University of Richmond
Liberty
Men's Tennis Edged By Liberty
02/20/2011 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 20, 2011
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. -
The Spiders were edged by Liberty, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at Westhampton courts.
"We had a slow start to doubles, but came back strong in singles, said head coach Ben Johnson. "We took the first set on four of the courts. We gave ourselves a good chance to win."
Richmond was swept in doubles action but took three singles matches as A.J. Nelson and Dylan Schrode all recorded victories. Feder beat Tristan Stayt 6-4, 6-4 while Nelson easily defeated Giancarlo Lemmi 6-3, 6-1 and Dylan Schrode picked up a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Stanislav Vaughan.
The Spiders (3-7) return to action at the Citadel Feb. 25 at 3:30 p.m.
Liberty 4, Richmond 3
Doubles
1. Tuus/Wirth(Lib) def Nelson/Feder 8-7(2)
2. Lemmi/Thams(Lib) def Carl/R. Arana 8-2
3. Stayt/Yadov(Lib) def Fauchet/Schrode 8-4
Singles
1. Tuss(Lib) def Fauchet 3-6,6-2,6-4
2. Feder def Stayr(Lib) 6-4,6-4
3. Nelson def Lemmi(Lib) 6-3,6-1
4. Thomas(Lib) def Baker 6-3,6-2
5. Yadav(Lib) def Carl 6-2,6-2
6. Schrode def Vaughon(Lib) 7-5,6-4
