MEN’S TENNIS TEAM FALLS AT UAB
BIRMINGHAM
– The University of North Alabama men’s tennis
team opened the 2010 season with a 7-0 road loss
Wednesday at Division I Alabama-Birmingham.
The Lions were unable to climb out of an early
hole after being swept in doubles play. UNA fell
8-4 in the first two spots before the No. 3 team
lost an 8-2 decision to give the Blazers an
early 1-0 lead in the match.
In singles play, all six matches were in
straight sets. After knocking off UAB’s top
player a year ago, UNA’s Jan Miskos was unable
to repeat the performance, falling 6-2, 6-4 to
Danny Manlow. Bruno Zuleta (No. 2), Carlos
Cardenas (No. 3), Mirko Sommerfeld (No. 4) and
Clint Johnson (No. 5) also lost straight-set
decisions.
Freshman T.J. Drake had a close call at the No.
6 spot, but eventually came up on the short end
of a 7-6, 6-1 score.
The UNA men will be back on the road against
another NCAA Division I school on Feb. 12
against Lipscomb.
The UNA women’s team will open the season
Saturday at Belmont before returning to
Nashville to join the men and face Lipscomb.
ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM 7, NORTH ALABAMA 0
DOUBLES
No. 1 - Emery/Manlow (UAB) def. Cardenas/Zuleta
(UNA) 8-4
No. 2 - Zimmerman/Cornei (UAB) def. Miskos/Johnson
(UNA) 8-4
No. 3 - Moser/Petrich (UAB) def. Sommerfeld/Drake
(UNA) 8-2
SINGLES
No. 1 - Manlow (UAB) def. Miskos (UNA) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 - Zimmerman (UAB) def. Zuleta (UNA) 6-1,
6-2
No. 3 - Cornei (UAB) def. Cardenas (UNA) 6-1,
6-3
No. 4 - Moser (UAB) def. Sommerfeld (UNA) 6-0,
6-1
No. 5 - Emery (UAB) def. Johnson (UNA) 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 - Petrich (UAB) def. Drake (UNA) 7-6
(10-3), 6-1
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