Men Netters Ousted By Hosts
4/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
RADFORD, Va. - After dropping the doubles point, the No. 3 seed in the 2007 Big South Tennis Championships could not recover as they fell 4-0 to the second-seeded Highlanders, Friday.
Quentin Guichard and Lee Schutte fell 8-1 in their doubles match at the No. 1 spot, while Jonathan Dean and Babar Akbar 8-6 in a close match at the No. 3 spot. Chris Peek and Stephen Dean trailed 7-6 at the No. 2 spot when the match was called with the doubles point already belonging to Radford.
Murat Atilla battled tough in the No. 6 singles spot in game one, falling in a tiebreaker 7-5. He was unable to recover, dropping game two 6-1. Guichard and J. Dean each fell in straight sets as well, giving Radford the 4-0 victory.
Peek, S. Dean, and Schutte each split the first two games, and were in tight battles for the deciding games. They went unfinished as the outcome had been decided.
CSU ends the season at 12-9 and for the second-straight season earned the third seed and made it to the semi-finals.
