George Washington University
#51 VCU
No. 54 Men's Tennis Edged by No. 51 VCU
1/24/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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Jan. 24, 2015
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The 54th-ranked George Washington men's tennis team dropped a close match to Atlantic 10 foe No. 51 VCU, 4-3, on Saturday in the final day of the ITA Kickoff Weekend.
The Colonials (0-2) started the afternoon strong, winning the doubles point, but lost four singles matches to tilt the score in favor of Atlantic 10 rival VCU (5-1).
After being defeated in the top doubles slot, GW's No. 2 tandem of freshman Chris Fletcher and junior Danil Zelenkov and No. 3 duo of junior Cahit Kapukiran and freshman Christos Hadjigeorgiou pulled out victories at 6-3 and 7-5, respectively, to earn the Colonials the early doubles point.
In singles action, Zelenkov posted a 6-2, 6-4 win in second flight competition to give GW a 2-0 lead over the Rams. Straight set losses to the Rams at the No. 4 and No. 1 slots knotted the score at two. Kapukiran battled for a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) victory at the No. 5 spot to give the Buff and Blue the edge before Tverijonas went the distance with VCU's Catalin Fifea in the three slot in a 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 loss to even the match at three. Hadjigeorgiou battled hard but ultimately fell to Jacob Svensson, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 to allow the Rams to clinch the victory.
The Colonials return to action on Jan. 30 as they host No. 72 East Carolina indoors at the Southeast Tennis Center at 9 a.m.
#51 VCU 4, #54 George Washington 3
Singles
1. Michal Voscek (VCU) def. #109 Francisco Dias (GW) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
2. Danil Zelenkov (GW) def. Joseph Cohen (VCU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Catalin Fifea (VCU) def. Julius Tverijonas (GW) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
4. Wilder Pimentel (VCU) def. Chris Fletcher 9GW) 6-3, 6-2
5. Cahit Kapukiran (GW) def. Toni Batlle (VCU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
6. Jacob Svensson (VCU) def. Christos Hadjigeorgiou (GW) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
Doubles
1. Michal Voscek/Wilder Pimental (VCU) def. Julius Tverijonas/Francisco Dias (GW) 6-2
2. Chris Fletcher/Danil Zelenkov (GW) def. Joseph Cohen/Matthew Kritzinger (VCU) 6-3
3. Cahit Kapukiran/Christos Hadjigeorgiou (GW) def. Catalin Fifea/Toni Batlle (VCU) 7-5
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