61.4 F
Clarksville
Thursday, March 28, 2024
HomeSportsAustin Peay State University Governors Tennis clinch first round bye with win...

Austin Peay State University Governors Tennis clinch first round bye with win over Jacksonville State

Austin Peay State University Governors SportsClarksville, TN – After seeing its 14-match win streak snapped in Saturday’s loss to Tennessee Tech, Austin Peay State University men’s tennis team bounced back in a big way against Jacksonville State, Sunday.

The Govs used dominant singles performances to knock off the Gamecocks, 5-2, at the Austin Peay Tennis Courts.

Austin Peay Men's Tennis. (Courtesy: Brittney Sparn/APSU Sports Information)
Austin Peay Men’s Tennis. (Courtesy: Brittney Sparn/APSU Sports Information)

Austin Peay (15-3, 8-1 OVC) locked up the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye at next week’s Ohio Valley Conference Tennis Tournament. Jacksonville State (10-13, 6-3 OVC) enters the conference tournament as the No. 4 seed.

After dropping the doubles point for the second time this weekend, the Govs rallied back to take five of the six singles points. Senior Sean Bailey defeated Igor Santos, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 1 singles, while junior Jasmin Ademovic won the No. 2 match, 6-1, 6-1, against Axel Sundberg.

Sophomore Dimitar Ristovski won his school-record 16th consecutive match, a 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 victory No. 3 victory against Nenad Marcec. The Macedonian finished a perfect 9-0 in conference regular-season matches.

Aleksas Tverijonas recovered nicely after losing his season’s first match yesterday, bouncing back to defeat Felipe Diaz, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 4 singles. Senior John Storie picked up the Govs final victory, a 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles over Felipe Wenzel.

With a first-round bye in hand, the Govs will have to wait to find out their first opponent at the conference tournament. Austin Peay will face the winner of the No. 3 Eastern Kentucky vs. No. 6 Morehead State match, 2:00pm, Saturday, at Heflin Tennis Center in Paducah, KY.

Box Score

Austin Peay 5, Jacksonville State 2
April 14th, 2013 at Clarksville, TN

Singles competition
1. BAILEY, Sean (APSU) def. SANTOS, Igor (JSUM) 6-4, 6-4
2. ADEMOVIC, Jasmin (APSU) def. SUNDBERG, Axel (JSUM) 6-1, 6-1
3. RISTOVSKI, Dimitar (APSU) def. MARCEC, Nenad (JSUM) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0
4. TVERIJONAS, Aleksas (APSU) def. DIAZ, Felipe (JSUM) 6-2, 6-4
5. STORIE, John (APSU) def. WENZEL, Felipe (JSUM) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
6. WATANABE, Felipe (JSUM) def. BOROWSKI, Evan (APSU) 6-1, 6-1

 

Doubles competition
1. BAILEY, Sean/ADEMOVIC, Jasmin (APSU) def. SUNDBERG, Axel/MARCEC, Nenad (JSUM) 8-4
2. SANTOS, Igor/WENZEL, Felipe (JSUM) def. STORIE, John/TVERIJONAS, Aleksas (APSU) 9-7
3. DIAZ, Felipe/WATANABE, Felipe (JSUM) def. RISTOVSKI, Dimitar/BOROWSKI, Evan (APSU) 9-7

 

Match Notes
Jacksonville State 10-13
Austin Peay 15-3
RELATED ARTICLES

Latest Articles