Temple University Athletics
Temple Men's Tennis Competes at ITA Regional Championship
10.22.10 | Men's Tennis
Rams brothers still alive in doubles competition
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Temple men's tennis team sent four players to the ITA Regional Championship, being held at the University of Virginia on October 20-24, 2010. Filip Rams, Kacper Rams, Andrey Morozov and Dmitry Vizhunov each represented the Owls in singles play; while Rams and Rams, and Morozov and Vizhunov teamed up in doubles action.
In main draw singles action, junior Filip Rams prevailed after three sets against Adam Lawton of Virginia Tech, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the round of 128. The team captain fell in the next round to Maryland's John Collins, seeded 10th, in a tough 7-6 (3), 6-2 decision.
Also winning his first round singles bout was Filip's younger brother Kacper. The sophomore defeated Peter Cognetti of Saint Joseph's, 7-5, 6-4, before dropping a three-set thriller in the second round. Kacper Rams faced the second-seeded Jamere Jenkins, the 29th-ranked player in the country, of Virginia and took the first set, 7-6 (2). Jenkins turned things around though, and won the final two sets 6-2 and 6-1.
Morozov and Vizhunov both dropped their opening round matches to move into the consolation round. Morozov fell 6-2, 6-2 to Alex van Gils of George Washington in the main draw, before losing in three sets to Stanislav Vaughn of Liberty in the consolation round, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. Vizhunov was forced to play in the consolations after Virginia's Santiago Villegas set him back 6-1, 6-3 in the main draw. The junior picked up a win against Dmitry Chekhlatty of Morgan State, 6-2, 6-2, to end his singles play.
In doubles action, Rams and Rams received a bye in the first round, and then got by Penn State's Russell Bader and Taylor Cohen, 9-7. The brothers moved into the quarterfinals with an 8-5 victory against Bertrand Moulin and Florent Sentenac of James Madison. They face the second-seeded duo of Ivan Salec and Thomas Dehaen (Radford) in the semifinals on Saturday, October 23.
