District of Columbia Falls to No. 10 Concordia on Senior Day, 8-1
WASHINGTON, DC - The University of the District of Columbia men's tennis team played host to Concordia College, ranked No. 10 in the nation, where the Firebirds fell 8-1. With the loss, the Firebirds dropped to 10-3 on the season and 5-0 in East Coast Conference play. This was their first loss of the season to a Division II team.
Also on the day, the Firebirds honored senior Aleksandar Grabovac (Psychology – Ljubljana, Slovenia/Gimnazija Euro Sola Ljubljana) on Senior Day. Grabovac amassed a 23-11 singles play record and 19-10 doubles record in two seasons at UDC.
The Firebirds claimed the first doubles match of the day with junior Miguel Uzcategui (Electrical Engineering – Valencia, Venezuela/Colegio Sagrado Corazon) and junior Ike Kiro (Undecided – Milnerton Ridge, South Africa/Milnerton HS) soaring past Juuso Olfans and Benas Majauskas, 8-1. The next match saw junior Carlos Quiroga (Electrical Engineering – Valencia, Venezuela/Maria Montessori) and freshman Simon Bratke (Undecided – Bonn, Germany/Collegium Josephinum Bonn) lose to David Tisserand and Andreas Lindell of Concordia, 8-1. The Clippers took the No. 1 doubles match as Grabovac and sophomore Simon Andersson (Business Management – Ystad, Sweden/Sydskanska Gymnasiet) lost to Andrey Boldarev and Daniele Piludu, 8-4.
In singles play, Kiro was defeated in the No. 2 match by Piludu 6-1, 6-2. Next, Uzcategui dropped a close match to Tisserand 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Majauskas then secured the overall match victory for the Clippers by defeating Andersson 6-2, 6-0.
In his last regular season singles match for the Firebirds, Grabovac came up short against Boldarev, losing a close one 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the No. 5 singles match, Quiroga was defeated by Ojanen 8-2. The last match of the day saw Bratke lose to Ricardo Frey of Concordia, 8-2.
District of Columbia will be back in action Friday, April 19 in the semifinals of the East Coast Conference tournament.
UDC – 1, Concordia College – 8
Doubles
1. Boldarev/Piludu (CC) def. Grabovac/Andersson 8-4
2. Uzcategui/Kiro def. Olfans/Majauskas (CC) 8-1
3. Tisserand/Lindell (CC) def. Quiroga/Bratke 8-1
Singles
1. Andrey Boldarev (CC) def. Aleksandar Grabovac 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Daniele Piludu (CC) def. Ike Kiro 6-1, 6-2
3. David Tisserand (CC) def. Miguel Uzcategui 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
4. Benas Majauskas (CC) def. Simon Andersson 6-2, 6-0
5. Juuso Ojanen (CC) def. Carlos Quiroga 8-2
6. Ricardo Frey (CC) def. Simon Bratke 8-2
UDC – 1
CC – 8
Order of Completion
Doubles: 2, 3, 1
Singles: 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6
Season Record (W-L): 10 – 3, ECC: 5 – 0