HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville men's tennis team earned a dramatic 4-3 victory that came down to the final court on Tuesday at home. The Chargers improve to 8-9 on the season, while the Division I member Bulldogs slip to 8-7.
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Singles competition
1. Hsiang Yi Wang (AAMU) def.
Timo Christen (UAH) 6-3, 6-3
2.
Sebastian Rohrbach (UAH) def. Nishangan Nadaraja (AAMU) 7-5, 3-6, 6-0
3.
Dylan Hall (UAH) def. Fermin Ruiz Gespo (AAMU) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6
4. Shakir Elvin (AAMU) def.
Tim Nutz (UAH) 3-6, 7-6, 6-3
5.
James Caddies (UAH) def. Rodrigo Arana Rios (AAMU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Cheng Chang Yang (AAMU) def.
Guilherme Coleta (UAH) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
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Doubles competition
1.
Dylan Hall/
Sebastian Rohrbach (UAH) def. Hsiang Yi Wang/Cheng Chang Yang (AAMU) 6-4
2.
Noah Pring/
Chris Miller (UAH) def. Shakir Elvin/Nishangan Nadaraja (AAMU) 6-2
3. Cristian Bigott/Rodrigo Arana Rios (AAMU) def.
Timo Christen/
Tim Nutz (UAH) 7-5
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Noteworthy
-Hall clinched the match, winning 9-7 in the tiebreaker of the third set.
-Hall now leads the team with 12 singles victories, improving his record to 12-5 on the season, and he has strung together six straight victories.
-Rohrbach earns his 10th win of the season with his fourth consecutive victory, and the sophomore now has three three-set triumphs.
-Hall and Rohrbach also match the pairing of Nutz and Christen with a ninth win in doubles together.
-Pring and Miller have now combined for six victories after stringing together two in a row.
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Next Time Out
-The Chargers are slated to welcome The Citadel on Friday. That contest is slated for a 2 p.m. start on the UAH campus.
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