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Men's Tennis Takes Five Singles Wins at Southern Miss
Sep 25, 2009 | Men's Tennis
Sept. 25, 2009
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Freshmen Rod Rappaccioli and Adam Bernstein each won both their matches Friday as the Tulane men's tennis battled Southern Miss, Nicholls State and UAB at the Southern Miss Invitational in Hattiesburg. Shaye Wali also picked up a win for the Green Wave.
"I was really pleased with Rod and Adam fought through their adverse conditions with the heat and tough competition today," head coach Mark Booras. "In both matches today. Our whole team did a good job in different spots throughout the day, but those two guys stood out."
With two victories, Bernstein improves to a team-leading 4-1 in the fall season, while Rappaccioli now owns a 3-2 record.
In the morning session, Tulane posted a 3-4 in singles against a hybrid of Southern Miss, Nicholls State and William Carey.
In No. 1 singles, sophomore Shaye Wali defeated Eric Fisher of Nicholls State, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, while freshman Rod Rappaccioli picked up a win in No. 3, over Southern Miss' Strate Krstevski, 6-4, 6-4. In No. 5 singles, Tulane freshman Adam Bernstein defeated USM junior Markus Wessinghage by scores of 6-4, 6-3, in the No. 5 slot.
Freshman Joe Young fell to Diego Machuca, 6-3, 6-3, in No. 2 singles, while Machuca's brother Oscar defeated Coby Kramer-Golinkoff, 6-4, 6-4 in the No. 4 position. William Carey's Anton Klochkov downed Etham Frenkel in the No. 6 slot, 6-4, 6-1. Chris Somers made his Tulane debut in the #7 position against Southern Miss' Felipe Sylva, and was knocked off 6-3, 6-2.
In the afternoon session, Tulane lost five of six to UAB. Rappaccioli picked up a win over UAB's Tyrone Ewels, 2-7, 7-5, 6-4.
In No. 1, Wali fell 6-2, 6-2 to Danny Manlow and Young was topped 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 by Daniel Moser at the No. 2 position. Kramer-Golinkoff was knocked off by Alex Emory, 6-1, 6-4 on court four. In No. 6 singles Dan Cornei defeated Frenkel, 6-1, 6-0, while Somers fell to John Holliman, 6-4, 6-2 out of the seventh position.
The Green Wave won its lone doubles contest Friday as Wali and Kramer-Golinkoff won over the Nicholls State pairing Dimitry Kozionov and Phenyo Matong, 9-8 (7-4).
"Today was definitely another step forward," Booras continued. "Our guys keep gathering experience. They've heard about experiences they are going to face in matches from me in practice. But going through them first hand gives them the opportunity to grow. They are being confronted with and will gain a better understanding of what collegiate competition is all about."
Tulane continues the Southern Miss Invitational Saturday with doubles competition against Southern Miss, and UAB.
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