University of Richmond
VCU "Four Plus One"
Men's Tennis Goes 2-1 At VCU's Four Plus One
01/20/2008 | Men's Tennis
Jan. 20, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. - Richmond's men's tennis team earned their first victory at VCU's "Four Plus One," tournament held in Richmond, Va. The Spiders went 2-1 overall, earning the win against A-10 opponent Temple 3-1. Doug Banker, Michael Sommer and William Minter all earned wins for the Spiders.
The spiders played in three total matches at VCU's tournament Saturday, January 19. Richmond faced off against East Tennessee State University, Temple and host VCU. The Spiders dropped to both ETSU and VCU, 5-0. Against Temple, Doug Banker earned the win going 6-3, 6-2, Michael Sommer won his match going 7-6, 6-3 and William Minter went 6-1, 6-3 to put Richmond a head of Temple 3-1. Minter, the only freshman to compete at the tournament, earned his first win as a Spider.
Next up, men's tennis will travel to Lynchburg, Va. to take on Liberty February 2.
RESULTS
ETSU 5 Richmond 0
Oscar Posada/ Alex Ahlgren (ETSU) defeated Drew Crank/ Mike Sommer 6-1,6-4
Sebastian Serrang (ETSU) defeated Chris Louis 6-4, 6-3
Lisandro Picardo (ETSU) defeated Matt Farina 6-0, 6-0
Matej Zlatkovic (ETSU) defeated Dave Berry 6-0, 6-4
Jason Ramski (ETSU) defeated Mark Berajawala 6-3. 6-1
Richmond 3 Temple 1
E. Saavedra/ R Valazquez (Temple) defeated Crank/Berry 6-4,6-7,6-2
Doug Banker (UR) defeated l. Carpio 6-3, 6-2
Chris Louis & P. Stephanides 7-6, 3-6, 3-5 DNF
Mike Sommer (UR) defeated A. Chei 7-6, 6-3
Will Minter (UR) defeated Z. Tobias 6-1, 6-3
VCU 5 Richmond 0
Siska/Delemark (VCU) defeated Crank/Sommer 6-2. 6-0
Lacombe (VCU) defeated Banker 6-2, 6-2
Lindgren (VCU) defeated Minter 6-0, 6-1
Ripoll (VCU) defeated Farina 6-0, 6-0
Israel (VCU) defeated Rafael Arana 6-0, 6-0
