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#18 Wake Forest Drops Another Top-25 Foe
2/8/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Tennessee Results | Gardner-Webb Results
By Jay Garneau, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMTennis)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - No. 18-ranked Wake Forest earned a pair of victories on Sunday, defeating No. 20 Tennessee 5-2 and Gardner-Webb 9-0.
The first win of the day snapped a 12-match skid to the Volunteers. The Demon Deacons' (6-2) only other win in the series came in the first-ever meeting between the programs in 1975.
Wake Forest has now defeated two straight top-25 opponents after also topping No. 23 South Carolina on Friday. The Deacons beat No. 22 Clemson earlier in the year, as well.
Christian Seraphim and Skander Mansouri each posted perfect 4-0 records in the doubleheader sweep.
No. 18 Wake Forest 5, No. 20 Tennessee 2
Wake Forest set the tone for the afternoon in doubles play. First, Skander Mansouri and Christian Seraphim avenged an 8-6 fall loss by defeating the nation's No. 2-ranked duo of Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese, 6-3.
After the Vols won by the same score at No. 3 doubles, Jon Ho and Noah Rubin battled back to claim the doubles point at No. 2. Trailing 5-3 and facing three match points, Ho and Rubin stormed back to win in an eventual tiebreak over Luis Valero and Bartosz Sawicki, 7-6 (4).
Stepping in at No. 6 singles, Keivon Tabrizi cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Andrew Dromsky to make the score 2-0.
Tennessee cut it to 2-1 with a win at No. 3, but Skander Mansouri finished off a 6-3, 6-4 victory over regionally-ranked Luis Valero to push the advantage to 3-1.
In the pivotal point of the day, Christian Seraphim rebounded after dropping the opening set, claiming each of the next two sets to clinch the match over Tennessee by beating Jess Jones, 2-6, 6-1, 61 at No. 5.
No. 12-ranked Romain Bogaerts added a victory at No. 2 singles, topping regionally-ranked Hunter Reese 6-0, 3-6, 6-4.
Singles competition
1. #16 Mikelis Libietis (TENN) def. Noah Rubin (WF) 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
2. #12 Romain Bogaerts (WF) def. Hunter Reese (TENN) 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
3. Jack Schipanski (TENN) def. #52 Jon Ho (WF) 6-3, 6-1
4. Skander Mansouri (WF) def. Luis Valero (TENN) 6-3, 6-4
5. Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Jess Jones (TENN) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
6. Keivon Tabrizi (WF) def. Andrew Dromsky (TENN) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (WF) def. #2 Mikelis Libietis/Hunter Reese (TENN) 6-3
2. Jon Ho/Noah Rubin (WF) def. Luis Valero/Bartosz Sawicki (TENN) 7-6 (4)
3. Andrew Dromsky/Jack Schipanski (TENN) def. Keivon Tabrizi/Romain Bogaerts (WF) 6-3
Wake Forest 9, Gardner-Webb 0
Wake Forest cruised to a victory in the nightcap, dropping only two sets combined among the 12 matches.
The teams counted eight singles matches and four doubles matches.
Matt Erdman and Brendan Henry picked up their first career dual-match victories.
Singles sompetition
1. #52 Jon Ho (WF) def. Nikita Zverkov (GWU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Skander Mansouri (WF) def. Benjamin Kazsas (GWU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Christian Seraphim (WF) def. Yaroslav Prostakov (GWU) 6-3, 6-0
4. Keivon Tabrizi (WF) def. Ernest Alberch (GWU) 6-3, 6-2
5. #102 Maksim Kan (WF) def. Korhan Ates (GWU) 6-7 (8), 6-2, 6-1
6. Sam Bloom (WF) def. Brendan Dempsey (GWU) 6-1, 6-4
7. Anthony Delcore (WF) def. Jonathan Walker (GWU) 6-2, 6-1
8. Matt Erdman (WF) def. Paul Hogan (GWU) 6-0, 1-6, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Anthony Delcore/Sam Bloom (WF) def. Nikita Zverkov/Ernest Alberch (GWU) 6-3
2. Keivon Tabrizi/Maksim Kan (WF) def. Korhan Ates/Brendan Dempsey (GWU) 6-1
3. Skander Mansouri/Matt Erdman (WF) def. Yaroslav Prostakov/Adam Schmidt (GWU) 6-3
4. Noah Rubin/Brendan Henry (WF) def. Paul Hogan/Michael Perry (GWU) 6-4
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