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UAB Tennis Team Has Big Day At Southern Miss Invite
9/25/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sept. 25, 2009
HATTIESBURG, Miss. ----- The UAB men's tennis team won 14 of its 17 matches played Friday on the first day of play here at the Southern Miss Fall Invite.
The Blazers were set to open their fall schedule last weekend at the Louisiana-Lafayette Invitational, but inclement forced the cancellation of the tournament after only a few matches were played on the opening day.
UAB won 12 of 14 singles matches and two of three in doubles on Friday against competition from the University of New Orleans, Nicholls State and Conference USA foes Tulane and Southern Mississippi.
Sophomore Danny Manlow, making his Blazers' debut after transferring from Wofford, won both of his singles matches in straight sets. Manlow downed UNO's Ben Smith, 6-2, 6-1, before defeating Tulane's Shaye Wali by a 6-2, 6-2.
Manlow was one of five UAB players to win a pair of singles matches on Friday. Daniel Moser, Alex Emery, Dan Cornei and John Holliman also won twice in singles.
In doubles, Emery and Manlow teamed to defeat USM's duo of Diego Machuca and Markus Wessinghage, 8-3, at the No. 1 position. At No. 3 doubles, Cornei and Thomas Petrich were 8-4 winners over the team of Dominik Kardell and Felipe Sylva, 8-4. Emery and Moser lost their No. 2 doubles match to the Golden Eagles' Strate Krstevski and Oscar Machuca, 8-6.
Play will continue on Saturday as the Blazers will play Tulane in doubles before a singles matchup in the afternoon with host Southern Miss.
Southern Miss Fall Invite
September 25, 2009
Singles
No. 1 - Danny Manlow (UAB) def. Ben Smith (UNO) 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 - Daniel Moser (UAB) def. Benjamin Bouhana (UNO) 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 - Tyrone Ewels (UAB) def. Dimitry Kozionov (Nicholls) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 - Alex Emery (UAB) def. Phenyo Matong (Nicholls) 6-1, 7-6
No. 5 - Thomas Petrich (UAB) def. Abdel Zaki (UNO) 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 - Dan Cornei (UAB) def. Guilherme Rebolo (UNO) 6-0, 6-3
No. 7 - John Holliman (UAB) def. Dominik Kardell (William Carey) 6-3, 6-3
Singles
No. 1 - Manlow (UAB) def. Shaye Wali (Tulane) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - Moser (UAB) def. Joe Young (Tulane) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
No. 3 - Rod Rappaccioli (Tulane) def. Ewels (UAB) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 - Emery (UAB) def. Coby Kramer-Golinkoff (Tulane) 6-1, 6-4
No. 5 - Adam Bernstein (Tulane) def. Petrich (UAB) 6-7, 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 - Cornei (UAB) def. Etham Frenkel (Tulane) 6-1, 6-0
No. 7 - Holliman (UAB) def. Chris Somers (Tulane) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Emery/Manlow (UAB) def. Diego Machuca/Markus Wessinghage (USM) 8-3
No. 2 - Strate Krstevski/Oscar Machuca (USM) def. Ewels/Moser (UAB) 8-6
No. 3 - Cornei/Petrich (UAB) def. Dominik Kardell (William Carey)/Felipe Sylva (USM) 8-4
