UT men’s tennis downs East Tennessee State

Recapping the Vols’ tennis victory over ETSU.

The University of Tennessee men’s tennis team kept its perfect record intact with a 7-0 victory over East Tennessee State University Tuesday afternoon at the Goodfriend Tennis Center.

The Volunteers (3-0), who are ranked No. 13 in the nation, lost just one set to ETSU in matches that counted in the team scores.

At No. 1 singles: Johannus Monday defeated the Buccaneers’ Yusf Khamis 6-4, 6-1.

At No. 2 singles, UT’s Martim Prata downed Frazier Rengifo 6-1, 6-2. In the third rung on the singles ladder, the Vols picked a victory when Giles Hussey swept Dimitri Badra 6-1,6-1.

At No. 4, Mark Wellner beat Milo Bargron 6-4, 6-3.

Tennessee’s Luca Wiedenmann won at No.5 singles and the Vols’ prevailed as Joel Gamerova won his match.

The Vols won eight of nine matches played, but clinched early. Tennessee also prevailed in two doubles matches that didn’t figure in the final dual match score against ETSU (0-1).

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