight Four
Sablik/Gleason (Elon) def. Walker/Lofrumento – 8-4
Troy/Kyrikides (Richmond) def. Walker Lofrumento 8-7(10)
Walker/Lofrumento (Gardner-Webb) def. Solik/Cook (Charlotte) 8-4
