March 6, 2008
Austin, Texas - The fourth ranked Longhorns of Texas defeated No. 63 Old Dominion 6-1 in men's tennis action Wednesday night at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin. With the win UT improves to 12-2, while the Monarchs fall to 15-10.
In doubles UT's 44th ranked tandem of Miguel Reyes Varela and Luis Diaz defeated Alex Seleznev and Eidy Igarashi 8-5 at No. 1, while at No. 3 the Longhorns clinched the doubles point as Bernhard Deussner and Jon Wiegand defeated the ODU duo of Matt Fawcett and Timo Gehrke, 8-4. Rodrigo Souza and Tobias Fanselow and registered the Monarchs only doubles victory at No. 2 with a 9-8 decision over Hubert Chodkiewicz and Ed Corrie.
In singles action Gehrke proved to be the only bright spot for the Monarchs as he defeated Wiegand in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
No. 4 Texas 6, No. 63 Old Dominion 1
Doubles - Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
1. Reyes Varela/Diaz Barriga (UT) def. Aleksandr Seleznev/Eidy Ibarashi (ODU) - 8-5
2. Rodrigo Souza/Tobias Fanselow (ODU) def. Chodkiewicz/Corrie (UT) - 9-8
3. Deussner/Wiegand (UT) def. Matt Fawcett/Timo Gehrke (ODU) - 8-4
Singles - Order of Finish: 5, 1, 6, 3, 2, 4
1. #33 Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT) def. Andrew Seleznev (ODU) - 6-2, 6-2
2. #36 Ed Corrie (UT) def. Eidy Igarashi (ODU) - 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
3. Milan Mihailovic (UT) def. Rodrigo Souza (ODU) - 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
4. Hubert Chodkiewicz (UT) vs. Matt Fawcett (ODU) - 7-6, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
5. Rook Schellenberg (UT) def. Yakov Diskin (ODU) - 6-0, 6-4
6. Timo Gehrke (ODU) def. Jon Wiegand (UT) - 6-3, 6-4