Golden Eagles notch 5-2 win over Chattanooga for fourth-straight victory

Men's Tennis

Chattanooga

Tennessee Tech

Doubles

BUSTAMANTE, Simon / MARSHALL, Jacob (UTC)
def. MILA, Marc / JUSTO, Arthur (TTU)

6-4

KUBOTA, Riku / ALBIN, Wenceslao (TTU)
def. LLEBEILI, Pablo / PLAISTED, Luke (UTC)

6-3

MENA, Eduardo / GARCIA, Gonzalo (TTU)
def. GERDES, Niklas / LONG, Cooper (UTC)

6-3

Singles

MENA, Eduardo (TTU)
def. GERDES, Niklas (UTC)

6-3, 6-3

ALBIN, Wenceslao (TTU)
def. BUSTAMANTE, Simon (UTC)

7-6, 7-5

LLEBEILI, Pablo (UTC)
def. MILA, Marc (TTU)

2-6, 6-2, 6-1

PLAISTED, Luke (UTC)
def. ALFONZO, Jorge (TTU)

6-4, 6-4

GARCIA, Gonzalo (TTU)
def. MARSHALL, Jacob (UTC)

4-6, 6-2, 7-5

KUBOTA, Riku (TTU)
def. LONG, Cooper (UTC)

6-1, 6-1

full stats

Posted: Apr 01, 2018

By Dylan Vazzano, TTU Sports Information Coordinator

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A break in its OVC slate proved to not be an issue for the Tennessee Tech tennis team, as the Golden Eagles captured their fourth-straight win behind a 5-2 nod against Chattanooga Sunday afternoon. TTU is now 32-1 in the last 33 matches played at Tech Tennis Courts.

The Golden Eagles (6-10, 3-0 OVC) took care of the doubles point thanks to wins in two of the three tandem battles, before registering singles victories in four-of-six matchups. No. 58 Eduardo Mena kept to his winning ways with his seventh-straight singles nod, a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Niklas Gerdes in the No. 1 affair.

Riku Kubota showed similar ease en route to his fourth-straight singles win, taking down Cooper Long, 6-1, 6-1, in the No. 6 slot.

The Golden Eagles officially clinched the match behind a Wenceslao Albin hard-fought 7-6, 7-5 win over Simon Bustamante in the No. 2 position, but that didn't stop freshman Gonzalo Garcia from a riveting win of his own out of the No. 4 position. Tangled in a three-set thriller, the Barcelona, Spain native bounced back after an initial 4-6 first-set setback with a 6-2 nod in the second set and a 7-5 victory in the finale. Garcia has now collected four-consecutive singles wins.

Chattanooga (7-12) captured wins in the No. 3 and No. 4 slots, as Pablo Llebeili seized a 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 triumph against Marc Mila in the No. 3 position and Luke Plaisted registered a 4-6, 4-6 victory over Jorge Alfonzo in the No. 4 battle.

The Golden Eagles won the doubles point for the fourth-straight match, using wins in No. 2 and No. 3 matchups to take the 1-0 lead early in the contest. The combination of Riku Kubota and Wenceslao Albin took down Pablo Llebeili and Luke Plaisted, 6-3, in the No. 2 tilt, while Eduardo Mena and Gonzalo Garcia also won 6-3 over Niklas Gerdes and Cooper Long in the No. 3 tangle.

Simon Bustamante and Jacob Marshall powered past Marc Mila and Arthur Justo, 6-4, in the top doubles matchup.

Tech will jump right back into conference action, as the Golden Eagles will travel to Jacksonville State for a Thursday, Mar. 5 match against the Gamecocks. First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT.

Photo by Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information