Men's Tennis Sweeps Doubleheader With UAH

Sunday, March 18

Birmingham, Ala.

10:00 AM (CT)

Samford University

UAH

Box Score (PDF)

3.18.18 | Men's Tennis

MATCH 1 BOX SCORE (PDF)

MATCH 2 BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford men's tennis team swept a doubleheader, with a pair of 7-0 wins over the University of Alabama in Huntsville Sunday afternoon at the Samford Tennis Center.

"We did a good job today," Samford head coach Rahim Esmail said. "Everyone got the opportunity to compete and get better. Austin Heinz did a good job of closing out our seventh point in the second match, and the rest of the team had to work hard on their respective courts."

In the first match, Samford swept the three doubles matches for the first point of the match. At No. 1 doubles, Jake Faundez and Eduardo Lourido defeated Dylan Hall and Timo Christen, 7-5. At No. 2 doubles, Rossouw Norval and Justin Ghavami earned a 7-5 win over James Caddies and Noah Pring. On the No. 3 doubles court, Aleksandar Petrovic and Hugo Moreira defeated Rodrigo Palomino and Elliot Hopson, 6-1.

In singles, Samford won each match in straight sets. At No. 1 singles, Faundez defeated Christen, 6-3, 6-4. On the No. 2 singles court, Lourido defeated Hopson, 6-2, 6-2. At No. 3 singles, Norval earned a 6-3, 6-2 win over Hall.

At No. 4 singles, Petrovic defeated Tim Nutz, 6-2, 6-2. Moreira defeated Caddies, 6-1, 6-4 at No. 5 singles, while Max Rebol earned a 6-3, 6-2 win over Kieran Roskell-Thomas at No. 6 singles.

In the second match, Samford won the first two doubles matches, with Faundez and Lourido defeating Hall and Christen, 6-4 at No. 1, and Norval and Ghavami defeating Guilherme Coleta and Roskell-Thomas, 6-4, on the No. 2 doubles court. The match at No. 3 doubles was not finished.

Samford again swept the six singles matches in straight sets. Faundez defeated Hall, 6-0, 7-6 at No. 1 singles. On the No. 2 singles court, Ghavami defeated Christen, 6-3, 6-2. At No. 3 singles, Norval earned a 6-4, 6-3 win over Nutz.

At No. 4 singles, Petrovic defeated Pring, 6-1, 6-1. On the No. 5 singles court, Rebol defeated Caddies, 6-2, 6-4. At No. 6 singles, Austin Heinz defeated Palomino, 6-4, 6-4.

With the sweep, Samford improves to 8-7. UAH falls to 5-8 with the losses.

Samford will return to action on Friday, March 23, when the Bulldogs host Mercer. The match is set to begin at 11 a.m. at the Samford Tennis Center.

MATCH 1
Samford 7, UAH 0
SINGLES
1. Jake Faundez (SAM-M) def. Timo Christen (UAH) 6-3, 6-4
2. Eduardo Lourido (SAM-M) def. Elliot Hopson (UAH) 6-2, 6-2
3. Rossouw Norval (SAM-M) def. Dylan Hall (UAH) 6-3, 6-2
4. Aleksandar Petrovic (SAM-M) def. Tim Nutz (UAH) 6-2, 6-2
5. Hugo Moreira (SAM-M) def. James Caddies (UAH) 6-1, 6-4
6. Max Rebol (SAM-M) def. Kieran Roskell-Thomas (UAH) 6-3, 6-2

DOUBLES
1. Jake Faundez/Eduardo Lourido (SAM-M) def. Dylan Hall/Timo Christen (UAH) 7-5
2. Rossouw Norval/Justin Ghavami (SAM-M) def. James Caddies/Noah Pring (UAH) 7-5
3. Aleksandar Petrovic/Hugo Moreira (SAM-M) def. Rodrigo Palomino/Elliot Hopson (UAH) 6-1

MATCH 2
Samford 7, UAH 0
SINGLES
1. Jake Faundez (SAM-M) def. Dylan Hall (UAH) 6-0, 7-6
2. Justin Ghavami (SAM-M) def. Timo Christen (UAH) 6-3, 6-2
3. Rossouw Norval (SAM-M) def. Tim Nutz (UAH) 6-4, 6-3
4. Aleksandar Petrovic (SAM-M) def. Noah Pring (UAH) 6-1, 6-1
5. Max Rebol (SAM-M) def. James Caddies (UAH) 6-2, 6-4
6. Austin Heinz (SAM-M) def. Rodrigo Palomino (UAH) 6-4, 6-4

DOUBLES
1. Jake Faundez/Eduardo Lourido (SAM-M) def. Dylan Hall/Timo Christen (UAH) 6-4
2. Rossouw Norval/Justin Ghavami (SAM-M) def. Guilherme Coleta/K. Roskell-Thomas (UAH) 6-4
3. Aleksandar Petrovic/Max Rebol (SAM-M) vs. Noah Pring/James Caddies (UAH) 5-5, unfinished