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ODU Tennis Gets First Win of the Season Over Norfolk State

ODU Tennis Gets First Win of the Season Over Norfolk StateODU Tennis Gets First Win of the Season Over Norfolk State

Feb. 1, 2012

NORFOLK, Va. - On a hot February day, Old Dominion University men's tennis blazed by the Norfolk State Spartans en route to a 7-0 win Wednesday afternoon at the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center.

Old Dominion University got its first win of the young season Wednesday and they are currently 1-3.

"It was great to see our guys come out with a lot of intensity and they put the pressure on and ran away with some matches," head coach Aljosa Piric said. "Norfolk State came to play and there were also a lot of tough matches."

The match started with a doubles victory headlined with wins by Carlos Lopez-Villa and Alfredo Rodriguez at No. 3 doubles while Krzysztof Muzalewski and Wesley Barrett were winners at No. 2 doubles. Can Cetinel and Fahoum Fahoum dropped their doubles match 8-4 to Ben Marks and Arsenio Culver at No. 1 doubles.

In singles play, Alfredo Rodriguez, Wesley Barrett, and Can Cetinel set the tempo by getting fast victories winning in straight sets (6-2, 6-1), (6-0, 6-1), and (6-0, 6-3) respectively.

Krzysztof Muzalewski and Fahoum Fahoum continued the straight set victory for the Monarchs winning (6-4, 6-4) and (6-3, 6-4) over Ben Marks and Igor Braga correspondingly. The final match of the day was an intensely fought match by Carlos Lopez Villa and Arsenio Culver. After dropping his first set 4-6 and rebounding in the second 6-4, Lopez-Villa secured the team sweep for Old Dominion by winning 11-9 in the final tiebreaker.

The Monarchs will take on the Winthrop Eagles at 10 A.M. Saturday, February 4 at the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Facility.

Doubles:

Ben Marks/Arsenio Culver over Can Cetinel/Fahoum Fahoum, 8-4Krzysztof Muzalewski/Wesley Barrett over Igor Braga/Christian Romanzini, 8-3Carlos Lopez-Villa/Alfredo Rodriguez over Daniel Grauel/Shaheed Mourillon-Swift, 8-2

Singles:
Krzysztof Muzalewski over Ben Marks, 6-4, 6-4
Carlos Lopez-Villa over Arsenio Culver, 4-6, 6-4, (11-9)
Fahoum Fahoum over Igor Braga, 6-3, 6-4
Alfredo Rodriguez over Christian Romanzini, 6-0, 6-1
Wesley Barrett over Daniel Grauel, 6-2, 6-1
Can Cetinel over Roosevelt Cooper, 6-0, 6-3

Order of Finish
Doubles: 3, 2, 1
Singles: 5, 4, 6, 1, 3, 2