MEN’S TENNIS OPENS SPRING BREAK WITH BLANKING OF SOUTH ALABAMA

Tuesday, March 8

Mobile, AL

2:00 pm

Radford University

South Alabama

Photo by: Mike Anderson

MEN’S TENNIS OPENS SPRING BREAK WITH BLANKING OF SOUTH ALABAMA

3/8/2011 6:14:54 PM | Men's Tennis

MOBILE, Ala. – Radford opened its five-match “Spring Break” trip with an impressive 7-0 victory at South Alabama in non-conference men's tennis action Tuesday afternoon.

The win was the second straight for the Highlanders, who improved to 6-3, while the Jaguars fell to 3-3.

In addition to sweeping the doubles portion, Radford got straight-set singles triumphs from Ivan Salec (Oroslavje, Croatia / Oroslavje Secondary School), Igor Ogrizek (Daruvar, Croatia / Birotechnika Grammar School), Stijn Meulemans (Belgium / KA2 sportschool Hasselt) and Paul Boslet (Hudson, Ohio / Hudson).

Freshman Nick Sayer (Hong Kong, Hong Kong / Cams Hill School) improved to 8-0 on the spring with a win on court two, while Thomas Dehaen (Zwevegem, Belgium / Middenjury) recorded a three-set decision of his own at the fifth position.

The Highlanders return to the court tomorrow with a 10 a.m. match against Xavier followed by a 3 p.m. dual at New Orleans.

Radford 7, South Alabama 0
March 8, 2011 at Mobile, Ala.
(Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Court)

Singles competition
1. SALEC, Ivan (RAD) def. Bocaert, Romain (USA) 7-5, 7-5
2. SAYER, Nicholas (RAD) def. Bernard, Alexandre (USA) 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 1-0 (10-8)
3. OGRIZEK, Igor (RAD) def. Kuehne, Christian (USA) 7-5, 6-1
4. MEULEMANS, Stijn (RAD) def. Kruger, Dauw (USA) 6-4, 6-3
5. DEHAEN, Thomas (RAD) def. Bartsch, Hanno (USA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
6. BOSLET, Paul (RAD) def. Seur, Jairo (USA) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. SALEC, Ivan/DEHAEN, Thomas (RAD) def. Bocaert, Romain/Bartsch, Hanno (USA) 8-2
2. MEULEMANS, Stijn/OGRIZEK, Igor (RAD) def. Allen, Parker/Bernard, Alexandre (USA) 8-5
3. SAYER, Nicholas/BOSLET, Paul (RAD) def. Kruger, Dauw/Seur, Jairo (USA) 8-6

Match Notes:
Radford 6-3
South Alabama 3-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (6,3,4,1,2,5)