2008 Woodie Awards
Tennis: men continue to win; Women fall to UT-Martin
Chad Hoffman
Issue date: 3/17/06 Section: Sports
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Jacksonville State's men's tennis team remains undefeated in conference play as they nipped University of Tennessee-Martin 4-3 this past Sunday.
The women lost 5-2 and dropped to 2-2 in OVC play.
With the last two games on the line in the men's match, Christian Rybertt and Joey Unkenholz were fighting to win.
Rybertt was serving for the match and the volley was a good one until his opponent Danny McGuire called a hit wide, then the score went back to deuce.
McGuire hit the next ball deep and long and the score went to advantage Rybertt. Ryberrt served for match point and McGuire once again hit the ball deep and long to give Ryberrt the win, 6-4.
Unkenholz was on the adjacent court and was in a tiebreaker for the set with Andrey Yesipov. If Yesipov won the tiebreak then he would win the match, if Unkenholz won the tiebreak then it would go into a third set.
With Unkenholz cramping and Yesipov physically exhausted, the two fought and fought. Yesipov came out on top and beat Unkenholz 6-2,7-6.
On the women's courts, Eloah Lopes and Layla Abby grabbed the only wins for the Gamecocks.
Lopes had to go into the super tiebreak to complete the game in the second set. In a super tiebreak, the players have to play to ten and win by two. Lopes won the super tiebreak 12-10, to win the set and match 6-4, 7-5.
Abby defeated her opponent in fashion. She grabbed the first set 7-5, and stomped Erneshine Koornhof 6-1 in the second set.
On March 9 the men and women bounced right by Alabama State and won 7-0, 7-0.
The Gamecocks did not allow any of ASU's players to win more than four games in any given set the entire afternoon.
This boosted the confidence for the red and white and helped them to improve their non-conference records.
The women lost 5-2 and dropped to 2-2 in OVC play.
With the last two games on the line in the men's match, Christian Rybertt and Joey Unkenholz were fighting to win.
Rybertt was serving for the match and the volley was a good one until his opponent Danny McGuire called a hit wide, then the score went back to deuce.
McGuire hit the next ball deep and long and the score went to advantage Rybertt. Ryberrt served for match point and McGuire once again hit the ball deep and long to give Ryberrt the win, 6-4.
Unkenholz was on the adjacent court and was in a tiebreaker for the set with Andrey Yesipov. If Yesipov won the tiebreak then he would win the match, if Unkenholz won the tiebreak then it would go into a third set.
With Unkenholz cramping and Yesipov physically exhausted, the two fought and fought. Yesipov came out on top and beat Unkenholz 6-2,7-6.
On the women's courts, Eloah Lopes and Layla Abby grabbed the only wins for the Gamecocks.
Lopes had to go into the super tiebreak to complete the game in the second set. In a super tiebreak, the players have to play to ten and win by two. Lopes won the super tiebreak 12-10, to win the set and match 6-4, 7-5.
Abby defeated her opponent in fashion. She grabbed the first set 7-5, and stomped Erneshine Koornhof 6-1 in the second set.
On March 9 the men and women bounced right by Alabama State and won 7-0, 7-0.
The Gamecocks did not allow any of ASU's players to win more than four games in any given set the entire afternoon.
This boosted the confidence for the red and white and helped them to improve their non-conference records.