University of Richmond
East Carolina
Men's Tennis Drops To East Carolina, 6-1
03/04/2006 | Men's Tennis
March 4, 2006
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The University of Richmond men's tennis team fell to the East Carolina University Pirates, 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at the ECU Tennis Complex. Chris Louis posted a win at No. 5 singles as the Spiders fell to 6-8.
In singles action, top-seeded Henrique Viana opened play with a 7-6 (1), 6-4 triumph over Doug Banker while Aleksey Kochetov followed with a 7-5, 6-3 decision against Bobby McNally at the No. 2 position. Ricardo Barone, put together a 6-4, 6-4 win over Matt Stillwagon at No. 3 while Brian Walters notched a victory over Sami Belakhlef 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4. In the closest match of the day, Britton Steele rallied past the Spiders' Brett Waikart 6-7 (3), 6-3, 1-0 (3).
Richmond (6-8) posted its only win of the match when Chris Louis defeated ECU's Nick Rose 6-4, 6-2 in a No. 5 meeting.
The Pirates (5-7) enjoyed a strong start, taking two of three doubles matches to garner the opening point. Despite an 8-6 Spider win by Louis and Michael Sommer at No. 3, an 8-3 victory by Barone and Viana at the No. 1 position over Richmond's McNally and Stillwagon followed an 8-1 win by the ECU tandem of Kochetov/Rose over Banker and Waikart at No. 2 to garner the tally.
The Spiders return to action on March 9 in Charleston, S.C. when they will face the Citadel at 9:00 a.m. and Virginia Tech at 2:00 p.m.
EAST CAROLINA 6, RICHMOND 1
Singles:
No. 1 - Henrique Viana (ECU) def. Doug Banker (UR); 7-6 (1), 6-4
No. 2 - Aleksey Kochetov (ECU) def. Bobby McNally (UR); 7-5, 6-3
No. 3 - Ricardo Barone (ECU) def. Matt Stillwagon (UR); 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 - Brian Walters (ECU) def. Sami Belakhlef (UR); 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 - Chris Louis (UR) def. Nick Rose (ECU); 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 - Britton Steele (ECU) def. Brett Waikart (UR); 6-7 (3), 6-3, 1-0
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Doubles:
No. 1 - Barone/Viana (ECU) def. McNally/Stillwagon (UR); 8-3
No. 2 - Kochetov/Rose (ECU) def. Banker/Waikart (UR); 8-1
No. 3 - Louis/Michael Sommer (UR) def. Steele/Walters (ECU); 8-6
