January 24, 2010

RAMS ROLL TO TWO MORE WINS AT 4-1 INVITATIONAL

RICHMOND, Va. – All eight players on the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s tennis roster earned singles victories on Sunday to lead the Rams to back-to-back sweeps of Longwood and George Mason on the second day of the 4-1 Invitational.

The upperclassmen duo of Thibaut Charron (Sens, France) and Tim Johannsen (Hohenlockstedt, Germany) both improved to 3-0 in singles competition to lead the Rams to a 5-0 decision over the Lancers to start the day off on the right path.

Head Coach Paul Kostin decided to go with a youth movement against the Patriots, playing all underclassmen in the singles rotation. The youngsters came through with four straight set victories, highlighted by two 6-0, 6-0 wins by Camill Salomon (Limoges, France) and C.J. Williams (Richmond, Va.).

The Rams return to action next weekend when they  travel to ITA Indoor Nationals in Knoxville, Tenn.

MATCH #2- VCU d. Longwood, 5-0
1. Thibaut Charron (VCU) d. Nobu Tanaka (LU), 6-4, 6-0
2. Tim Johannsen (VCU) d. Marc Ferrigno (LU), 6-7 (9), 6-2, 10-2
3. Krisztin Krocsko (VCU) d. Bruno Orlandini (LU), 6-1, 6-1
4. Filip Svensson (VCU) d. Billy Heird (LU), 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
Camill Solomon/Max Wennakoski (VCU) d. Milo Barajas-Alexander/Adham Halabi, 6-1, 6-4

MATCH #3- VCU d. George Mason, 5-0
1. Max Wennakoski (VCU) d. Jorge Osuna (Mason), 6-1, 7-5
2. Camill Salomon (VCU) d. Devin Leonard (Mason), 6-0, 6-0
3. Oscar Perman (VCU) d. Sam Coster (Mason), 6-1, 6-2
4. C.J. Williams (VCU) d. Arjun Sanghui (Mason), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
Filip Svensson/Krisztian Krocsko (VCU) d. Patrick Mulquin/Greg Donabedian (Mason), 6-3, 6-2