SALEM, W.Va. - - The UVa-Wise men's tennis team wrapped up the fall portion of its season with an 8-1 road non-conference victory over Salem International Sunday. The victory improved coach Danny Rowland's squad to 3-3 this fall and sends the team to the spring as winners of three of their last four matches.
UVa-Wise swept doubles play as Ethan Herron and Andrii Rutnytskyi paired for an 8-3 victory in No. one doubles while Oleg Kopychenko and Viktor Tunnikov rolled to an 8-1 triumph in No. two doubles. Noah Aldridge and Chase Pollard faced the stiffest competition but, claimed an 8-6 win in No. three doubles.
The Cavs continued their winning ways in singles play as Rutnytskyi, Kopychenko, Herron, Tunnikov and Blake Pientka did not lose a set. Rutnytski did face a first-set tiebreak in No. one singles but the sophomore outlasted Salem's Landon Shultz-Zwahr 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 to win the match.
Next up for the team is the championship portion of their season which will begin in Feb. Full results of today's match may be found below:
Singles competition |
1. Andrii Rutnytskyi (WISE) def. Shultz-Zwahr, Landon (SIU-M) 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 |
2. Oleg Kopychenko (WISE) def. Manalang, Christian (SIU-M) 6-3, 6-2 |
3. Ethan Herron (WISE) def. Bour, Eugene (SIU-M) 6-1, 6-1 |
4. Viktor Tunnikov (WISE) def. Forster, Curtis (SIU-M) 6-3, 6-1 |
5. Werries, Alex (SIU-M) def. Noah Aldridge (WISE) 7-5, 7-5 |
6. Blake Pientka (WISE) def. Gregory, Clinton (SIU-M) 8-3 |
