LYNCHBURG, Va. – Old Dominion men’s tennis completed three matches last weekend as part of the Liberty Dual against UNC Charlotte, Penn, UNC Wilmington, North Carolina Central, and Virginia from Friday, Sep. 26 to Sunday, Sep. 28.
”Great first competition weekend for this group. We wanted to see how our guys compete against other schools and the way we performed was very encouraging. We saw some areas we need to improve, but already saw our teams identity flourish throughout the weekend. Very excited to continue this progress at Regionals next weekend," said ODU Head Coach Dominick Mueller.
The Monarchs came back victorious in all but one match against UNC Charlotte on Friday, while Yanis Moundir and Zechariah Hamrouni downed their respective North Carolina Central opponents Naresh Mithran Bharathy (6-3, 6-7, 6-3) and Tim Kohl (6-2, 6-2).
On Saturday, ODU split their day against Penn with four wins and four losses, including four matches that went into a third set.
To round out the Liberty Dual, the Monarchs played against UVA, UNC Wilmington, and North Carolina Central. Old Dominion dropped all three matches to UVA, but won two-out-of-four matches against UNCW. Piet Steveker won ODU’s lone match against North Carolina Central against Mithran Bharathy 6-3, 6-3.
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ODU scores
Friday
Doubles
Majchrzak/Nelson vs. Sanchez/Muenster (UNCC) 6-3
Olivier de Sardan/Obermair vs. Pizzigoni/Yassine (UNCC) 4-6
Saleh/Steveker vs. Gloria/Dimenna (UNCC) 6-0
Moundir/Hamrouni vs. Kohl/Fortier (NCCU) 7-5
Singles
Saleh vs. Pizzigoni (UNCC) 1-6, 7-5, 6-0
Olivier de Sardan vs. Sanchez (UNCC) 6-7 (5), 2-6
Nelson vs. Gloria (UNCC) 6-1, 6-0
Majchrzak vs. Muenster (UNCC) 6-3, 6-2
Obermair vs. Yassine (UNCC) 6-4, 6-3
Steveker vs. Dimenna (UNCC) 6-3, 6-3
Moundir vs. Bharaty (NCCU) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3
Hamrouni vs. Kohl (NCCU) 6-2, 6-2
Saturday
Doubles
Majchrzak/Nelson vs. Bharadway, P./Bain (UPenn) 6-3
Olivier de Sardan/Obermair vs. Rutter/Chundu (UPenn) 7-6 (5)
Saleh/Steveker vs. Spurling/Vales (UPenn) 6-7 (6)
Moundir/Hamrouni vs. Chung/Butera (UPenn) 6-3
Singles
Saleh vs. Spurling (UPenn) 7-6 (7), 6-0
Olivier de Sardan vs. Bain (UPenn) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Nelson vs. Rutter (UPenn) 6-7 (4) 3-6
Majchrzak vs. Vales (UPenn) 6-3, 6-3
Obermair vs. Chung (UPenn) 7-6 (3), 2-6, 3-6
Steveker vs. Butera (UPenn) 1-6, 3-6
Moundir vs. Bharadway, P. (Upenn) 4-6, 6-2, 8-10
Hamrouni vs. Chundu (Upenn) 7-5, 6-4
Sunday
Doubles
Majchrzak/Moundir vs. Steffen/Mazov (UNCW) 4-6
Olivier de Sardan/Obermair vs. Brocket/Yaffa (UVA) 6-4
Hamrouni/Steveker vs. Hayduke/Hussey (UNCW) 6-1
Nelson/Saleh vs. Kohl/Fortier (NCCU) 6-2
Singles
Saleh vs. Brockett (UVA) 3-6, 2-6
Olivier de Sardan vs. Dahlberg (UVA) 6-7 (5), 3-6
Nelson vs. Hayduke (UNCW) 6-4, 2-6, 3-6
Majchrzak vs. Steffen (UNCW) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
Obermair vs. Mazev (UNCW) 7-6 (3), 4-6, 5-10
Steveker vs. Bharaty (NCCU) 6-3, 6-3
Moundir vs. Yaffa (UVA) 6-4, 3-6, 3-6
Hamrouni vs. Hussey (UNCW) 6-2, 7-5