ST. PETERSBURG, Fl.- The West Chester University men's tennis team (0-4) opened its spring season with a 7-0 setback at Eckerd (7-2) on the Tritons Senior Day on a gorgeous day in Florida as West Chester began its annual trip to the Sunshine State.
Felix Weber (Wolfenbuettel, Germany/IMG Academy) nearly got West Chester its first point of he day in fourth singles, winning the first set by a 7-5 final before dropping the second set 6-1 and the third-set tiebreak by a 1-0 (10-7) final.
Doubles
Ataseven/Kirkov (Eckerd) def.
Felix Weber/
Brady Burns (WCU) 6-3
Hulett/Gheorge (Eckerd) def.
Lucas Henke/
Andres Urrutia (WCU) 6-0
Asaleura/Palla (Eckerd) def.
Sam Robertson/Matteus DeVasconcellos (WCU) 6-2
Singles
'Ataseven (Eckerd) def. Henke (WCU) 6-2, 6-0
Kirkov (Eckerd) def. Urrutia (WCU) 6-2, 6-2
Asaleura (Eckerd) def. Burns (WCU) 7-5, 6-2
Hulett (Eckerd) def. Weber (WCU) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7)
Gheorge (Eckerd) def. DeVasconcellos (WCU) 6-0, 6-1
Grueninger (Eckerd) def. Robertson (WCU) 7-6, 6-4
Up Next
West Chester will be right back in action on tomorrow against Dallas Baptist in its second of four matches in Florida this week.
