Men's Tennis Falls at Embry Riddle, 6-1, in Final Match of Spring Break Trip

Posted: Mar 17, 2010

March 17, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Cleveland State men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to Embry-Riddle on Wednesday afternoon to conclude the Vikings spring break trip in Florida.

CSU fell to 9-5 with the loss, while Embry Riddle improved to 11-3.

Embry Riddle won all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point, but the matches at No. 1 and No. 2 both went to tiebreakers.

CSU senior Phil Orno earned CSU's lone point with a 6-3, 7-5 win at No. 1 singles.

The Vikings are back in action on March 26 when CSU begins Horizon League play with a 7:00 p.m. match against Youngstown State at River Oaks Racquet Club.

#4 Embry-Riddle Men 6, #75 Cleveland State 1
Mar 17, 2010 at Daytona Beach, Fla. (Crotty Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. Orno, Phil (CSU) def. Jan Hoekzema (ERAUM) 6-3, 7-5
2. Alexis Heugas (ERAUM) def. Goossens, Yannick (CSU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Peter Francis (ERAUM) def. Hamning, Ryan (CSU) 6-2, 7-5
4. Charlie Rice (ERAUM) def. FOX, Rob (CSU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
5. Istvan Bolgar (ERAUM) def. Klepatz, Chris (CSU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Zander WoodfordSmith (ERAUM) def. Haley, John (CSU) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Jan Hoekzema/Alexis Heugas (ERAUM) def. ORNO, Phil/HAMNING, Ryan (CSU) 9-7 (7-5)
2. Peter Francis/Istvan Bolgar (ERAUM) def. FOX, Rob/HALEY, John (CSU) 9-7 (7-4)
3. Charlie Rice/Zander WoodfordSmith (ERAUM) def. GOOSSENS, Yannick/KLEPATZ, Chris (CSU) 8-3