Jan. 29, 2005
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. --- The UAB men's team earned a 4-0 shutout over No. 68 UCF in a match played at the University of Alabama's Hank Crisp Indoor Facility on Saturday.
The Blazers (2-0) and Golden Knights (0-3) had been scheduled to play in Birmingham at the Brook Highland Racquet Club, but inclement weather in Alabama Friday and Saturday forced the match indoors.
UAB jumped on UCF early by winning all three doubles matches in convincing fashion to secure the doubles point. Andre Maier and Filip Kanczula defeated the Golden Knights' Simon Jaeger and Joel Allen, 8-2, at No. 1 doubles. At No. 2 doubles, the Blazers' duo of Sebastian Falk and Thomas Werkmann won over the UCF tandem of Paul Ramy and Rhett Rosen, 8-1. UAB's Kristijan Mitrovski and Anton Mavrin earned the same result over the Knights' Sebastian Delgado and Sinan Sudas.
Momentum continued in UAB's favor as Falk defeated UCF's Ener Gursoy, 6-1. 1-0, ret., in the No. 1 singles match. At No. 2 singles Mavrin downed UCF's Allen, 6-1, 3-0, ret. and at No. 3, UAB's Werkmann was a 6-1, 6-0 winner over Jaeger to clinch the match for the Blazers.
UAB's Maier was leading his No. 4 singles match and Mitrovski was up at No. 5 singles, while Kanczula and Golden Knight Sudas were knotted at 2-2 when play was suspended.
UCF returns to action against crosstown rival Rollins College on Feb. 4 at the UCF Tennis Complex. The match is scheduled to start at 2 p.m.
Singles
1. Sebastian Falk (UAB) d. Ener Gursoy (UCF), 6-1, 1-0, ret.
2. Anton Mavrin (UAB) d. Joel Allen (UCF), 6-1, 3-0, ret.
3. Thomas Werkmann (UAB) d. Simon Jaeger (UCF), 6-1, 6-0
4. Andre Maier (UAB) vs. Sebastian Delgado (UCF), 6-4, 3-2, suspended
5. Kristijan Mitrovski (UAB) vs. Paul Ramy (UCF), 6-1, suspended
6. Filip Kanczula (UAB) vs., Sinan Sudas (UCF), 2-2, suspended
Doubles
1. Kanczula-Maier (UAB) d. Allen-Jaeger (UCF), 8-2
2. Falk-Werkmann (UAB) d. Ramy-Rosen (UCF), 8-1
3. Mavrin-Mitrovski (UAB) d. Delgado-Sudas (UCF), 8-1