Clippers Fall to Eagles 5-2
3/7/2008
Clippers Fall to Eagles 5-2
Daytona Beach, FL - The Concordia College men's tennis team fell to the Eagles of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University yesterday by the score of 5-2 in Daytona Beach, FL.
The Clippers went ahead early in a race to 5 matches by claiming 2 out of the 3 doubles matches. Kirill Azovtsev (St. Petersburg, Russia) and Nik Boerger (Muenster, Germany) edged Carlos Bes Comeras and Jan Hoekzema 8-6 at #2 doubles and the duo of Josep Molet (Sabadell, Spain) and Henning Ruenz (Muelheim-Kaerlich, Germany) defeated Tomoaki Yasuda and Istvan Bolgar 8-4 at #3 doubles.
With Concordia ahead 2-1, the Clippers needed to win 3 of the remaining 6 matches in singles competition. The Eagles started the comeback at #4 singles, as Azovtsev lost 6-4, 6-4 to Hoekzema. Next to finish was Bolgar with a 6-4, 6-3 win at #6 singles over Vlad Malkin (Moscow, Russia).
The Eagles went ahead 4-2 with Yasuda defeating Ruenz 6-3, 6-2 in the fifth position. The final victory came at #1 singles, where Alex Grubin (Belgrade, Serbia) faced off against Mislav Hizak. This was a rematch of the ITA "Super Bowl" of Small College Tennis that was played this past fall in Mobile, AL, which was won by Hizak. This outcome proved to be no different, as Hizak won 6-2, 6-3 to claim the match for the Eagles.
The Clippers suffered their second consecutive loss and drop to 3-2 on the season. The Eagles remain perfect at 6-0.
The Clippers will play their final match in the Sunshine state on Friday, March 7th in St. Augustine against the Saints of Flagler College. The match is scheduled to start at 2:30 PM.
