The ETSU men’s tennis team fell to the UAB Blazers, 4-3, snapping a 12-game win streak. The Bucs are now 18-6 on the year while the Blazers improve to 11-3 with the win.
UAB took the lead early by winning the doubles point. In No. 1 doubles Anton Mavrin and Johannes Spangenberg defeated Felix Insaurralde and Lisandro Picardo, 8-5 and Kristijan Mitrovski and Thomas Weiss defeated Juan Crosa and Matt Stanley 8-3, at the No. 3 position to clench the doubles point. In the No. 2 doubles match Enrique Olivares and Sebastian Serrano defeated Sebastian Falk and Andre Maier, 8-6.
In singles action, Oscar Posada retired due to back spasms and an upset stomach, which gave the Blazers a 2-0 lead. Olivares defeated Maier, 6-2, 7-5 in the No. 4 position, while Picardo defeated Spangenberg, 6-1, 7-6 to even the score at 2-2. Sophomore Serrano defeated Kruno Despotovski, 7-5, 7-6 to take their first lead of the match. In the No. 3 slot, Crosa was defeated by Mitrovski, 7-6, 7-5 to let the Blazers tie the match. Faulk then defeated Felix Insaurralde, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 to hand the Bucs the loss.
“The match went down to the wire and we were tied 3-all. Felix was in the deciding match when an un-sportsmanlike penalty was given to Juan Crosa, which cost us the match,” said head coach Yaser Zaatini.
ETSU’s next match is scheduled for Thursdaywhen the Buccaneers travel to Macon, Ga., for the Atlantic-Sun Conference Tournament. The Bucs will face the winner of No. 9 Jacksonville / No. 8 Florida Atlantic. The match will be played at 9 a.m.

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