Men's Tennis Deandra Duggans/Sports Communications

Panthers Fall to #2 VCU in Quarterfinals

NORFOLK, Va.  (April 17, 2009)  The #7 Georgia State men's tennis team fell 4-0 to the defending CAA Champions, #2 VCU, in the quarterfinal round of the 2009 CAA Championship.
 
“I'm not sure if anyone thought a #7 seed would battle so close with a team like VCU,” said head coach Jarod Camerota.  “But the guys came out and gave it their all and that's all I could ask for.”

VCU was able to clinch the doubles point with two straight wins at as Trenton Spinks and Jackson Moore fell 8-5 to Emil Lindgren on court and William Adeimy and Lucas Thomaz lost 8-3 to the doubles tandem of Thibaut Charron and Bobo Delemark.

The Rams captured the win with three singles wins, but not without a battle.  Martin Shishkov held the advantage over Thibaut Charron at No. 1 singles, winning 6-4 in the first set and leading 4-3 before the match was called.  Both William Adeimy and Lucas Thomaz were rallying back from first set losses as Thomaz was tied 5-5 in the second set with Benjamin Bouhana at No. 4 and Adeimy was up 5-4 in the second set against Bobo Delemark at No. 6. 

“We definitely had a chance with both Martin and William leading in their second sets, but VCU got the wins first,” said Camerota.  “I'm still very proud of the team's effort today.”

However, the Rams' victories on courts two, three and five clinched the 4-0 victory, allowing #2 VCU to advance to the semifinal round where they will face either #3 William and Mary or #6 James Madison.


#2 VCU 4, #7 Georgia State 0
 
Singles
#1 Thibaut Charron (VCU) vs. Martin Shishkov (GSU), 4-6, 3-4 - DNF
#2 Martin Schulhauser (VCU) d. Jackson Moore (GSU), 6-4, 6-0
#3 Emil Lindgren (VCU) d. Henri Mangin (GSU), 6-1, 6-2
#4 Benjamin Bouhana (VCU) vs. Lucas Thomaz (GSU), 6-4, 5-5 - DNF
#5 Filip Svensson (VCU) d. Trenton Spinks (GSU), 6-4, 6-2
#6 Bobo Delemark (VCU) vs. William Adeimy (GSU), 6-3, 4-5 - DNF
 
Doubles
#1 Lindgren/Bouhana (VCU) d. Spinks/Moore (GSU), 8-5
#2 Schulhauser/Nicolas Vinel (VCU) vs. Mangin/Shishkov (GSU), 5-7 - DNF
#3 Charron/Delemark (VCU) d. Adeimy/Thomaz (GSU), 8-3
 

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