BURLINGTON, N.C./ROCK HILL, S.C. (March 22, 2009) The Georgia State men's tennis team suffered a 7-0 loss to Elon on Saturday at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center and a 6-1 loss to Winthrop on Sunday at the Memorial Courts to fall to 0-17 on the season.
The Panthers (0-17) dropped the doubles point with losses at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. Doubles tangent Trenton Spinks and Jackson Moore fell 8-2 to Elon's Damon Gooch and Philip Nemec. William Adeimy and Lucas Thomaz followed with an 8-2 loss to Chase Helpingstine and Carlin Murray at No. 2 to give the Phoenix the point.
Elon (11-4) picked up its eighth straight win sweeping the singles competition. William Adeimy suffered a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Cody Stauffer-Macdowell at No. 6, followed by Lucas Thomaz's 6-3, 6-1 loss to Chase Helpingstine at No. 4. Elon's Philip Nemec clinched the win with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Henri Mangin at No. 3 for the Phoenix's fourth match point.
"Even though our record is not where we'd like it to be, we still need to believe that we have a chance at winning," said head coach Jarod Camerota. "We need to come out with more energy and things we worked on in practice, we have to use in the matches. I don't think we have been out-matched in any of our competitions, it's just really been all mental."
Georgia State continued its weekend road trip on Sunday with a 1 p.m. match against Winthrop in Rock Hill, S.C. The Panthers (0-17) managed to win one of three doubles matches as William Adeimy and Lucas Thomaz defeated Winthrop's Arthur Takahashi and Diego Toledo 8-6 at No. 3. However, the Eagles escaped with the point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2.
The Eagles continued to pick up points in singles, winning five of six matches. Jackson Moore picked up the Panthers' only singles point with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Sergey Beloy at No. 2.
Georgia State returns home this week with a 3 p.m. match against Kennesaw State. All home matches are played at the Sharon E. Lester Tennis Center in Piedmont Park.
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Elon 7, Georgia State 0
Doubles
1. Damon Gooch/Philip Nemec (EU) def. Trenton Spinks/Jackson Moore (GAST) 8-2
2. Chase Helpingstine/Carlin Murray (EU) def. Wiliam Adeimy/Lucas Thomaz (GAST) 8-2
3. Alberto Rojas/Cody Stauffer-Macdowell (EU) def. Martin Shishkov/Orlando Battaglia (GAST) 8-3
order of finish: 1,2,3
Singles
1.Damon Gooch (EU) def. Martin Shishkov (GAST) 6-4, 6-1
2.Oscar Podlewski (EU) def. Jackson Moore (GAST) 6-3, 6-2
3.Philip Nemec (EU) def. Henri Mangin 6-3, 6-1
4.Chase Helpingstine (EU) def. Lucas Thomaz (GAST) 6-3, 6-1
5.Alberto Rojas (EU) def. Orlando Battaglia (GAST) 6-3,6-3
6.Cody Stauffer-Macdowell (EU) def. William Adeimy (GAST) 6-0, 6-0
Order of finish: 6,4,3,2,5,1
Winthrop 6, Georgia State 1
Doubles
1. Dainel Daudt/Sergey Blov (WU) def. Trenton Spinks/Jackson Moore (GAST) 8-2
2. Nadav Ruppin/Roy Sichel (WU) def. Henri Mangin/Martin Shishkov (GAST) 8-6
3. William Adeimy/Lucas Thomaz (GAST) def. Arthur Takahashi/Diego Toledo (WU) 8-6
Singles
1. Roy Sichel (WU) def. Martin Shishkov (GAST) 6-3, 6-1
2. Jackson Moore (GAST) def. Sergey Belov (WU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Nadav Ruppin (WU) def. Henri Mangin (GAST) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1
4. Arthur Takahashi (WU) def. Lucas Thomaz (GAST) 6-4, 6-3
5. Diego Toledo (WU) def. Orlando Battaglia (GAST) 7-6, 6-2
6. Daniel Daudt (WU) def. William Adeimy (GAST) 6-4, 6-3
