Toledo Sweeps Weekend Home Matches

Feb. 12, 2006

Toledo, OH - The University of Toledo men's tennis team dominated all three of its opponents on Friday and Saturday, en route to three home wins. On Friday, UT bested Illinois-Chicago 6-1, before defeating Wright State 7-0 and Youngstown State 7-0 on Saturday. The Rockets improved their record to 5-4 with the wins and have now won four straight matches.

On Friday at Laurel Hill Tennis Club, the Rockets took out a worthy Illinois-Chicago team 6-1, the only points in the loss column against UT for the weekend.

At third doubles, Chris Clark and Jay Miller won their third match in a row, defeating Eric Fey and Danai Samuriwo 8-4. Clark also won at second singles 6-3, 6-4 while Miller won at fourth singles 6-2, 6-0.

Mohammed Al Nabhani came back after losing the first set to Ivan Kovalev to take the match 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 at first singles.

On Saturday at Laurel Hill, the Rockets won the first of two mathces on the day 7-0 over Wright State.

Al Nabhani won his fifth consecutive match at first singles, defeating Lance Koetter 6-3, 7-6 (4). Clark also continued to roll, winning 6-3, 6-3 at second singles over Nick Camalleri.

In the nightcap at Westowne Tennis Club, the Rockets beat up on Youngstown State 7-0.

Clark capped off his 4-0 weekend with a 6-4, 6-4 win at first singles over Scott Kathery. Jay Miller also had a dominating performance at sixth singles, defeating Sarantis Karousis 6-0, 6-0.

"We reached our goals for the weekend," Head Coach Al Wermer said. "We had some nice competition and got pushed around a bit but our guys got through it and improved their games. We had many parents in town for the weekend and they had a great time, plus we were able to rotate a lot of players and get many different guys on the courts."

Toledo will look to continue its four-match winning streak next weekend with three away matches. On Saturday, the Rockets take on Indiana State at 1 P.M. and Eastern Kentucky at 5 P.M. before going up against Kentucky on Sunday at 6 P.M.

Toledo 6, Illinois-Chicago 1

Singles

1. Mohammed Al Nabhani (UT) def. Ivan Kovalev 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

2. Chris Clark (UT) def. Adriano Liccardo 6-3, 6-4

3. Tony Tran (UT) def. Paul Glendenning 6-2, 6-1

4. Jared Miller (UT) def. Andy Lockhart 6-2, 6-0

5. Eric Fey (UIC) def. Travis Curran 7-6, 2-6 (10-6)

6. Josh Moran (UT) def. Danai Samuriwo 6-4, 7-6 (4)

Doubles

1. Tran/Al Nabhani def. Kovalev/Lockhart 8-4

2. Curran/Brian Rager def. Glendenning/Liccardo 8-4

3. Clark/Miller def. Fey/Samuriwo 8-4

Toledo 7, Wright State 0

Singles

1. Mohammad Al Nabhani (UT) def. Lance Koetter 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)

2. Chris Clark (UT) def. Nick Camalleri 6-3, 6-3

3. Jared Miller (UT) def. Craig Smith 6-3, 6-2

4. Josh Moran (UT) def. Brian Butt 6-1, 6-3

5. Cristobal Toral (UT) def. Dan Sundersingh 6-1, 6-1

6. Brian Rager (UT) def. Michael Hall 6-3, 6-2

Doubles

1. Lance Koetter/Nick Camalleri (WSU) def. Tony Tran/Mohammad Al Nabhani 8-4 2. Travis Curran/Brian Rager (UT) def. Craig Smith/Dan Sundersingh 8-2 3. Wade Ward/Cristobal Toral (TOL) def. Brian Butt/Tim Hershner 8-2

Toledo 7, Youngstown State 0

Singles

1. Chris Clark (UT) def. Scott Kathery 6-4, 6-4

2. Tony Tran (UT) def. Tom Barth 7-6, 1-6 (10-6)

3. Curran (UT) def. Brian Meek 6-2, 6-1

4. Josh Moran (UT) def. Ryan Trapp 6-0, 6-4

5. Cristobal Toral (UT) def. Jason Trapp 6-0, 6-1

6. Jay Miller (UT) def. Sarantis Karousis 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1. Tran/Al Nabhani (UT) def. Barth/Kathery 9-8 (2)

2. J. Trapp/R. Trapp (YSU) def. Wade Ward/Toral 8-6

3. Moran/Miller (UT) def. Meek/Karousis 8-2

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