AU Men’s Tennis Shoots Down Flying Fleet
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 7:00PM
Editor

ANDERSON, S.C. – The Anderson dropped just one match en route to defeating Erskine by a convincing 8-1 count in non-conference men’s tennis action Tuesday afternoon at the Max Grubbs Memorial Courts. 
 
Anderson won its second straight and fourth in its last five outings to improve to 5-3 on the season, while Erskine (1-5) dropped its fifth consecutive match.
 
The Trojan duo of Stan Atema and Daniel Gonzalez posted a decisive 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles past Erskine’s Christian Ranguelov and Fabio Ciarrocchi, while AU’s Ilya Zakharov and Trey Halbauer held off Jack West and James Hoatson, 8-4, at the No. 3 slot. The Fleet earned a point when Krystof Gulbinovic was unable to continue at No. 2 due to an injury.
 
Atema rallied to defeat Angelo Ciarrocchi, 6-7, 6-4, 10-5 at No. 1 singles, while Deni Mehagic knocked off Ranguelov in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 2 spot.
 
Zakharov topped Fabio Ciarrocchi 6-0, 6-3 at No. 3 and Gonzalez defeated West, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 4. Halbauer and Ambrose held off Chauvette and Hoatson, 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3, 6-3, respectively.
 
Anderson wraps up it homestand by playing host to Georgia College on Saturday, with first-serve scheduled for noon.    

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